Ellis Ngu Kah Shin [0347666]

31/3/2021 - 4/7/2021 / Week 1 - Week 14 Ngu Kah Shin / 0347666 Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media Final Compilation and Reflection  EXERCISES & PROJECTS  Exercise 1 and 2: Vormator Challenge and Vector Landscape Illustration Project 2: Decisive Moment Poster Project 3 &  Final Project: W ebtoon & Motion Comic  Exercise 1 and 2: Vormator Challenge and Vector Landscape Illustration  Fig 1.1 Vormator Challenge Final Submission PDF Fig 1.2 Vector landscape illustration PDF Fig 1.3 Vormator Challenge Character Card Final Submission PDF Project 2: Decisive Moment Poster Fig 2.1 Decisive moment Final Submission PDF Fig 2.2 Decisive Moment Final Submission GIF ...

27/05/2021 - 09/07/2021 (Week 9- Week 15) Ngu Kah Shin / 0347666 Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's Design School Project 3 & Final Project: Webtoon & Motion Comic   LECTURE    Week 9: 3-Acts Structure  Central theme- what a story is about, the main idea/ underlying meaning Major theme - an idea that is intertwined and repeated throughout the whole narrative Minor theme - an idea that appears more subtly and doesn't necessarily repeat. Conflict - what drives the story. Conflict creates tension and builds suspense, making a story interesting. Characters - a few and each with a different role or purpose Central characters - vital to the story. The plot revolves around them. Protagonist - the main character of the story. has a clear goal to accomplish or conflict to overcome. Antagonist- oppose protagonists, creating obstacles for the protagonist. Can be a person, place, thing or situation. 3-Acts structure - a ...

06/05/2021 - 30/06/2021 (Week 6- Week 9) Ngu Kah Shin / 0347666 Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's Design School Project 2: Poster - Decisive Moment   LECTURE   Week 6: Mr. Kannan kicked off the class by guiding and teaching us the use of Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. Our task is to create a movie poster. It should capture a pivotal moment from a movie/ TV series/ book/ game etc. The poster should be minimalistic with non-complex animation. We are required to turn our movie posters into a looping GIF. Our session was immensely helpful as he were able to answer all our doubts.  Fig 1.1 Introduction to animating in Adobe Photoshop  Fig 1.2. 12 Principles of Animation by AlanBeckerTutorials  12 Principles of Animation: 1. Squash and stretch 2. Anticipation 3. Staging 4. Straight Ahead/ Pose to pose 5. Follow through & overlapping 6. Slow in and slow out 7. Arcs 8. Secondary action 9. Timing 10. Exaggeration ...

 01/04/2021 - 02/05/2021 (Week 1 - Week 5) Ngu Kah Shin / 0347666 Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's Design School Exercise 1: Vormator Challenge   LECTURE   Week 1: During our first ever lesson, we were introduced to Ms Anis and Mr Kannan. They explained the module content and assignments to be expected in this module. This includes making our very own monster character, create a looping gif, design a Webtoon comic and make a motion comic out of it. Past works done by our seniors were also shown to us. Honestly, I felt really overwhelmed with the tasks to be done throughout the next 14 weeks but I do look forward to learning how to fully utilize the softwares, explore different methodologies and produce a wide range of conceptual ideas to craft an original and exciting narrative that keeps audiences on the edge of t...