Haunted by faces!

For this time's blog , i would go on a "journey " to look for " faces" around my environment and in my daily life.

So this is an example of a face that i have drawn for my 2D work .

Its created using "old english fonts" - typography.

I'm trying to express happiness with the color yellow. 

 

A Box of cereal. I told My friend whose overseas that I need pictures of "faces" and he showed me this. I find it pretty cute and interesting thus I decided to use this image.  The design of the cereal caught My attention and I feel that the designer successfully advertised his simple box of cereal.

 

A smiling face! I created it using the caps of a five-sided highlighter and form its eyes and nose into a smiling face.  I use the sofa as the background. looks pretty happy to me.

 

 This what happens to me sometimes when I have nothing to do.  i would use my nails and make a mark on skin and i beat many have done what i did. So i kind of spotted a mole on my thighs and i decided to create face out of my skin . And , here you have it , a happy "wink" face. 

 

This was original a poster of a cup ice-cream outside of Wendy's but...

Because this picture was seen and taken on the bus, i couldn't see it properly and mistook it for a scary face. serious!  

 see! I don't know why but i see it as a face . The mouth is the wordings , the eyes is actually the brown and green while the pink background looks like hair to me .

  

The doors of the mrt station. i was waiting for the train when i sudden notice and felt that if the ordinary doors were taken in a different angle ,maybe it will look like a face. well it kind of look like face to me though. The eyes are the arrows the mouth would the white bottom part?  

  

 

fruit play! These images ( above and below) are taken at work! First up : raspberry!

simply open a box of raspberry and you can create face. A smiling raspberry.

      

This image is created by me and my colleagues . I was actually trying out to create a face with 2 slices of lemon and a slice of orange when one of my colleagues added a 1/3  banana. she suggested that its the "nose" .After that unknowingly , my manager saw what we did and add on that i should add blueberries as the eyes. Then,another of my colleague to also join in the fun by adding straws as the eyebrows. 

  

So from a try-out , it turns out to be come some sort of  bonding activity. My colleagues feedback that i should bring my homework to work because for they really enjoyed creating this face. And so lastly , someone decided to finish it off with some tooth picks which in the end, the face became the face of a mouse.

 

Well, this image was created by the chef and was taken last year when they decided to make a Christmas dish for me. The eyes are actually made out of turkeys  , the mouth and nose would be mayonnaise . Its delicious despite the funny display.

 

Ha-ha. This one would be my handy work. created by me while eating MacDonald with my friend.  i know it looks stupid. This face is made out of ketchup,chilli sauce and a fries.

 

This image is created by my friend. It kind of looks like the image on the right though.

 

 this is taken in the school library. 

Analogical thinking -part 2

 

 Today would be on ...analogical thinking pair work!!

This time i paired up with Esther and together we came up with some new creations and ideas.we chose to make "pencil' as our object of choice and also our theme as it is recommended.

 

 So using this image as a guild line , we started out with some sort of sketch depicting on different types of "pencils"

When you talk about pencil, what can you think of?

 

 

so here's how we started out. Other than the normal pencil that anyone can think of , other examples of pencil could be :

-mechanical pencil(plastic)

-mechanical pencil(metal)

-make up pencil ( acting as a lipstick or eye liner)

-pen knife( Is also a form of pencil?)

-compasses ( the pencil on the compasses?)

when you think pencils you can also link it with sharpeners ,erasers and also correction tape. well, when you think of sharpeners surely you will think its square in shape but the modern sharpener comes in even circle or oval shape. 

So that's briefly how we begin thinking .

Next 

Thus we associated pencil with examples of similes.

In total we came up with more than 20 ideas!

Ideas have wings( metaphor) 

- the pencil has wings!

sleeping like a log 

-The pencil is sleeping like a log.

As straight as an arrow 

-The pencil is now depicted as an arrow flying straight ahead.

 As easy as ABC

-the word itself just says it all

As tall as a giraffe

- I accidentally drew another one( the one below)

-Bending and changing the shape of a pencil to look like a giraffe

 

As quick as lightning

-The pencil is now the lightning. however I wonder why the cloud is upset about it?

 

As high as a kite

-  pencil-looking kite 

 

As hard as a nail or as tough as  

a nail ( unknowingly I repeated the same simile)

- one is a happy hammer with a normal nail 

- while the other( picture below) seems kind of angry.

 

As busy as a bee 

-Somehow the bee( pencil) looks so happy while its busy.

 

As fresh as daisies 

-The pencil as a flower stem

 

Run like the wind

- the pencil is now acting like a human! A sprinter running like the wind.

 

sweet as honey

- fat and short but cute and sweet like honey ( but its still a pencil)

 

As strong as an ox

-  a strong pencil  

 

As solid as rock

- a hard pencil

 

Flat as pancake

- many pencils place flat 

 

As slow as snail

-pencil crawling

 

Free as a bird

- flying bird(pencil ), a free pencil 

 

As light as air

- a light pencil 

 

As bright as sunshine

- shining bright like a sun

 

As thin as a rake.

- A thin pencil

and that's all.

Design a better arm!!

So for today's reflection would be creating a better arm! The word " arm " can be deduce into many different meanings. Arms can be referred as  weapons, or tools used in the war .It can also be referred as normal human arms or prosthetic arms.

Traditionally in the olden days or prototype mindset, when it comes to "arms" the first image that comes to most people's mind is either : 

the "hook" type of prosthetic arm

     

or  the normal high-tech prosthetic arm. 

    

 However , in a more creative and imaginary of an artist , this is the type of image that comes to my mind:

                                                     anime prosthetic arms!!!

so i went online to find some reference and this is what I've found!

  

 A sharp arm? A better arm that can be used to slice and dice fruits?

A strong and stable metal arm ?

Something similar but in a more masculine design?

A long arm with sharp claws ,maybe? Easier to reach out to things that are higher or further away from the user?

A blade that is attach to the human arm. Unlike the previous images , instead of surgically replacing the original human arm,this is attached. so anyone want to giant blade but too lazy to hold? Install a "better arm " on your back!

Not so much like an "arm" but definitely beneficial to its user in many ways . Now the user would have 3 pairs of arms to do his/her work.
  

         

Something similar which is more mechanical and cyborg form . Looks like tentacles though.

An arm that turns into a real "arm" . A machine gun that is created in the form of an arm. relatively dangerous creation .

So after all the research and reference that i have gone through , i concluded my thinking process and created a mind map. Here goes:

   

First i sketch out the picture that first comes to my mind. The original human arm. Then i proceed by coloring and highlighting.

And here's how it all turns out. I categorized the different advantages that a " better arm " can be used .For examples:

1. Daily life - A "better arm " that is created for students or office working adults to help them type ,draw or write faster. 

                 -A portable "better arm" that is placed on the table or any flat surface. 

Benefits? Instead of have to hold your book up or even your tablet or phone, u can now have this portable resting arm to hold for instead. No more tiring arm !

               

 -wanting to take a selfie from a high angle but hands are too short? Introducing the "portable selfie arm"!

works just like a selfie stick. 

2.  At home. - For housewives, having difficulty hanging your clothes outside ? 

 No more fear and pain! with the new " better arm" . Instead of having to hold the poll with wet and heavy clothes on, just attach this "long" arm and you can stretch your hand out to hang you clothes on the polls outside. How convenient!

                     - Besides that , having a chair at home that has no armrest ? Just attach it

" better arm " at the chair and there , an armrest.

3. Decorative purposes. - Mostly something good for the cos-players though. The "better arm " can be attached at the back of the user . Having multiply of it can form "wings" . 

             - it can also helps to hold your flowers and could act like a vase.

 

The outcome..

I think this piece of work that i have finalized and created using magazine cut outs turns out to more of a advertising poster rather than a piece of art work.

So this is an example of how the "better arm" can benefit those people who are always busy. Just attach the better arm behind the user and it can help them make coffee or breakfast.
 
 The "better arm " as gloves to help user hold hot dishes or hot stuff from the oven .

 

Unable to reach higher places? The " better arm " helps to reach higher items .  

 

The "better arm " is extendable and can act like a selfie stick. It holds better too.

The end.