The final for the poster.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The 2 images I used to explain the passage from the song. A family and friends with laughter and happiness. I put the 2 images onto the 2 sides of the wings. A very simple way i did is just move the images onto the wings and add feather effects to smoothen the edges, and then i alter the size to fit in the wings and used the eraser tool to erase any exceeding part out of the wings. And then I lowered the opacity to make it blur and fading.
A passage from the song explains a pair of wings disappearing. So i've used a wings of an angel and put it at the back of the women as if she wants to fly away. I used the Magic wand tool to cut out the wings from a black background. To give it's effect of a blurry and disappearing wings, i used the feather tool to smoothen the edges. After that i used the burn tool to darken some edges to give a special effects, and then i lowered down the opacity to make it as if its seen through.
Background
This is the background for the poster of a sun setting on the horizon. A altered the color of the sea to a warmer and soothing color.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
The song chosen
The song ive chosen is a malay song sang by Ning Baizura, "Awan yang terpilu". The song tells about the journey of her as a singer. How she struggled through family, instinct and fame. A very touching song and her music video can bring tears to you. when i hear this song, i think of my family and why am i here in this world. What have i done i this world that serves a purpose and have a done enough to fulfill my parents wishes ? All of these constantly playing in my mind and yet i cant find the right answers, is like drifting on an open sea looking at the moving clouds. No where to go, but the only images i can see are from the cloud above. That's what the song brings to me.
Short Bio
My name is Phoon Wai Kit from Subang Jaya. FCM foundation Sem 2, loves drawing and music. About to show you the making of a poster based on a song passage, an assignment done in Computer Graphics 2, class of Mdm Rofeah.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
The Making of....
First, i plot out the asian region of the map with the pen tool on top of the blue ocean that was created using rectangular tool as well as for the black background.
Then, i flood the edges of the land by changing the continents color to suit the ocean colors and then pen tool another "unflooded" area on the African, Saudi Arabian, central Asian, Russian, and the Australian region. The border of this poster i made it black as though the whole region is surrounded by darkness when these disasters occurred.
This is the magnifying glass i made that has the view of a bad television reception. I used the 3D revolve method to create the handle and the base of the magnifying glass. And then i use eclipse tool to create a round shape on top of the base and put on some grainy effect. And then i use pen tool to create the zig zag effect and alter its opacity and color for each one of them. After that, I used the pen tool again to create the reflection to make it looks shining on a glass. to enhance the effect, i used the outer glow effect.
It gives an idea on how unthinkable and unimaginable our country Malaysia and other regions would face when there phenomena occurs.
This is the key word for the poster and it should be big, bold and bright. Global warming, i made it as if it is burning in flames. First, i use the eclipse tool to create a long oval shape, and then bold the outlines and put 2 different hot and warm colors in it. Then I use the crystallize tool to make the whole edges pointy and then the twirl tool to twirl it. Telling the people that global warming means the earth is getting hotter and hotter as if she is being burnt.
Global warming means the increase speed of seasonal ice melting on the north and south pole thus the faster the rise in sea water level.
This is the Statement for this poster. " Where Will We be At ?' the question asked. Where will we be at when these kinda disaster happen out of the hands of humans itself ? Where will our country be ? under the sea ? gone forever ?
My Sketch
This will roughly look like how my poster of global warming will be. I've decided to plot a map of the Asian region being slowly drowned by rising sea level cause of the melting of the ice caps on the north and south of the earth leaving Earth only a minimal amount of space for us and other living things.
As we all know, Malaysia is a tiny country on a peninsula almost surrounded by Seas. A serious rising sea level will definitively drown our country and others around us. Then i put a magnifying glass on top on Malaysia as if it is looking for it but found nothing.
A very important notice and warning to all that our entire nation could be wiped out if actions are not taken. Not now but will be for our Sons $ daughters or even our grandchildren.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Statement
The statement will be " Where will we be at?" . It gives a moment for us to stop and think, what will happen to us once the ice caps and glaciers start melting faster than it should be.
Where will us be at ? where will us be placed, or live or even survive ? Malaysia is a peninsula and being one of the lowest to sea level. Melting of the ice faster increases the sea water level even higher and when it becomes to quickly, it will definitely sink or drown Malaysia and the other islands around it. not only us, but the large percentage of Earth's land will sink and be under water due to humans' own misdeed.
Where will us be at ? where will us be placed, or live or even survive ? Malaysia is a peninsula and being one of the lowest to sea level. Melting of the ice faster increases the sea water level even higher and when it becomes to quickly, it will definitely sink or drown Malaysia and the other islands around it. not only us, but the large percentage of Earth's land will sink and be under water due to humans' own misdeed.
GLOBAL WARMING - Assignment 3
Our CG assignment 3 require us to Illustrate or to create a poster on the Global Warming Awareness.
Global Warming as it is easy to understand, means the rising temperature of the earth's atmosphere and ocean.The question on Global Warming has been raised since the mid 20th century and the problem are still in continuation. The major part that causes global warming is the change in the Green House Effect that keeps the earth in its temperature that supports lives. The increase of green house gases due to heavy industrial activities leads to trapping of heat on earth thus affect lives as well as the natural effects of earth.
As we know, Earth consist of 75% water ( salt/fresh water) and 10% of ice caps and glaciers leaving only 15% of land for humans and other living animals to live. The increase in temperature on earth melts the ice faster than its suppose to melt seasonally thus, increase in sea water level and decrease in habitant land. Imagine if the ice on north, and the ice on south( that is approximately 2.3km deep down) melts faster that it should be, the masses of earth land would sink and leave almost no space for inhabitants or worst, humans.
People take this issue lightly and thinking that global warming was exaggerated and worst, a hoax. Without setting the right mindset on the people, or the leaders of the world, the problem will become much worser and then there will be no time to regret. Alot of awareness campaign and studies have been done and works hard to get support from the people around the world.
This assignment that require us to create a poster is a good way to determine whether how much we know about global warming and how much we are trying to create an awareness or ways to stop it.
Global Warming as it is easy to understand, means the rising temperature of the earth's atmosphere and ocean.The question on Global Warming has been raised since the mid 20th century and the problem are still in continuation. The major part that causes global warming is the change in the Green House Effect that keeps the earth in its temperature that supports lives. The increase of green house gases due to heavy industrial activities leads to trapping of heat on earth thus affect lives as well as the natural effects of earth.
As we know, Earth consist of 75% water ( salt/fresh water) and 10% of ice caps and glaciers leaving only 15% of land for humans and other living animals to live. The increase in temperature on earth melts the ice faster than its suppose to melt seasonally thus, increase in sea water level and decrease in habitant land. Imagine if the ice on north, and the ice on south( that is approximately 2.3km deep down) melts faster that it should be, the masses of earth land would sink and leave almost no space for inhabitants or worst, humans.
People take this issue lightly and thinking that global warming was exaggerated and worst, a hoax. Without setting the right mindset on the people, or the leaders of the world, the problem will become much worser and then there will be no time to regret. Alot of awareness campaign and studies have been done and works hard to get support from the people around the world.
This assignment that require us to create a poster is a good way to determine whether how much we know about global warming and how much we are trying to create an awareness or ways to stop it.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Making Of....
This section explains on the making of my mid-autumn festive calendar. The tools i used in illustrator and the idea of making the calendar.
I thought of using the mid-autumn festival is because personally i felt joyful and fun celebrating this festival. The gathering of families, beautiful lanterns creates a colorful atmosphere and also the magnificent sight of the full moon.
First of all, I had the background of the calendar established, that is the night view and used Mesh tools to fit in certain colors and contrast where the higher the sky the darker it gets and vice-versa.
And then i added in some brightly lit stars and some dim lighted stars to make a stary effect. I used the feather effect on the stars and then added some white outer glow to it so that is as though glowing.
Then the mountains were added on it. The mountains were drawn with the pen tool and added color to it. in order not to have the mountain to look plain and 2D, I used the mesh tool to add a wavy lighter toning across it to make a soft effect for the mountain.
The moon comes next, simple done it but i think it gives a glowing moon effect. First, a circle was drawn, then feather effect was added and then inner glow and outer glow was added and placed on the night view back ground, something like this came out.
Quite satisfied on the effect though, haha..
After that, the cloud was drawn using the twirl tool, just twirl and twirl till i get the marshmallow effect, sweet. Anyway, i lower the opacity of the cloud so that it look abit cloudy and foggy effect. Was put around the moon to make it look cloudy.
Then the darker clouds which a farther away from the mountains appeared darker, some larger, and some smaller were placed as a background to strenghten to mountain night effect.
The word written is Zhong Qiu means Mid-autumn in Chinese as it is a Chinese custom to celebrate the mid-autumn festival since centuries ago although now it is celebrated across the western continent. The Chinese word written as though as it is written with a Chinese brush pencil with the traditional black ink.
Here comes the Jed Rabbit, one of the symbol and legendary animal for the mid-autumn festival where it is said to be living on the moon making Chinese herb medicine. Simple shapes were drawn and then colors added. then i used the mesh tool to give a gradient effect on it.
The lanterns! This is what we see the most on mid-autumn festivals. Colorful from red, green, yellow hung up all over the streets. The whole lantern was drawn with the pen tool, color was added and stroke taken out. and then, i used the inner center glow to add another brighter glowing on it. then i used mesh tool to add some color effects on the sides. Lastly, a lantern glows, so i used the outer glow effect to finish it.
This is Chang'E, well.. .. anyway... XD is the Moon goddess where legends were told that she floated to the moon after accidentally swallowing her husband Hou yi's immortality pill and thus, living on the moon for the next eternity. Chang'E was drawn using pen tool traced from a figure of her i drew on paper. Then colors were added and layers were placed at the right angle.
I thought of using the mid-autumn festival is because personally i felt joyful and fun celebrating this festival. The gathering of families, beautiful lanterns creates a colorful atmosphere and also the magnificent sight of the full moon.
First of all, I had the background of the calendar established, that is the night view and used Mesh tools to fit in certain colors and contrast where the higher the sky the darker it gets and vice-versa.
And then i added in some brightly lit stars and some dim lighted stars to make a stary effect. I used the feather effect on the stars and then added some white outer glow to it so that is as though glowing.
Then the mountains were added on it. The mountains were drawn with the pen tool and added color to it. in order not to have the mountain to look plain and 2D, I used the mesh tool to add a wavy lighter toning across it to make a soft effect for the mountain.
The moon comes next, simple done it but i think it gives a glowing moon effect. First, a circle was drawn, then feather effect was added and then inner glow and outer glow was added and placed on the night view back ground, something like this came out.
Quite satisfied on the effect though, haha..
After that, the cloud was drawn using the twirl tool, just twirl and twirl till i get the marshmallow effect, sweet. Anyway, i lower the opacity of the cloud so that it look abit cloudy and foggy effect. Was put around the moon to make it look cloudy.
Then the darker clouds which a farther away from the mountains appeared darker, some larger, and some smaller were placed as a background to strenghten to mountain night effect.
The word written is Zhong Qiu means Mid-autumn in Chinese as it is a Chinese custom to celebrate the mid-autumn festival since centuries ago although now it is celebrated across the western continent. The Chinese word written as though as it is written with a Chinese brush pencil with the traditional black ink.
Here comes the Jed Rabbit, one of the symbol and legendary animal for the mid-autumn festival where it is said to be living on the moon making Chinese herb medicine. Simple shapes were drawn and then colors added. then i used the mesh tool to give a gradient effect on it.
The lanterns! This is what we see the most on mid-autumn festivals. Colorful from red, green, yellow hung up all over the streets. The whole lantern was drawn with the pen tool, color was added and stroke taken out. and then, i used the inner center glow to add another brighter glowing on it. then i used mesh tool to add some color effects on the sides. Lastly, a lantern glows, so i used the outer glow effect to finish it.
This is Chang'E, well.. .. anyway... XD is the Moon goddess where legends were told that she floated to the moon after accidentally swallowing her husband Hou yi's immortality pill and thus, living on the moon for the next eternity. Chang'E was drawn using pen tool traced from a figure of her i drew on paper. Then colors were added and layers were placed at the right angle.
Monday, April 7, 2008
i've tried to refine the lady and the rabbit now.. but still working on it.. based on Dr. Khoo's advice and suggestion. i think the lantern is ok.. haha.. Sunday, April 6, 2008
References
Certain references or images i referred to to create my calendar design. The lady on the moon, Rabbit, mountain night view, Lanterns and of course, the full moon, it all related to the festival of mid-autumn.
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