Blog header project ? XO

Lolxx, haven't update this blog in ages. Had been quite busy doing all sorts of stuff. XD Just to stop here to *perhaps show* u all what i have been doing during this semester break.

1st of all, had promised to help my sis to do her blog header since a few months ago. But i was very lazy to start, and i did create one before but the result was not satisfying, so i plan to make use of this holiday to really concentrate on this and *hopefully* create a nice blog header for my sis ^^

Lolxx.. so i'm here to show my progress and my final outcome. *sounds like assignment now rite? yea its kind of like my home assignment, hahaha~*

lolxx.. 1st of all, sketches. hahha~ i drew 4 ideas,
she prefer the mask one so tat one got accepted. XD


progress...


i took a LONG time on the mask. which i dunno why also.
maybe coz i procrastinate ==" lolxx..

final ai file look. XD

after finish tracing and colouring, i switch to Photoshop to put in the words.

so, here's the final look!


and then one printscreen of my sis's blog, let u all see how it actually looks there...

Overall, i had fun doing it. At least its better than spend time on *more and more movies and snacks and Facebook :O * but but, most importantly, im glad tat my sis likes it. ^__^

Hehe. ok, tat is all. Shall move on to the next 'assignment' which awaits me. ><

will update you guys on tat SOON. yea... XD
byebye~

Just a short update...

Yes. We actually tried to do some simple photo montage on Monday (26/10/09) and i admit its quite fun to do those simple yet effective effects! ^o^

So here's two photos that i play around with, cant say to be the nicest or best one, but i kind of like the end results. =) Should study and explore more effects and hopefully i can share more with u all during my coming sem break, or whenever im free to do so. XD !

Okey.. So here's the 1st photo. I think this photo is too dark so i decided to make it brighter. =D

Before:


After:

*my first try. not so good in my opinion. =.=" *

Okey. Here's my second try. XD



Overall, still need more practice. XD ok. i go continue my work.

Byebye~~ ^___^

Colour Palettes! ^^

Hehe.

I had a fun time searching for colour references and here's some nice colour palettes I've got.

It will be useful for my current project and also future ones i guess. ^^

I call this "brilliant orange". ^^ It's suitable for my e-card design because my card has more
orange-y feel. XD


Love the colours on the top of the picture. I call this "cherry cherish" Lolxx.. XD



Love the bright colours of the cupcakes and the colour i've picked!
and its surprising that this kind of colours can also bring out some level of
energetic feel, in my opinion.. lolxx.. XD
palette name: colourful cupcakes. ^^



I call this "summer kiwi". Again, more on bright colours coz my e-card has more
bright and energetic feel. =)


"japanese kimono".
Got attracted by the colours of the kimono so i made a palette out of it. ^^


I actually collected more, but i guess i'll share more next time. =D



This assignment is really fun! =D
Okey, i shall back to my project work... til my next post then.



Byebye~ ^^

Flowchart ^^

Hey hey, it's Thursday night! XD lolxx.. okey. we were actually been told to look through some videos about this thing called 'flowchat' .

So basically what is a flowchart? When i first look at it, *maybe because of the shapes and style* i thought it is somehow like a mind map. But after i look through some other videos only i get to know that this "Flowchart" has much difference compared to normal mindmap because it actually comes out with a certain format, with each shape of the chart to represent different message/idea.
Such as: the diamond shape represents a decision, while rectangular shape represents process etc.

In that way, it could make things look easier to understand.

So here comes the Q & A section:

1. Who do you want to use flowchart in your mobile interface design & screen interface design?

I think flowchart is convenient and easy to use for our project planning part. This is because through making a flowchart, we can know clearly how should we have all the design processes, about how we want that design to be/how it will turn out (decision) and then all the consequences that may happen during the design processes. It can let us see clearly about our own target/decision, hence we create our designs follow the 'process' part and then if it will turns out to be a 'yes' or 'no'. If it's a no, then we can do refinement and improvement for our design through the 'process' part again. At the end, we will not/hard to run out of track while doing our project because we can see the whole design process clearly already.

2. How will it help your users to meet the interactive goals?

I think a Flowchart helps the users to meet the interactive goals by just perhaps looking at the flowchart: get to know how we get the project started, how we do the whole planning part, our design processes, and the end results. It helps the user to understand how we actually taken out this project, what we have done, and so, they would get to know our attitude towards this project, and hence will appreciate our work more *maybe*. The 'interaction' actually happened in the sense that people/targeted audience could know what have we done. It is more interesting than just looking at a very nice/wonderful artwork without any process explanations/working process. And so, a Flowchart could perhaps help to add value to our artwork, in a certain way. =)


Okey. Please leave a comment and i'll go leave comment too. lolxx. XD

Thanks to...

A thousand THANKS to:

1. Jason
2. Shaunie
3.Shih Shin
4. Heidi
5. Jeffrey
6. Yew Chin
7. Jacob
8. Wei Yang
9. Chay Fhun
10. Nicholas Tan
11. Kenneth
12. An Ge
13. Li Wen
14. Yee Ying
15. Sheen Yeen
16. Zhong Yan
17. Edmund
18. James
19. Eugene
20. Felicia Tan
21. Priscilla Wong

for helping me to finish up this user-testing assignment! =D

Appreciate your help very much!
And u guys seriously pointed out some particular things that i did not notice at 1st..

Thanks for all the critical comments!! Hahaha~ and for this 4 icons... 2 pixels and 2 vectors.. actually represent Home and Contacts... Same for both sets of icons...

And my theme is actually Chinese, which i used the traditional chinese red ribbon knot *dunno how to call it in english XD, its actually 'zhong guo jie' in mandarin, which Edmund mentioned in his comment* as my inspiration and design elements.. XD

Well, i shall stop now.

Thanks for ur help again! I shall work on my report and go refine my works! ^^

Comments are welcomed and appreciated! ^^

After few weeks of hard time finishing up my Icons Design assignment *why hard time? hmm.. maybe i shall explain it in my next post XD* , finally today we can get to submit it and Sook Chiung actually gave us a special lecture on "User-Test'. So, what is User-test? User test is actually extremely important for the designer to get to know/understand their own strength and being able to enhance their artwork/design based on feedbacks.

Yes! :D feedback!

So this is what we need to do during this weekand. And i need your help to give comments/criticism/opinions/whatever you think you need to say about my Icons Designs.

Please. Do not read this post and leave. Leave a comment based on my questions before you go! Your opinions are greatly appreciated!! ^___^

SO, these are my Icons Design:

Pixel icons

Vector icons

Questionnaire: (# Further critical comments based on the question are welcomed)

1. First of all, can you recognize them as icons? Or you might think of something else instead?
a) I can recognize all of them as icons.
b) I can recognize some of them, that is ________. *pls specify them, thank you.
c) I don't see them as icons.


2. If you see them on your computer screen or mobile phones, you will think that these icons represents? *home? contacts? mail? web? camera? etc....


3. What do you think is the theme for my design? *we actually create our designs based on one theme. What do you think the theme is? Suggestions like: Chinese, Red, Ribbons etc....


4. What do you think about the colour scheme for my designs? Is it suitable for the theme? Or maybe i could've choose another type of colour combinations?


5. What do you think about the details of my designs? Too much? Lack of details? Just right?


6. Perhaps further opinions on how i created the icons? Maybe about the effects that i used? Shadow effects? overlaying part, etc...?


7. Overall do you think the designs are original? Or you've seen them somewhere else?

.............................................

Okey. I think that is all. If you have more to say, you are always welcomed to do so. ^^

I hope to see your comments! It's k to be harsh or what. lolxx...XD

THANK YOU VERY MUCHiEE!!!!!!!!!~ ^___^

PS: if you happen to not having a google account to sign in and leave comment *and you feel lazy to create one , you can choose to leave comment on my Facebook. I will check these two sites from time to time. Don't worry. =)

and it's important for me to know who you are. so don't hide yourself while leaving comments k? XD lolxx...


Thanks again!!!~

Icons! ^^

Haha. Supposed to post this few days ago but i got too 'busy' slacking around doing something else instead of updating my blog XD

So anyway, here i am. Last friday's DDMM class was fun. We learned how to create glossy icon using Illustrator program, and i had thoroughly enjoyed myself doing it. =D

Here is the end result of my glossy icon! ;)




And then we were told to create this little clock below. At first i did almost 70% in class but when i got home, there is something wrong with my file so i got no choice but to redo it. Anyways, it is not that hard to do since we got tutorials to follow step by step. XD

Silver clock. ^^

Muahahahahah~ GREEN colour!! =D !!! ~~~~~
Green is ♥ ^^



PS: just realized that i should have named my blog greenislove12 instead of
artislove12. XD

*just random*



Kay, got to go and Finish up my other assignments. XD
bye~~

^__^

Vincent Leong Photography

Hehe. Just a link i found while im 'googling' The Malaysian photographer, Vincent Leong.

For those who are interested in photography, you can go to this link:
http://photo.net/photos/VincentLeong and have a look at the photos he has taken. ^^

The photos are Quice nice in my opinion.. =)

k.will share more in the future. tata! ^^

#1. 10 things that describe me! ^^

Haha. Here comes my first post for this special blog just for the course im studying now -- Multimedia design. Yes, finally I've finished my foundation course and one step closer to my own dream career and life now. ^^

Anyways, here comes the 10 things that can describe me XD


The 1st one would be this cute little apple puzzle here that was given by my best friends during my 16th Birthday. This apple puzzle is one of my favourite because it's in Apple Green colour ♥ Yes, I love green colour VERY MUCH, which I don't know why also XD and this thing is quite meaningful for me because it was given by my 6 Best friends: Pei Ni, Yoke Ling, Chay Fhun, Phaik Imm, Sieu Shean and Wun Yeun. I know some of them for like almost ten years already and we are actually very close to each other. Although now we are far apart because we are studying in different school, but we all know that we are still there for each other. =)

The 2nd one would be my own appearance maybe? Hmmm... Long hair, got nose,got eyes... XD and yeah, im Short =__=

The 3rd thing would be Swimming. yes, or anywhere with nice ocean and seaside ♥ Because i love the warm Sun and the cooling sea breeze!~ And also, I love swimming. I enjoy swimming. :D

The 4th thing would be this song called 真的，我没事 by 符致逸。I find the lyrics are those words that i always tell myself when I'm down or sad etc. I know i still got a long way to go for my life and i hope i could face all the bad circumstances calmly and accept every single moment of my life, whether is it good or bad things. I know i need to have more faith towards myself and just do my best in everything i want to do. When something bad happens, i will just tell myself : Dont worry, i'll be fine. =)

5. Hahhahaha~ I know this will sounds weird but hey, anything u can read about Sagittarius would be me!! XD lolxx... I'm a typical "Sagittarian" i would say. About 80% of the things they describe about Sagittarius people matched with my personality. Yes, I'm a natural lover, love freedom! ^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) if u wanna know more about this Horoscope sign. XD haha!~

6. Okey. I love Sun flower and Daisy ♥ I think this kinda related to my own personality because I am more of a cheerful person and i won't think too much on unhappy stuff. I'm more of a "let it be" type of girl. XD haha~

7. Here's another song called Ni Feng 逆风 by Garden sister which i think can help to descride my attitude towards my own dream and life. I always wish to be more hardworking and keep improving myself. Just hope to do better in everything. yes, everything.

8. Yes, another thing to describe me would be Facebook/Pua Yin Ying. hahahhaha~ Yes, i ♥ Facebook-ing. One of the most important thing is just to keep in touch with all my friends. Yes, from primary school friends until my college friends. I find it fun to interact with people. haha~

9. Another important 'thing' that can describe me would be my Foundation class, CD0901-1♥. I thoroughly enjoyed my Foundation days and no doubt i miss all my friends * because most of them are studying different majors now * . CD0901-1 is crazy yet awesome. We did random stuff and laugh a lot. We enjoy hanging out with each other. I am happy when im with them because they are all fun and friendly. ^^

10. Of course, last but not least, my family ♥ They are the ones that helped me to build up my own character and life. They are the ones which will be there for me at all times. They are the ones who tell me that 'I must enjoy my life and just try my best in everything i do.'

I am nothing without them.

*ok. i go off now. ^^ *