Digital Photography and Imaging Final Project

Rachel Yeo Rong Qing / 0368901

Digital Photography and Imaging

Final Project : Cinemagraphs - Self-tilted

Content

Briefing

Idea Development

Progress

Final

Reflection

Briefing 

Final Project : Cinemagraphs - Self-tilted

This project is use to let student express their own individuality and reflect their personality into digital art self-expression, help them build up self-confidence and discover their interest.

Here is the references links that given by Mr. Fauzi :

https://fauziyusoff.com/dpi/

https://jeslynlimsuharjadpi.blogspot.com/2022/07/final-project-cinemagraphs-self-tilted.html

Idea Development : Biography

We have been asked to write a short biography to let us know more about ourself. Below are my biography.

    My name is Rachel Yeo Rong Qing and I was 20 years old. I was born at 10th December 2003 at Sibu , Sarawak, Malaysia. I was the eldest in family, I got a younger brother and I got a dog and two hamster in my home. 

    I like to draw, and I want to learn how to create an character, draw a nice illustration with scene or how to describe a story, that why I am taking Bachelor of Creative Media. I started to learn drawing myself by using youtube since I was 15 years old.

    The thing that motivate me to achieve my dream is anime, because I like to watch anime. I watch anime since I was a kindergarten child. I really like anime because the story is always nice and there always try to send audience some good values and some character is very attractive, not because of their appearance is because of their personality. I want to create character like that and also the story the very interesting and convey good values to the audience

    I want to learn a lot of skill from the course that I take so that I can achieve my dream, I can create an nice artwork that a lot of people satisfied.

Idea Development : Artwork Statement

    I decide to let my work present about who I am and also what I like. I want to shows the thing I like and also my confidence in my preferences to audience, because my preference is not very popular so some people will think it is a bit weird. But I always think that we no need to care about others people’s opinion. As long as the things you do is not illegal and does not violate conscience then its doesn’t matter. Just be yourself, and be confidence. My motto is 'If it pleases me, Everything is fine.', it is a character lines from an anime, I like it very much.


Idea Development : Moodboard


  

Reference Poster 1


Reference Poster 2


 

Reference Poster 3


I have find three preference poster as my reference for my artwork. 


Idea Development : Sketch


 

     Sketch 1                                           Self portrait 1     


  

     Sketch 2                                           Self portrait 2     


I have figure out two different sketches. Sketches 1 is based on the Reference Poster 1 and Reference Poster 2, it will be a cyberpunk style poster. Sketches 2 is based on the Reference Poster 3, it will be a colorful poster and looks more energetic.


After I get the feedback from Mr. Fauzi, I decide to choose the sketches 1 to proceed to finalize the poster. I want to  create a cybernetic me, because I think sketches 1 more suit to my concept.



Progress 


Progress 1
First, I crop my portrait from the picture by using mask selection tool. 


Progress 2

Then, I add some elements and the background to make this pictures more cybernetic.

Progress 3

Next, I have add some word and more details on the poster. I put my personal information at the back because this poster concept is showing who I am. I also draw some line on my hand and my face to makes me looks like mix of robot and human.

Progress 4

At the end, I decided to crop a part of my face and shows  machine part to makes it looks like under my skin is actually robot. I also copy my portrait and turn it into black and white at the background because I think my background is a bit empty. 

After I done my Self-portrait poster, I start to create the animation by using After effect.

Progress 5

First, I let all the element unseen in the video. 

Progress 6

I start from animate the part of my face, I use position tool to makes it looks like getting off from my face.

Progress 7

After that I used mask tool to let the electronic elements shown one by one. The picture above has show one of the example. 

Progress 8

Next, I start to animate my words. I add mask on the words and also moving the position of the words at the same time. So the words will looks like get in to the video not just appear one by one likes others. Besides that, I also add motion blur to let the words move smoother. 


Progress 9

At the end, I add one more electronic element on the top of the right side and animate it by using scale tool and rotation to makes my animation more cybernetic.


Final

Final Poster


Cybernetic Me

Artist Statement : 

I have makes my self-portrait with cybernetic element and makes me looks likes mix of robot and human. This artwork has shows one of the possibilities for the future of human. I chose to make my poster in a cyberpunk style because although robots have helped us a lot in this era, cyberpunk is still a relatively advanced style, and some people will not be able to accept this style. Therefore, I think its fits well with what I want to express. No matter whether what you like is incomprehensible or too advanced for others, just be yourself.

Final Animation


I have upload my video to youtube channel, for the clearer version can click on the link above.

Cybernetic Me_ Animation

Reflections

*Experience
          Pass through this project, I have developed the ways to combine different element and all the skills that I learned from different subject in this semester. At the beginning of this project, I was stuck at the part of Idea development because I don't know how to combine all the different element together in one artwork and I don't know what types of idea can describe me better. But after that I have do a lot of research on different portrait poster and also different composition through internet and at the end I figure out some ideas successfully. 

*Observation
            I was surprised that how difficult is when I try to combine all different element together. It is hard to combine them in a good composition. When it is only one type of element we already got a lot of things need to pay attention, when we try to combine typography, photography and illustration together in one artwork the things that we need to pay attention become triple or more that it. 

*Findings            
            Based on this project, I found that besides the principle of each different element, research and creativity is also important. If we don't have knowledge that enough we cannot figure out a good idea and the solution that can help us solve the problems. As conclusion, I have learned a lot of skills from this project and we need to have more knowledge, more creative and more careful when we create an artwork.





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