Assignment 6 - Inforgraphic (Final)

The infographic recipe has been changed slightly. I added boxes to help further separate the steps into different sections. I quite like the simplicity of it actually. Haha.


I chose this colour scheme as I wanted the colours to flow as you read the steps, from a light hue and getting darker as you go down the steps. Also, it acts to separate different actions from each other. Step 2 and step 3 has noticeably different colour schemes. I did that since the steps are prepared separately, and does not involve the meat at that point in time.

Assignment 5 - Postcard (Final)

Well, I thought I could totally redo this assignment... But turns out I couldn't.

I wanted to create a postcard which has traditional toys on it, to remind people of these forgotten toys. I chose 3 simple toys, which were the Chateh* (The toy with lots of feathers that you kick around), Chinese Toy Drum and the Indian Top. This is the original 8 postcards I had.

After that, I received comments the rope wasn't very obvious, and that I could use the rope to form words rather than just letting it lie around randomly on the postcard. I tried to create a rope from a tutorial... But I couldn't get it to work due to it being for different programs. x_x Sigh.

I tried another method, which wasn't a realistic look but at least it's not as bad as the 1st. Also, I added shadows to the bottom of all the objects to give it some depth. Here's the final colour sets.

Postcard 1 (Neutral)

Postcard 2 (Army Camo)

Postcard 3 (Chill)

Postcard 4 (Warm)

Postcard 5 (Speaking colours)

Postcard 6 (Shouting Colours)

Postcard 7 (BRIGHT NEON!)

Postcard 8 (Dull)

Postcards 5 and 6 share the same background, since I wanted to try out different colours sets. In 5, the colours were "Speaking colours" while 6 had "Shouting colours".

This is the back of the postcard. I kept it simple, with a continuation of the rope trailing around the back to act as a border between the text and address section.

Postcard Back

I'll be going with the "Speaking colours" design (Postcard 5) as the final choice.

The reasons being:
Postcard 1 - Also acceptable, but I didn't want a a drawing of something in the natural colours, if I did, I rather get a photo of it.
Postcard 2 - The colours are quite nice, however, I think the colours blend too much into each other.
Postcard 3 - Chill is nice, but it's abit too boring since it's mostly focused on the blue series.
Postcard 4 - Warm suffers from the same reasons as Chill.
Postcard 6 - While 6 and 5 share the same colours, I didn't choose 6 since the colours clashed with each other and fought for attention.
Postcard 7 - BRIGHT NEON is too bright for a postcard. I don't think people would be able to look at it for too long...
Postcard 8 - Dull is too dark, and so it's abit hard to see details. Also, it's quite dreary for a postcard.

Assignment 4 - iN2015 Poster (Final)

This is the last design for the iN2015 Poster. After getting more feedback, I was suggested to add faded lines onto the island to help show the connectivity.

This is the final design. Actually I didn't really like it at first since it looks slightly cluttered but it gradually grew on me. I think the faded lines remind me of veins and so it kind of implies iN2015 plan will be part of our country's life-line. Also, I think it looks like a small circuit board. Haha.

OMG, I didn't realise I forgot that NEL ends at Vivocity instead of the Raffles Place/City Hall! X_X

Assignment 1B - Me, Myself & I (Final)

This is the final design for Assignment 1. After considering how to reduce the details of the CD player, I felt I should shrink the buttons or move them to the side so they are less obvious.


I also changed the angle of the CD player so that the headphone wire clings to the side, helping to form the leg of the letter "R". Looks alot different compared to the initial version isn't it? XD

Assignment 2 - Less Is More (Final)

Again, this is another revision after the feedback. Adding a dollar sign to show the payment is a good idea. I guess I forgot about it when I was focusing on the printer diagram. Here's the changed process of abstraction.


While this is the final sign. I felt the 2nd last abstraction is still the best as a sign.


And this is how it'll look outside the library! (Or any printing services actually)

Assignment 3 - U C What I C (Final)

I've finally done a re-shoot of this assignment! It's brighter now so it's easier to see what's happening. Also, I removed the twist from the story (since most couldn't figure it out anyway) The storyline should be clearer now. Here it is!

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Photo 4

Photo 5

Photo 6

Photo 7

Photo 8

I added in the wallet and the view from the back to make it clearer to people what exactly is happening when she kisses our "Hero". I can't really blend the wallet into the image... So it looks quite weird and stands out from the picture. I suppose it can be a good thing, since it draws emphasis that she is stealing the wallet?

Class Assignment 6 - Infographic (How Things Work)

Urm... All I can say is I had the wrong idea for this assignment at 1st. So I had to re-do everything. I orginally thought we just had to design an infographic so I decided to help increase awareness by illustrating the amount of freshwater there is in the world. However, it turned out there was a need for a chronological order or a sequence in this work. Took me some time to illustrate the iceberg. x_x
Instead, I was looking around online for inspiration and then I thought of creating a visual guide for a recipe. (Instead of the usual chunk of text or pictures) This is the 1st version of it.
It's an abstract/simplified visual guide to preparing Tonkastu (Japanese Pork Cutlets). Haha.
I'm having a hard time to illustrate the seasonings and the breacrumbs. I'm not sure if they're that clear. Hopefully with the captions below each section it is obvious what is being used. Also, without captions, I think it looks quite messy and without a flow. With the captions, I think it flows from left to right better with each step sectioned out by the words.
I haven't added in Assignment 5, which is the postcard sice I'll be redo-ing it. It seems pure illustrator work for a postcard seems quite fake and surreal. I'll have to get it done ASAP.