Digital Photography and Imaging | Week 11 (Self-Titled)

4/12/2023 - 10/12/2023
Yong Zhen Xing - 0359473
Digital Photography and Imaging - Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Weekly Updates / Week 11
Instructions :




Week 11:

W11 Lecture :
There was no lecture this week however, Mr.Fauzi gave a brief on our final project, self titled and showed us some past students' example with the expected outcome.

Project 4 (Self-Titled) :
For the final project, we needed to create an artwork related to our story/narrative and then animate it through after effects. Our first task for the week was to write a biography of ourselves alongside with our plan for the artwork. We also needed reference some similar artworks and plan our artwork by sketching it. Then after that was just executing the artwork.

A biography of myself :
Intro
My name is Yong Zhen Xing and I’m 19 years old. I have 2 older brothers which makes me the youngest in the family. I am also currently taking Bachelor of Design in Creative Media and I hope to be a game designer in the future!

Paragraph 1
I am an introvert! Which means I don’t really like socializing but I do have my own friend group that I’m comfortable with. I also have quite a lazy characteristic where I spend most of my time laying on bed and sleeping but I feel like that is caused by the workload in college! I found music as a way to calm myself and just enter my own zone for a while if I was feeling stressed out.

Paragraph 2
My hobby consists of mainly playing video games, doing some drawing on the side and a bit of photography. In terms of my main hobby, I always love exploring new games types and trying them out even if I wasn’t good at it. To me improving/mastering something is what makes that thing so fun to do! I also like space related things and really appreciate landscapes.

Summary
I would like to explore more in life, go to new places and achieve things on my bucket list. Hopefully one day, I will achieve my bucket list along with dreams of becoming a game designer!


A statement about my work :
Intro
I plan to make an artwork of myself to show my passion for the things I like and my passion/dream going forward. The theme I am going for would involve some elements of vaporwave/synthwave with a mixture of nature. The reason I chose a synthwave theme is because I see it as a theme of a game/thing being slowly developed which mixes well with my dreams and passion.

Paragraph 1
The idea/concept will be revolving around achieving or entering serenity. Using landscapes images such as mountains and the city to bring peace to the artwork. With the combination of synthwave theme, I would also use elements such as the sunset to bring together an interesting composition.

Paragraph 2
As for the main subject which is me, I would first experiment with different poses but generally I would either have 1 or 2 pictures of myself to give that effect that I am in my own world. Other elements such as music notes could also be used to show my love for music or a camera to show my love for photography.

Summary
To put it to short, I hope to convey serenity but in my own little digital world with no disturbance.


Mood Board / Reference :


fig 1.1, Reference 1


fig 1.2, Reference 2

 
fig 1.3, Reference 3


Sketches :


fig 2.1, 2.2, Idea Sketches (10/12/2023)

This project is separated into 4 weeks, click here for the next part.


Reflection :
During this part of the project, I did a lot of self reflection about my passions and hobbies. It really made me rethink on who I wanted to be and how I would describe it through a visual form. Since I had 2 different directions, I went for both and ended with a split theme which ended up for a more interesting sketch! While I normally don't like planning out things, this was a fun planning to do since it was about expressing myself.

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