Today's Class: Chapter 1 - Principle of Visual Communication

ADD 105
Visual Communication in Design

Date:
6th of October, 2010

Today's class teaches us
about the first chapter in
Visual Communication in Design
which is Chapter 1
Principle of Visual Communication.

There are four topics in this chapter:
1. What is Visual Communication
2. Visual Hierarchy
3. Principle of Visual Communication
4. Design Organization

Of course I won't be going through
everything with you all
because that would seem
really boring and it would be
really really long.
So I will just tell you
what caught my interest.

Actually all the topics caught my interest
but what made me focus more
was topic number 2
Visual Hierarchy

Visual Hierarchy is used in design
to help the viewer process information.
Visual Hierarchy is the order or sequence
that most people will see and identify objects
(first, second, third, fourth, etc)
People focus their eye's on things
that stand out, such as a bright red stop sign, first.
Later they look at things that are smaller
or less noticeable, such as the leaves on the sidewalk.
Objects the eye sees first and the mind perceives
are considered to be high on the visual hierarchy

What it actually mean is that
the top most of the
visual hierarchy
is what we see first.
Such as the front cover of our text book
the first thing that we'll notice is the picture on
the second thing is the big title on the text book
the third (also the last) is the small letters.
That is how the human mind works
where we're more interested in images
and something that strikes out.

Another example is
when you visit my blog :D
the first thing you'll notice is
the humongous edited picture (by me)
that says 'Irasshaimase to Francess' blog'
Then as you scroll down
you'll read the content of my blog
which is at the left side of this blog
where I post my blogs and stuff.
Next you'll notice the right side of my blog
where I put information about myself.
This is what the note meant by
" Visual Hierarchy is the order or sequence
that most people will see and identify objects "

If you still don't understand
then I shall put it in the simplest way I can.
Visual Hierarchy is something like
observing something from afar
and slowly you observe it closer and closer
until you reach the point where you can't get any closer
which of course you only need your eyes in this experiment.

So that's all for now :D

Domo Arigato-gozaimasu
*bows*

Dresses

I'm beginning to want
to wear dresses
and it feels
...weird...
but satisfying :D

I'm always known to
be one of those tomboys
who hangs out with guys
instead of girls
and who has a boy complex.
Hitting guys, arm wrestling,
guy 'talk' and such.
But now,
I don't do those things anymore.
It seems that
I'm more interested in arts
if you know what I mean.
I guess that's what it means by
'people change'

But I know one thing
that hasn't changed
MAKEUP
I still don't really like
wearing makeup.
Having it once in a while
like during a dinner party
is fine but NOT EVERY DAY
If you've read last years post
I mentioned about make up
and why it is bad.
Go ahead and read it :3

So now the feeling of wanting
to wear a dress is
starting to grow and grow
and coming much more often
to me
I would be like
"I want to wear a dress to college"
my mum was like
"Up to you"
Translation : "Just wear it if you want"
hahahaha

My sister bought me
two dresses
one purple and one white
So now I have black, purple, white dresses
hahahaha

Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'hoole

25th of September 2010

I went to Centre Point today
to meet a friend of mine,
Rona Clarenie,
from my former high school.
So we went to watch
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'hoole
Basically this movie is about Owls.
It's a very predictable fantasy movie where
there's the Guardians and the Pure Ones
The Guardians are the good owls while
the Pure Ones are the bad owls.
The bad owls plans to defeat the good owls
and then bla bla bla
the good owls wins in the end.
hahahahahahahaha

Eventhough the storyline is predictable
the graphics are amazing.
I don't know how many people realized it
but the way they do the graphics are just wow.
Throughout the movie
all I did was thinking
'how did they do that?'
'what software did they use?'
'I wanna do something like that too'
and I was also focusing on the angles and such.

Nothing much today
-The End-
*laughs*

Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

24th of September, 2010 - English + Drawing ???

Sooo
First subject was
Reading, Vocabulary & Grammar 2
In short, English level 2.
It was Miss Freda's class
and when she came into the class
and starts speaking
I was like "Oh Thank You God"
because finally there's a qualified
English teacher to teach English in the college.
I'm not saying that other English teachers aren't qualified
I'm just saying that it's a relief to
actually hear a proper English lecture
rather than a Manglish lecture (Malay + English)

So we were told
to do some research about
part of speech
simple past tense
simple present tense
future tense
and make our own blog
but since I already have my own blog
so I don't need to worry! Hurray!
I know making a blog will be useful somehow!
muahahahahahahahhaha
but then now it means that
I'll have to blog everyday
(@_@) Oh my...I hope I'll be able to..
My college friends came to me
and said "Can you teach us how to make a blog?"
I was like "....huh?"
hahahahhahahaha
the earliest person to ask me was
Max Bewsher
an Architect student
We knew each other since primary school XD
At first I was wondering why he wanted me to help
After attending Miss Freda's class, only when I know why
Maybe I should make a blog tutorial eh?
hahaha we'll see

Next was Sir Kennedy's class
Design Communication 1
To put it in a simpler way,
Drawing/Sketching level 1.
He talked most of the time
and his stories were surprisingly interesting
I guess it's because it comes from his experience.
We were briefly told about the subject
and what we will be doing in the future.
So....he told us to get ready a set of pencils,
butter paper & drawing board.

+Butter Paper/Tracing Paper+

So I guess that's what a butter paper looks like
It looks more like a toilet paper when you
look at my point of view hahahaha
I guess Chefs normally use this
for baking and stuff
..interesting..

When I came back home
I was like really exhausted
and I haven't take any rest until now
since I was busy washing the clothes
(because my dad went to China but he's coming back today)
doing some research for my assignments
and also updating my blog (@_@)
and and and discussing with my best friends
on this coming Sunday event
Yeap....Sunday....oh yeah..

I need to finish up my assignments
and the preparation for Sir Kennedy's class
fast or I'll be doomed
DOOM I TELL YOU

Thank You For The Visit! :D
*bows*

Josei Manga?

Why does it feel like
there's a discover very often?
I guess that's what
makes life interesting.

I just finished reading
Paradise Kiss
that I mentioned earlier on
and I went to check the forums
to give my feedback.
And someone mentioned that
this manga isn't a shoujo manga
but it's a josei manga
because throughout the manga
it was really serious
and the ending didn't really
turn out what the readers expected
I give it a 10/10

"Josei (meaning 'woman')
is the term used to refer to manga,
usually romance,
for women in there late teens and upwards.
It tends to be more realistic,
mature and explicit than the idealized shojo genre.
The male counterpart is called Seinen"
+Source+

"Literally translates as "comics for women"
or specifically, for female readers between the ages of 18 - 30,
although women in their 40's and 50's also read josei titles.
Josei manga stories usually
feature more mature, complex stories and themes
and tend have more sexually explicit content
than shojo manga.
Stories about office life, marriages, infidelity, babies, families
and of course, romance are popular"
+Source+

When I know this I was like
"wow....I'm reading a mature manga"
hahahahahahahahaha
Oh well,
I'm turning 18 soon anyway

Come Again Next Time!
*bows*

22nd of September 2010 - First Day Of Class?

Today's subject is Visual Communication in Design
and also it's my first class for this 2nd semester
Actually I was supposed to have class yesterday
but since I was told that my class was change to this Friday
so I went home laughing out loud
First, it's because that the college couldn't find
any teachers to teach for that class
Second, it's because others will go to the college
and would be told that there's no class
and they would say "WHAT THE F###?!"
bwahahahahhahahahhaha
I know I'm nuts at times

Anyway,
so today our class was supposed to start at 2pm
but eventually we started late
because our lecturer didn't know
that he had class today XD hahaha
and he looked so busy going around the college
he told us that he was in charge in the
electrical management thingie
because he said the college couldn't
resist for too many air conditioner to be on
or there will be a 'boom' among the circuit
and the power will go down down down~
and somehow...
it did :D
in the middle of the class
suddenly there was no electricity
so we had to proceed with the class
without electricity
hohoho how nice

So today's lesson was
getting to know each other
bla bla bla
after that
the lecturer mentioned about
industrial design.
We were quite surprise
because we don't even know what it is.
So then he told us
that industrial design
is everything that you see in a typical room
I was like "what?"
hahahahahaha

...so to be exact...

An industrial design
is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article.
The design may consist of three-dimensional features,
such as the shape or surface of an article,
or of two-dimensional features,
such as patterns, lines or color

Industrial designs
are applied to a wide variety of products
of industry and handicraft:
from technical and medical instruments to watches,
jewelry, and other luxury items;
from housewares and electrical appliances to vehicles
and architectural structures;
from textile designs to leisure goods.

To be protected under most national laws,
an industrial design must be new and/or original.
Novelty or originality is determined with respect
to the existing design corpus.
An industrial design is primarily of an aesthetic nature,
and does not protect any technical features of the article
to which it is applied.

+Source+

The college that I'm going to
feels like it's a deserted college.
There's no cafeteria/food court,
no library, no computer lab
what's worse
no bus
ZZzZZzZZ

Thank You For Reading!
*bows*