Design Principles - Project 1: Self-Portrait
13/5/2022 - 27/5/2022 (Week 7 - Week 9)
Anna Chin Siaw Fong / 0354370
Design Principles / Bachelor of
Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Project 1:
Self-Portrait
LECTURES
Self
- My thoughts
- How I see myself (physical traits and personality)
- My experiences
- My interests
- How others see me (physical traits and personality)
Self-Portrait
- A self representation in the form of a drawing/painting/sculpture/design
- A visual depiction of the self
- A self-portrait artwork represents the designer/artist
INSTRUCTIONS
While creating my self-portrait, I came up with an idea to add a little twist to my self-portrait. Even though I am always a very cheerful person, I can also be really sad at times. So, I added patches and drew me crying and sad which acts as another side of me which I do not normally show people.
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Project 1: Self-Portrait
Project 1: Self-Portrait
Visual Research
Before starting my self-portrait, I did some visual research. I searched up some self-portraits on Pinterest.
Fig 1.0 Inspiration 1
Fig 1.1 Inspiration 2
Idea Exploration
I did some self-exploration before coming up with an idea for my self-portrait.
Fig 2.0 Self-exporation
After completing my self-exploration, I proceeded with a rough sketch for my self-portrait. I had an idea of putting things I like in my self-portrait as it represents me.
Fig 2.1 Rough sketch
Self-Portrait Progress
Lang Leav is one of my favourite poets. I loved her book "Sad Girls" a lot. Therefore, I decided to take one page from her book and use it as the background for my self-portrait. I pasted my picture on top of it. I made it looks like the page was from an old book so it looks more aesthetic.
Fig 3.0 Self-portrait progress 1
After that, I drew things that I like as doodles around me.
Fig 3.1 Self-portrait progress 2
Fig 3.2 Self-portrait progress 3
After that, I added some more doodles at the other side of my face to make it looks nicer. I thought it would be nice to add "love youself" in my self-portrait as sometimes I have insecurities about myself. Therefore, it acts like a reminder that I have to love myself more.
Fig 3.3 Final self-portrait
Final Outcome
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This self-portrait represents me as a person as it shows the things that I like and also another side of me which I seldom or never show others.
FEEDBACK
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REFLECTION
From this exercise, it made me realize a more things about myself as I did a self-exploration. Before this, I never really sat down and think about myself. I feel like this project really helped me to know myself better. It was also fun combining pictures and drawings together for this project. It was also the first time I combined drawings and pictures together. It was a really nice experience. Overall, I enjoyed doing this project.
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