Design Principles / Week 4 Exercises

23.4.2021 - 30.4.2021 (Week 4) 
Lew Se Win / 0347637 / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Design Principles 
Exercises 

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LECTURES

Week 4: 

Dr. Charles started this week's lecture by telling us about how he will give us feedback on our artwork. After that, we discussed harmony and unity. Dr. Charles showed us some nature pictures which most of them reflect the design principles of harmony and unity. Later on, he asked us about our favorite artists. We also went through some of the artist's work and I was impressed by their artworks. Besides, Dr. Charles also went through all the student's week 3 exercises and gave some verbal feedback. 

Figure 1.0 Keiichi Tanaami's artworks, 27.4.2021

Pre-recorded lecture: 

• Harmony
  - share a common trait 
  - monotony without variety 
  - change in elements to avoid boring composition 
  - angles, exposure, composition
  
  
• Unity
  - composed in a balanced way
  - give a sense of oneness 
  - create theme
  
  
• Proportion
  - relationship of 2 or more elements 
  - to be harmonious with correct relationship exist 
  - size/quantity

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 INSTRUCTIONS

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WEEK 4 - HARMONY & UNITY

Harmony

Visual Research

Figure 2.0 from Pinterest

Figure 2.1 from Pinterest

Figure 2.2 from Pinterest

Figure 2.3 from Pinterest

Figure 2.4 from Pinterest

Idea Exploration

Idea #1

The word 'harmony' is very close to the word 'peace'. Hence, I got the idea of having a dove in my artwork. 

Figure 3.0 Dove from Pinterest 

Figure 3.1 Draft

Figure 3.2 Process

I decided to have 2 peace dove on the top and hands below it. After that, I colored them using poster colors. 

Figure 3.3 Process

Lastly, I trace the outline using black poster color. 

Figure 3.4 First outcome

After the feedback session, I decided to try to work on Dr. Charles' idea. I used the A4 paper with texts and make it ask the background of this artwork. 

Figure 3.5 Final outcome

Final Design

Figure 3.6 Final outcome in PDF

Unity

Idea Exploration

Idea #1

Figure 4.0 from Pinterest

I saw this image from Pinterest when I was scrolling through Pinterest to get some inspiration. After that, I have an idea of creating artwork using a similar element.

Figure 4.1 Progress

Final Design

Figure 4.2 Final unity outcome

I decided to go for a simple design for my second artwork. Hence, I used the shape of a flower and repeat them in different sizes, positions and colors.

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FEEDBACK

Dr. Charles said that he prefers the dove's sketches in Figure 3.1. He thinks that the text behind united the artwork.  

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BRIEF REFLECTION 

I think this week's exercises were quite interesting. I have a better understanding of both of the principles and both of them work together. However, I think that I still can improve on both of the designs.