Me, Myself and I
Myself.. Well, for one, I am an NUS student studying Communications and Media in School of Computing. Granted, I have a passion for media studies, but I guess I wouldn't want it to really describe who I am.
I am a Christian.
I love food, especially Japanese food.
I am not a sporty person, but I can be sporty enough.
I love art.
I love music - piano, french horn, guitar and singing!
I love my DSLR!
So, since I figure that photography is a big part of my life now (given that I've finally..after much hoping and bearing with my not-so-fantastic digital camera.. gotten my hands on my Canon EOS recently), perhaps it'd be a great subject for me to work with for this assignment.
This was my sketch at an attempt to improve what I presented in my first tutorial. I tried to make the letters integrated into the photography theme.
[Tracing in Illustrator] I tried to improve the two human sillouettes to make them look like they're really posing for a camera, instead of seemingly kissing each other.
[Adding of colours in Illustrator] So this was the 2nd revised piece I've presented in my 2nd tutorial session.
However, critics said that my piece was too 'safe', which I totally agreed after the session. I tried to squeeze some creative juices out of brain to think of how to make it more interesting whilst keeping the photography theme. I personally liked the filmstrips to depict the letters "C" and "L" in my name because I think filmstrips serve as an icon for photography or videography (which I equally love). Even though currently SLRs have gone digital and filmstrips are rarely used, perhaps it could also mean that I am a rather old-fashioned kind of person - I don't go clubbing and stuff like that.
I also personally like using the DSLR on a tripod stand as my "R". One, it shows that I'm into a more serious kind of photography (I suppose having a DSLR signifies that, rather than having a simple compact camera, or a semi-pro digital camera for that matter). Besides, my "R" is right smack in the middle of my name, so in a way, my DSLR is close to my heart.
By keeping these 2 features, I tried to think of other ways to illustrate my "A" and "O" more creatively.
Having a photo to depict "A" and "C" enables me to keep my polaroid, which I found to be rather pleasing. In the photo, I used an illustration of a candid shot because I am a person who likes to take candid shots of friends besides taking abstract photos.
I then tried to enlarge the person in the polaroid so that it extends out of the polaroid photo itself - to make things more interesting. It helped to suggest movement and dynamism; sorta like being "Larger Than Life", which is a kind of attitude that I maintain in life, that I would like to really make good use of my life. Also, given my Christian view of life, I do agree in a "Larger Than Life" attitude as well - as in we believe that as children of God, we have a God who loves us more than anything. Also, through God's help, we believe that we can conquer life's difficulties as well.
For the colour scheme that I used, I conserved the colours of the filmstrips and camera itself and the black helped to signify coolness and seriousness as well, which is the attitude I have towards photography and in areas of responsibility. However, I knew that at the same time, I can be fun and energetic as well, so I tried to use other colours for the other objects in the illustration. For one, my favourite colour is pink.
I think it's better that I give the person's clothes, hair and skin duller colours so that the hat ("A") and cake ("O") stands out more. However, I realise that by doing so, I wasn't able to bring out a sense of fun and energy in the piece.
FINAL PROTOTYPE:
Hence, I resorted to using Photoshop to add shadow to the piece and create some coloured background for it.
