Digital Photography & Imaging | WEEK 7-10 : Quote of the Day

 NAME: FEILYCIA JOY KURNIAWAN

I.D: 0373400

COURSE: Bachelor of Design (Honors) in Creative Media

GROUP: 02  

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LECTURE

WEEK 9 - Surrealism

Realism vs Surrealism

Realism - takes subject matters of the ordinary or known as "reality"

Surrealism - A twist on realism, dream-like images, a distortion of reality

Surrealism is a cultural movement focused on type of arts to express about the artist's idea themselves. And in today's digital era, surrealism is one of the top digital art styles.

Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter and printmaker, even if you are not a fan of art, I'm sure you are familiar with this piece made by him.

the persistence of memory by salvador dalí

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Quote of the Day - WEEK 7-10

Exploration

Process Work

At first i had an idea for the quote "enjoy the now" and "you are a mosaic of everyone you've loved". However as I was developing the idea of the work, I was stuck. 

So I decided to change my quote. Initially I had 2 quotes, "You'll figure it out" and "Speak your mind".

After consulting with both lecturers, I settled with "You'll figure it out". 

Traditional Sketch

I realized that there's not enough photography elements in this piece so I made a little twist to the idea.

Digital Sketch

I was not sure with this design, I felt it lack something but couldn't figure what it was.

And I was struggling with developing the idea of how to design the text to look better. 

After consulting with both lecturer and asking my friends for their opinions, I decided to discard the idea. While I was strolling through campus, I came up with the idea, instead of "arranging" the text in the sky, why not do it on the ground. 

So I took some photos, 

And made a new concept of the same quote and ask both lecturer and my friends which one is better. Mr. Hafiz and most of my friends said the right one, then I start to develop the design. 

Photoshop Development

I first remove the background for the top layer and then I adjust the curves, levels , hue, and saturation.(Cont.)

After that, I continue with the type expression development.

   Type expression Development

   Click here to see the development of the type expression. 

(Cont.) 

After finishing the type expression developments, I came back to photoshop to adjust the colors and contrast of the design as a whole, so that the text and the surroundings can blend better. 

After taking a step back, I feel it lacks the photography elements to it, so I adopt the idea from my first traditional sketch and, came up with;

FINAL OUTCOME

It Can be Hard But, You'll Figure It Out

I get frustrated and overwhelmed easily when I don’t do things right, so this quote really is a self reflection. And I need to remind myself of this quote during this task. I struggled to come up with an idea, and with having to get approval from 2 teachers, it has been a challenge. I made 4 different versions of this and settled with this one. 

The idea itself is, the letters represented by puzzle pieces is to show progress is made little by little, and it is okay to struggle, cause eventually You’ll Figure It Out!

REFLECTION

This task was the first collaboration task in uni so it was interesting. And to be frank, I was pretty frustrated cause most of my ideas didn't got approved, and the one that did got approved I don't know how to develop the ideas, so I felt I was stuck. Plus, we need to get approval from both lecturer, sometimes one approved and one doesn't, so it was a challenge. 

However with the technicalities itself, I enjoyed. Using the tools that Mr. Hafiz and Mr. Fauzi had taught us combined with the tools I had to learn by myself by doing my own research on how to do the methods was a fun challenge. The playlist that Mr. Hafiz provided was very helpful also.  

All in all, this was a fun and challenging task for me. I loved how I had to learn new tools outside that had been taught.