9th of December, 2010 - Colour Assignment

My facial expression would literally be like this
whenever I'm doing my assignment

It's a Thursday today
and I had no class.
So I spent my entire day
trying to finish the re-made colour assignment.

ADD 105
Visual Communication in Design

I mentioned earlier that 2 of
my assignments were rejected
and one of it is the colour assignment.
I was surprised to hear
when the lecturer said that
our colour assignments
were PLAIN & BORING
He told us that we have to be
creative since we're a designer-to-be.
So I had to do it all over again
and it took me about
more than 10 hours to finish it.
Oh yeah~

This was the rejected assignment:
When I was about to submit this one
I just figured out that
I FORGOT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS!!
AND ALSO THE REFERENCES PAGE!!
and so I panicked a little bit
and knew that the lecturer
would say something about the assignment.
Oh yesh yesh he did say something XD
but he never mentioned about
the missing table of contents
and the references page.
hahahahahahhahahahaha

So this is the re-made assignment:
:Link:
Colour in Visual Communication
by Francess Deanna Ramli

I didn't add the cover page
and the table of contents in this file
because it totally ruins
the page numbering (=w=)
And to be thinking of printing
this makes me really anxious
since there's a lot of paintings
inserted in the file.
I don't know about you
but I still feel like it lacks of something.
...I wonder...

So while researching
I found a few interesting websites :D
I hope you will like it!
Suitable for those who're taking arts

ArtHistory.Net

Colour Theory for Designers

DavidSlonim.WordPress.Com

That's All For Now!
Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

8th of December, 2010 - Wednesday Classes :3

Today I had English Level 2
and Visual Communication class.

We didn't really learn anything
in English class today because
Miss Freda held a test today.
I think I did pretty well :D
haha XD

ADD 105
Visual Communication in Design

In Visual Com class
we finished our final chapter which is
Chapter 7 - Information for Presentation Design
One of the things that we learned
was the types of presentation.

There are 3 types:

1. Verbal Presentation
It is a basis communication
between people through talking.
Formally, this type of presentation
is used during meetings, lectures,
speeches, conferences, seminars, etc.

2. Visual Presentation
It is a communication through
visual aid such as graphic design,
typography, drawing, illustration, etc.
This type of presentation is used
for websites, design presentation,
designers, etc.

3. Written Presentation
It is a written communication entails
transmission of message in black and white.
Normally it is used when one wants
to write a report, story, document,
diary, thesis, book, manual, etc.

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Aside from that,
I wanted to hand in 2 of
the 'completed' assignments today.
However, when I showed it to my lecturer,
dum dum dum.....REJECTED!

I was like "O-M-G"
hahahahahhahahahhahahahaha
So I guess I'll have to edit
a little bit of here and there :D
Wish me luck!

That's All For Today!
Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

10th of November, 2010 - History Report + Wednesday Class

:Today's Class:
ADD 105
Visual Communication in Design

Nothing much on today's class.
The lecturer only showed pictures
to refresh out memory
on Gestalt Theory.
You can read about
Gestalt Theory in my blog
by following the link

:Link:
25th of October, 2010
Gestalt Theory

Today is the deadline
for my History & Theory
of Architecture report
which is on Chapter 1
Ancient Mesopotamia.
I was requested to do about the
Sumerians & Akkadians
Yesh I did post something
about this Chapter
and I think I did some
mistakes (OwO)
..sigh..
Oh well XD hahahahha

So you can see
my work here

:Link:
Sumerians & Akkadians Report
Sumerians & Akkadians [Power Point]

Pleease spare my life
if there's any mistakes (@_@)
and I can't say that my work
is a 100% true
So please..

Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

7th of November, 2010 - Business Card Assignment

This assignment is under
Visual Communication in Design
(ADD 105)
and it is based on chapter 4
which is Typography & Layout

:You can find this chapter in my blog:
3rd of November, 2010
Typography & Layout [Chapter 4]

So for this chapter,
we had to do a business card.
The lecturer told us to
name our own company
and to do anything with it XD
I was like "yay!"
hahaha

I finish up the assignment
few minutes ago
and it took me about
4-5 hours to do it,
plus going to the toilet
and drinking water and
washing the dishes XD

This is the result:
+Front+

+Back+

BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
...my precious...

That's All For Now!
Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

3rd of November, 2010 - Typography & Layout [Chapter 4]

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Visual Communication in Design

Today's class we learned
about Typography & Layout
which is on Chapter 4
of this subject.

Designed Typography
is a combination of
font, size, spacing and colour
to create or form a new design
of typography.

Whereas,

Typography
is the art & technique of arranging types,
type designs, and modifying type glyphs.

Arranging type involves:
Changing point size, leading, width,
letter-spacing and kerning

Type Design
is the art of designing Typefaces

Typefaces
are a created set of characters of
a single size and style
such as Verdana, Arial and Bodoni.

Fonts
are specific style and sized of a typeface

EXAMPLE:
Myriad Pro - a typeface
Myriad Pro Semibold Italic 24 pts - a font

because it specifies the size and styling of that particular typeface

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I know I know
there are a lot of terms
given to us and it is no wonder
my mind was blank when
I was recalling the lesson before
hahahahahaha

But guess what,
the interesting part is the
Character Anatomy!

CLICK THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE

I feel like I'm learning Biology again (@_@)
only that this time it's about letters
in a particular typeface.
I didn't know there are so many

Well, I guess I'll take my rest now
after a day of class
with the sun shining
oh so brightly in the sky

P.S.
I HATE THE HEAT!!!

Thank You For Reading!
I Hope My Notes Helped!
*bows*

2nd of November, 2010 - Today + Design Transformation Assignment

I was suppose to have
English (Level 2) class
today but unfortunately
we were informed that
Miss Freda is sick.
Get well soon :3

I didn't really have the mood to
go back home early, so I stayed
for a while and talked to Charm
and met a new friend named Bernard
we all have the same interest which
is anime and so I called a friend of mine
which is Kuzaimi who is also into anime.
We talked and talked and also drew :D

This is what I drew :3

I'm really sorry for the bad quality
but I'm really lazy to scan
especially when my brother told
me to 'explore' and figure out
how to use the scanner on my own.
I'm not in the mood to get my hands dirty

This is what I drew yesterday
before dinner time :3

I was practicing on the
S & M look and facial expression
and at first it was only the girl
but then I thought maybe she
deserves a guy beside her XD
hahahahahhaha

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Moving to my next topic
which is my design transformation
assignment.

Before I present my outcomes.
Design Transformation
is about Design Development
and Design Development is about
Design Process.
Design Process is a systematic
problem solving strategy, with
criteria and constraints, used to
develop many possible
solutions to solve a problem
or satisfy the human needs
and wants and also to narrow down
the possible solutions to one.
+This is based on the notes given to me+
+From Visual Communication in Design+

However,
Design Transformation can also
be said to transform an object
to create or modify a design.
Such as a snail's shell
into a building
or a bamboo into a mug.

For my assignment,
I choose a jellyfish as my object

I haven't work on the final one
because I just had to rest
and the sun was shining directly
towards my eyes.

That's All For Now!
Thank You For The Visit!
*bows*

20th of October, 2010 - Rejected

Wednesday
20th of October, 2010

ADD 105
Visual Communication in Design

Today's class there was only
Ledister, Joey, Voo and I
The rest of our buddies
didn't show up because
I think they didn't finish their assignment
but then even Ledister didn't finish
and he still attended class.
You guys that missed class
are such chickens XD
hahahahahha

+My assignment+

So I passed up my assignment
and guess what
it was rejected! :D
hahahahaha XD
The lecturer said if I wanted more marks
I have to re-do everything
and make sure it has a visual hierarchy.
When he mentioned visual hierarchy
I was like "Oh yaaaahh!!!!"
which means I just realized that
that was missing.
So then yeah,
I have to re-do everything again XD
harharharhar

Assignments are loading
all the time
and the lecturer said
"that's what a designer's life is like
to be catching up deadlines"
I was like "Owh ma gawd"
and went "wohoo!!"
then we all laughed together
hahahahaha XD

P.S.
We just received our new schedule
on Principle of Architecture & Design
and History & Theory of Architecture 1
so now we will be attending 5 classes :D
Yay! No more "no lecturers" issues!!

Thanks For The Visit!
*bows*

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*