28/09/2021 - 12/10/2021 (Week 6-8)
Liew Li Wei 0338076
Bachelor of Mass Communication (Hons) Digital Media Production
Design Principles (Minor)
Project 1: Self-Portrait
LECTURE
Week 6
Self-Portrait
A self-portrait is basically a representation of an artist about himself that
does not necessarily needs to be representational. The artist his free to draw
himself in any style, in order to represent his psychological/emotional
features, in the piece. It can be:
- How I see myself (physical traits and personality)
- How others see me (physical traits and personality)
- My experiences
- My interests
- My thoughts
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Figure 6.1: Self-Portrait from Artsper
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Figure 6.2: Self-Portrait from Behance
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Figure 6.3: Self-Portrait from ArtStation
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Figure 6.4: Self-Portrait from Envato Tuts+
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Figure 6.5: Self-Portrait from 500px Blog
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Figure 6.6: Self-Portrait from Laughing Squid
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Week 7
(Work on Self-Portrait)
Week 8
(Independent Learning Week)
INSTRUCTION
PROJECT 1: SELF-PORTRAIT
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Figure 6.7: A Simple Sketch of Myself
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Figure 6.8: Inspiration 1 from photo by Nicolò Bonazzi
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Figure 6.9: Inspiration 1 from Glorify
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From my sketch, I chose to work on cheerful, photography and Malaysia. In my
idea exploration, I was inspired by figure 6.8, therefore I tried to use a
photo of myself and overlay on Malaysia's famous icon, Petronas Twin Towers.
Furthermore, I use the warm colour as my background to show the warm and
cheerful side of me.
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Figure 6.10: Original Photo of Me
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Figure 6.11: Malaysia Background 1 from Policy Forum
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Figure 6.12: Malaysia Background 2 from Malaysia Airline
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I chose this 2 background of Petronas Twin Towers as it symbolized Malaysia
and it is located at Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
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Figure 6.13: Idea Exploration 1
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Figure 6.14: Idea Exploration 2
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After receiving feedback from Miss Jinchi, I took a new photo of
me smiling. Then, I found a clear portrait image of Kuala Lumpur, which is the
capital city of Malaysia, from Pinterest. I place the iamge of KL behind and
use the hard light effect on myself so that both image can blend together.
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Figure 6.15: Malaysia Background 3 from Pinterest
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Figure 6.16: New Original Photo of Me
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Figure 6.17: Self-Portrait 1
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Figure 6.18: Project 1: Self-Portrait 2
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Figure 6.19: Project 1: Self-Portrait 3
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FINAL OUTCOME
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| Figure 6.20: Project 1: Self-Portrait |
FEEDBACK
For my figure 6.13, the twin tower is a bit distracting from my portrait; for
my figure 6.14, the position of the twin tower is quite odd. Therefore I will
need to work on the composition. Miss suggested that my my twin tower could
probably only reach my cheek, so it will be less distracting.
REFLECTION
In this project, I learnt a lot through the exploration of ideas from the internet. I acquired a lot of different ideas that I can use to portrait myself. Although I didn't try much on those ideas, but I am sure all these knowledge I gain will definitely be useful for me in the future.
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