Yeah, the only problem stemmed from the fact that I couldn't draw them properly in such a short time. Gonna have to research on them to draw them I guess.
Since then, I have been plagued with design ideas. What should I do as a form of abstraction? I did alot of brainstorming, and here are some of the ideas I came up with:
( in no order of preference, )
- vehicles
- cooking utensils
- stationery
- weapons
- animals
- Buildings
- Fishes
- Sharks
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| A scary Great White |
After which I decided on sharks.,since I already drew them once in class. So I toiled and researched and drawn a nice shark.
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| I like the shark end product.. |
But then, I gave up the idea. Why, you may ask... Well it's really a question of preference. I wasn't satisfied with the idea of sharks... really. It didn't give me a good enough feeling. Yeah... I depend alot on feeling when I design and draw, so when the idea of a shark came up, I thought it was good. But after I drawn a nice, satisfactory shark, I looked back, and I didn't fancy the idea so much. Well, firstly, it's a pretty common creature. It wasn't unique... And plus I already drawn a (horrible looking) shark for the classroom assignment, so I wanted something more out of it. I wanted a unique idea.
So brainstorming session again.
This next brainstorming session was more fruitful, and I came up with a list of pretty unique ideas.
- Mask ( from Bleach =P)
- Toilet Bowl
- Treasure Chest
- Helmet
- Snowflake
- Castle
- Mythical creatures, eg. Dragon, 9 tailed fox
- Guns, weaponry
- Horror eg, ghosts
- Skull
- Kimono
- Shooting Star
- Coffin
(The ones in bold are ideas I liked )
Yeah, a pretty long list. Well, I could keep coming up with ideas, but then I wouldn't have time to illustrate it and finish it. As Dr Reddy mentioned in his lecture, you gotta finally stick with one design, and go with it, or else you'd never finish anything. Yeah, so well, what did i choose in the end?
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| Kimonos for research |
Kimonos. Why Kimonos? Question of choice again... The rest just dont seem to fit... especially presenting a skull in class? A coffin? Hm, might be abit of an extreme... There will be a group who likes it, and people who don't. I was looking for a more neutral, milder and more gentler idea. The other ideas were scrapped for various reasons. So here we have it... The kimono idea. I really hope it turns out well, since it's pretty unique and I think... not many people would do it? Hope so >_< Oh and if you prefer my shark rather than my kimono... Gomenasai. It's not that I don't like my shark, but I was just looking at something more... unique.
3 comments:
Kimono is a nice idea.. and it probably will suit the appetite of the small audience.. good luck and hope you can come out with a nice abstract design.. =]
I thought snowflake was a cute idea.. but i guess to abstract it won't make much of an abstraction in the end.
Hope your kimono turns out well^^
kimono's is a good idea. the japanese culture is starting to become more popular now a days. everyone seems to be warming up to it more. I think kimono's are a good idea. ^_^ good luck
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