Design Principles - Project 2: Sense of Place
27/5/2022 - 3/6/2022 (Week 9 - Week 10)
Anna Chin Siaw Fong / 0354370
Design Principles / Bachelor of
Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Project 2: Sense
of Place
LECTURES
Sense of Place
The Importance of Observation
- Being observant means to be attentive to your surroundings, to pay attention to the details and to be analytical about them
- Can be an effective way to get ideas
Observation
- Is an active act of acquiring information through the senses, of a subject matters in its natural setting
- Our senses re important for us to know, feel, understand, analyse and even plan what we want to do
- Enables desingers to see "problems", as well as getting ideas for solutions to those problems
Sense of Place
- Suitable design principles are applied to create effective visuals
INSTRUCTIONS
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Project 2: Sense of Place
For this project, I decided to use Kwai Chai Hong as my sense of place. I went
to Kwai Chai Hong with my friend during my birthday where we created wonderful
memories together. It was nice to get to visit places again after the whole
pandemic. I took some pictures when I was exploring the place. There was not a
lot of people there as it was a weekday which was a really nice experience. It
was a relaxing silent night walking down the alley, admiring the wall
paintings and lights.
Fig 1.0 Picture 1
Fig 1.1 Picture 2
Fig 1.2 Picture 3
Fig 1.3 Picture 4
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Fig 1.4 Picture 5
Visual Research
I did some visual research before starting my sketch.
Fig 2.0 Inspiration 1
Fig 2.1 Inspiration 2
Fig 2.2 Inspiration 3
Idea Exploration
I wanted to recreate one of my pictures taken as my sense of place.
Fig 3.0 Rough Sketch
After getting feedback from Dr. Jinchi, I decided to recreate Fig 1.0
instead for my sense of place. I did the line art of the alley.
Fig 3.1 Line Art
After drawing my line art, I decided to make my line art white with a black
background as the lights would stand out more with a darker background when
I draw in the lights.
Fig 3.2 White line art with black background and lights
Fig 3.3 Coloured alley
Lastly, I added some texture to the artwork so that it looks nicer.
Fig 3.3 Final Artwork
Final Outcome
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Recreating the alley of Kwai Chai Hong reminds me of the calm and silent night while walking down the
alley with my friend.
FEEDBACK
FEEDBACK
Week 10
- Nice idea
- Maybe recreating the first picture would be nicer as it has more contrast
REFLECTION
It was really fun doing this project. It made me realize that I should observe
my surroundings more often. When you start to slow down and observe the things
around you, you actually notice a lot of things. Other than that, it was a bit challenging for
me to colour the alley as I am not the best at colouring. I tried a few
ways to colour it and in the end, chose to colour it with gradient as it is the
nicest one. I am really satisfied with my final artwork.
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