Coffee in Vietnam

I decided to use coffee as a communication tool and thus, I designed a Vietnamese coffee press above a cup. Inside it, I included a group of people smiling and laughing to show them having a good time. 

final designs

Design 1

Sketch

Final design

Process of designing:

used the Quick Selection Tool to highlight the areas I wanted to colour. then used Brush to start painting. chose the type of brush I found suited to paint.

choosing the colour to use since the ones at the swatches didn't fit. 

when i was done, I played around with the saturation and lightness.

when i was done with the picture and background, i started with the font. i picked Rage Italic, 72.

Design 2

Sketch

Final design

Process of Designing:

used the same tools. Quick Selection Tools, then colour it using the Brush. 

choosing the right colour for the design. Rage Italic, 72. curved the words.

Design 3 (print)

sketch

Final design

Process of designing:

after painting the top part.

picked the font, and arched the lower part. 

played with the brightness and contrast to make the picture stand out.

finally used the filters. used the angles strokes. as for the background, i used the halftone pattern. 

Final Sketches

Coffee in Vietnam

Coffee in Malaysia

Coffee in Turkey

Sketches (communication series)

well, my scanner died so I used a camera instead. hopefully, it's clear enough for all to see.

I have chosen coffee to be a part of my design for two reasons:
1. because my blog's name is thank you for the coffee
2. because people usually chat over a cup of coffee.

My first 13 sketches

I was thinking of a way to include Andy Warhol and Roy Lichenstein's work into my design and came up with those. I was browsing through some of my comic books to see how they drew their characters and found James Jean work. i liked it so i decided to use his work as part of my inspiration too.

14th and 15th sketch

This was an experiment to see how it would be like when it's leaning more towards Roy Lichenstein's work. i kept the coffee as the main focus. And yes, I do not know how to draw hands. Mr Deepak didn't seem to like it very much and kept insisting I designed it like my first few sketches. 

so i had to play around with positive and negative spaces. 

my last 3 designs which are the coffee cups one. take note that the proportions are wrong. the centre (cup) should be BIG and the main focus. what i ended up drawing was well, kind of small. 

Mr Deepak suggested that I did different types of coffee cups from different cultures, so here it is.. 

16th sketch, Turkey (pay attention to the right side)

the different tools they use to make coffee is centred. below are supposed to be people drinking coffee and smoking shisha and cigarettes. above are like a few chess pieces falling. why? because according to my research, people there played chess and smoked shisha and cigarettes when drinking coffee. the background which is all the characters would maybe have their opacity at 75% or 80% so that the main focus would stay at the coffee (this applies to all). i'm not sure about the percentage of the opacity yet as i haven't experimented on it. 

not forgetting Malaysia. 17th sketch.

same concept as before. only the cup has to be bigger. below are an old couple eating and drinking at an old kopitiam and having a good laugh. above would be a picture of a person making the coffee. 

18th sketch,Vietnam

proportion is kind of right. below, again, couple of people laughing and having a good time. i wanted to include a picture of vietnam too. i found a picture of two ladies working on a field and it looked so peaceful so i decided to include it in.

James Jean

I was browsing through some comic books and i found some artwork from James Jean. It inspired some of my sketches so i'm referencing him now.

James Jean

FABLES, Animal Farm

FABLES, Animal Farm

Elements of Design:

Form: two dimensional illusion of three dimensional form- overlapping, changing size and placement
Movement: the chicken and the fox

Principles of Design:

Emphasis: Contrast. the use of a neutral background

References:
http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/creative.htm

Research Component (Pop Art)

Pop art is the movement in art where artists began to create art with the subject of things that are iconic in nature such as famous people, advertising, and movies.

I have chosen Andy Warhol's work to analyze for Pop Art. 

Andrew Warhola

1928-1987

Media calls him the "Prince of Pop"

i chose him because i love his play with colours and the simpleness of the art. here is an example of one of his works:

Campbells Soup Can, 1965

10 Marilyn, 1967

Elements of Design:

1. Colour: his artwork is filled with vibrant colours. 
2. Form: Two dimensional form

Principles of Design:

1. Repetition

the next Pop Art artist that i like is Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1923-1997

Uses familiar subjects like comic strip, bank notes or advertising themes

I also chose him because his style compared to Andy Warhol is very different. I love how his art is like comic strips. simple with occasional conversations.

Drowning girl, 1963



Masterpiece, 1962

Elements of Design:

1. Form: Two dimensional illusion of three dimensional form
2. Colour: uses simple colours 

Principles of Design

1. Texture: texture can be portrayed in an image where we can go back to our memories to feel the surface we have touched. in this case, a comic book page.

References:

• http://www.osnatfineart.com/pop-art.jsp
• http://www.johnlovett.com/test.htm
• http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/element/element.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
• http://www.art.com/products/p14515521-sa-i3069053/andy-warhol-10-marilyns-1967.htm?sorig=cat&sorigid=0&dimvals=5000076&ui=4d63ecd184f14c409c95d5f25db597bb
• http://www.thefineartcompany.co.uk/abstract/fl599.jpg
• http://www.artelino.com/articles/andy_warhol.asp
• http://www.artelino.com/articles/roy_lichtenstein.asp

About Me

• Interests: reading and drawing. 

• Dreams: occurs during REM sleep. just joking. I dream of owning my own place, having a green thumb, and to be a vampire so I can kill whoever I want. and sparkle.

• Aspirations: writing for a magazine/newspaper or working on set