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Design Collaborative Practice | Task 1 : Empathy Map & Problem Statement

22.9.2025 - xx.xx.2025 || Week 1 - Week 6 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Design Collaborative Practice || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Empathy Map & Problem Statement Contents 1. Lectures 2. Instructions 3. Reflection Lectures Back to Top  ↑ Instructions Task 1 : Empathy Map & Problem Statement Back to Top  ↑ Reflection Back to Top  ↑ My Other Design Collaborative Practice : Task 1 : Empathy Map & Problem Statement  (Current) Task 2 : Ideate New Solution Task 3 : Prototyping & Testing Final Project :   Final Presentation 

UX Design | Task 1 : Individual Report (Exercises)

22.9.2025 - 16.11.2025 || Week 1 - Week 8 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 UX Design || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Individual Report (Exercises) Contents 1. Lectures 2. Instructions 3. Reflection Lectures Back to Top  ↑ Instructions Task 1 : Individual Report Back to Top ↑ Reflection Back to Top ↑ My Other UX Design : Task 1 : Individual Report (Current) Task 2 : User journey map report Task 3 : Group Presentation Final Project : Prototype

Art Direction | Exercises

22.9.2025 - 28.10.2025 || Week 1 - Week 6 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Art Direction || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Exercises Contents 1. Lectures 2. Instructions 3. Reflection Lectures Back to Top  ↑ Instructions Exercises Back to Top ↑ Reflection Back to Top ↑ My Other Art Direction : Exercises (Current) Project 1 : Proposal Project 2 : Project Management Final Project : Art Guide

Design Exploration | Task 1 : Project Proposal

22.9.2025 - 19.10.2025 || Week 1 - Week 4 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Design Exploration || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Task 1 : Project Proposal Contents 1. Lectures 2. Instructions 3. Reflection Lectures Back to Top  ↑ Instructions Task 1 : Project Proposal Back to Top  ↑ Reflection Back to Top  ↑ My Other Design Exploration : Task 1 : Project Proposal (Current) Task 2 : Project Development Task 4 : Final Project

Environment Design | Final Project : Complete Environment Design Bible

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14.7.2025 - 3.8.2025 || Week 13 - Week 15 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Environment Design || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Final Project : Complete Environment Design Bible Contents 1. Lectures   (Links to the Exercises Page) 2. Instructions 3.  Complete Environment Design Bible      Final Outcome 4. Reflection Instructions Complete Environment Design Bible For our final project, we needed to now 3D model either the interior or the exterior of our designs. Afterwards, we are to compile the 3D model as well as our project 1 and project 2 into 1 complete environment design bible. I have decided to go for my exterior design as I liked it more than my interior. I first begin by blocking out my design, which can be seen progressively below. fig 1.1, Building Structure Blockout (16/7/2025) fig 1.2, Blockout Progress 1 (26/7/2025) Making this window grill was tricky as you needed to adjust part of the vertex to make it make sense. Yo...

Environment Design | Project 2 : Interior and Set Design

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30.6.2025 - 13.7.2025 || Week 11 - 12 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Environment Design || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Project 2 : Interior and Set Design Contents 1. Lectures   (Links to the Exercises Page) 2. Instructions 3. Interior and Set Design      Final Outcome 4. Reflection Instructions Interior and Set Design For project 2, we are now to develop our interior design that is following the style of our project 1.The main focus on this project is that the interior should showcase the existence of its inhabitants. Following the same workflow from my project 1, I first looked and study many different references that are fantasy themed. I also looked into real life medieval interiors.   fig 1.1, Moodboard 1 - Fantasy Interior (25/6/2025) fig 1.2, Moodboard 2 - Real Life Medieval Interior References (25/6/2025) The showcase the floorplan and layout easier, I drew it in a 3D floorplan form. Before even drawing any furnit...

Game Art | Final Project : Environment Concept Built from Assets

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14.7.2025 - 3.8.2025 || Week 13 - Week 15 Yong Zhen Xing || 0359473 Game Art || Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University Final Project : Environment Concept Built from Assets  Contents 1. Lectures (Links to the Exercises Page) 2. Instructions 3.  Environment Concept Built from Assets      Final Outcome 4. Reflection Instructions Back to Top  ↑ Environment Concept Built from Assets  As for my final project, I needed to further refine my model as well as make it as realistic as I can to match my game's style. After receiving feedback from Mr.Kannan I needed to make the control panel/dock less flat and add a bit more character to it. So I went and readjusted the props seeing what kind of design I could come up with. With how sharp the edges of my control panel is, I decided to smooth out most of the hard edges and add some design treatment to parts of structure as well. As for the hero item prop, I did made some changes even i...