Friday, January 7, 2011

Group Assignment

Creative Studies Group Assignment!

First: Mindmap

Creative Multimedia

What us ART in CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA 

 Second: (i) Essay (What is Art in Creative Multimedia)



Art. What is Art? There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty or a skill which produces an aesthetic result, there is no clear line in principle between a unique piece of handmade sculpture, and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. But what is art in Creative Multimedia?

Art in Creative Multimedia is a type of knowledge. Every artist was first an amateur. They started with empty paper and started to write their own autobiography. They learned from others, they work-hard, they practiced to gain the knowledge of Art. Some of them travel around the world to learn from others to collect different types of knowledge and experiences. Final artwork success or failure is not that important. The most important part is what you have gained during the process. Art can also learn from our daily life, perhaps art is imitation of life. After the years of practicing, learning, traveling, what we achieve is only the surface of art.

As Eager Degas says: “Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.” When you started apply that knowledge into your art, you will find it difficultly because those are not your ideas. You need to put yourself into your art to produce a good artwork. Art is alive, art needs vitality to be great. Therefore, art is creative, art need creativity. A creative art will attract the attention of audience, they may bring negative review but letting people discover your artwork is important than anything else. The world of a creative artist is unlimited, their world is built by invent, innovate and novelty. Creativity came from everywhere, it may from the sky, it may from the earth, and it may from a dream. You will not find creativity but creativity finds you. However, creativity strike as fast as lightning, remember to catch it before it is too late. Creativity is fun, so as art, without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. That is why fun artwork can bring you more audience than a dull artwork. In art, we should not have models and rules because it will kill your art, remember to make your world without end. Art is the combination of flair and passion. Everyone is gifted to be an artist but a good or a bad artist is decided by you. We cannot lose our passion as an artist. An artwork produce without passion will like a body without spirit and soul, it is empty.


Imagination, which is the most basic theory for creative, even though in creative art. Everyone can have a fantasy imagination, but first of all you need to do is to implement it. You may sketch it on a paper or whatever thing you have. Doodling is the brooding of the mind. If you cannot do that, no matter how wonderful your idea is, it is useless, so you must dare to try but not scare to fail. In order to have a fantastic imagination, you must think it with opened mind. Always think it outside the box which named as common sense! The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” said by Henry David Thoreau. For while knowledge defines all us currently know and understand imagination points to all we might yet discover and create. Therefore, try to see a thing from different angle, you will get a new viewing of ideas. A creative art always inspired from the object that already have. Besides, thinking open mind does not mean that we can do it simply. Your design must be simple but not simply, simple but make sure people can understand it.

Moreover, art in Creative Multimedia is also priceless. It shows the unique of a designer with different cultures. Nobody in this world can have the same design unless they copy. A creative art can also lead the trend, it is all depended on your way of thinking. By the way, inspiration might also come from other’s idea but does not mean that you can copy. Sometimes, your idea may not be accepted by other people because it looks crazy because every really new idea looks crazy at the first. Dare to try but not to scare. So, don’t just give it up but give it a try. The most famous inventor, Thomas Edison also mentioned that Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 Perspiration.”

Furthermore, creative art is belonged to personal by a human. People can see the characteristic of a designer through his artwork. Else, your experience also helps you in design. So, we need to listen more and look more about this world to gain more experiences, you can have a new finding to be creative. In order to get a fantastic artwork, you need to be persistence all the time. A lot of people have just left his work in the half way because of facing problem or any small matter that need some time to solve it. They never know that persistence is the hardest part to maintain until the end after you are tired of doing the hard work you already did or maybe they knew but lack of effort. Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right. Trust on yourself is needed in art.

 (ii) Summary (What is Art in Creative Multimedia)

Creative arts is the term used to describe different types of art. While Art in Creative Multimedia needs smart knowledge, crazy imagination and creative ideas to be done. But it depends on the personality of designer to complete a priceless Art in Creative Multimedia.

Third: 50 Sketches of Ideation about Flower



Ideation Mindmap
10 Sketches
10 Sketches
10 Sketches
10 Sketches
10 Sketches

Fourth: Main Sketches from 50 Sketches with adding Cloth

1 Sketch
1 Sketch
1 Sketch
1 Sketch
1 Sketch
1 Main Sketch

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Random Word & Image Association

Random Association is an idea generation method which allows us to systematically generate new ideas through a fixed formula. The whole premise of Random Association is to use a Random Word to provoke a reaction from the brain.



How does it WORKS?
The brain is an efficient self-organising system, and very good at making connections. Almost any random word will stimulate ideas on the subject. Follow the associations and functions of the stimulus word, as well as using aspects of the word as a metaphor. 
You may want to mind-map the random word. 




From the image provided, pick 1 word as your main point.
SAMSUNG as my main point to elaborate

~Communication~
[SmartPhone: Samsung Galaxy]

~Furniture~
[Refrigerator]

~Digital~
[Camera, DSLR, TV]


~TASK~
To create ''SCARY IMAGE'' or ''OBJECT'' that will instill fear among people through out the ages!
From the characteristic of the CAT, use it and try to make something SCARY


Scary Eye? Blood Hell Eye? Is it looked scary? or looked disgusting [Geli]?
Yea, this is my Scary Image that I draw for Eye from CAT! 
Eye in Eye and flow out with blood, hope it scare you when it appears in your dream in sudden.

"The research focuses on how the brain creates new ideas and how this is related to associations and memory.As the participant works to combine the two disparate concepts to create a novel idea, brain-imaging techniques are used to observe how and in what order different parts of the brain respond to these word pairs."


By research conducted at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania."

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Juxtaposition in verbally or in text

Juxtaposition in verbally or in text

1. Metaphor show comparison in imaginative ways, but without using "as" and " like".
Eg: Love is a rose, its full with torn but pretty sweet.

2. Similes show comparison in imaginative ways, with the usage of "as" or "like".
Eg: Life is like a roller coaster. There's climax and nadir.

Class Activity!!!!
Number1
At first, Lecture ask us to think about 3 pairs of number from (00 until 99) in 2 digit with telling nothing to us.

1. My chosen number: 09, 69 and 99. 

With the 2 digit number and match with it together, so:
-09: Fly & Rain
-69: Duck & Rain
-99: Leave & Rain

2. Making sentence for each:
-09: The birds fly in the rain.
-69: Duck is drinking the rain water.
-99: The leaf is floating on the water after the rain.

3. Sketches for each sentences:
The birds fly in the rain
Duck is drinking the rain water
The leaf is floating on the water after the rain

4. Create a new word by combining the two words together and Sketches:

FLYRAIN
FLYRAIN

DUCKRAIN

LEAFRAIN



5. Create and illustrate the image:

FLYRAIN

LEAFRAIN = LEAVERAIN
DUCKRAIN = DARKRAIN



For me, this kind of class activity recall our creative thinking. Creative thinking are very important to us especially for FCM students because it is enable our mind to think outside the box.

Number2
Secondly, write a short statement or poem that describe the concept of  ‘LOVE’,  ‘LIFE’,  and ‘MAN or WOMAN’.

LOVE
HOT as my FIRE in my heart
CHILI as my true LOVE to you
how SPICY you are, how RED you are
attractive even charm
you are my BABE CHILI

LIFE
Burning of the FLAMEas my LIFE is going on
Colorful of the FLAME, as my MEMORY in the past
More of the FLAME, as my HOPE for the future
As the FLAME is going
The day is coming

WOMAN - AS A MOTHER
HARDNESS of the mortal; DURABLE of the pastel
WOMAN
who are never been paid much for the house
RAIN ; SUNNY, DAY ; NIGHT
you are always as a ANGEL in the heart of mine

HAPPINESS
TIME
1 2 3
IT IS COUNT ON
4 5 6
PAST ; NOW ; FUTURE
7 8 9
EVERY SINGLE SMILE
10
HAD BEEN MEMORIZED
11
TIME FOR HAPPINESS
12
-SMILE, IT IS SIMPLE-

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing in nearness or contiguity two variable, side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. Many creative processes rely on juxtaposition. By juxtaposing two objects or words next to each other, human brain will automatically associate or transfer meaning. Usually ‘turning’ something familiar to something less familiar or vice-versa. 

When used properly, juxtaposition can be informative or even humorous
Juxtaposition: Similarity of the image is they are human, woman; Differences between them is the style they have
How mergers goes wrong??
Coming up, a class activity is done again! Merging 2 animal that can't be survive? How?
After choosing from the choice that provided by lecture, most of the type that after combining  can't be survive was Flying type + Water type


+
=
So, how you think? Can he/she survive? Just think about it

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

MinD MappinG

Mind Mapping, which being introduced by Toni Buzan is diagram to show expressions, ideas, from thinking. It is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlocking the potential of the brain. The Mind Map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance human performance. 


The Mind Map has four essential characteristics
-The subject of attention is crystallised in a central image.
-The main themes of the subject radiate from the central image on branches.
-Branches hold a key image/word printed on the associated line - details radiate out.
-The branches form a connected nodal structure.


Benefit of mind map:
-Think smarter by brainstorm your own brain to produce information.
-Made a better decision, due to have a clear picture of surrounding factors.
-Able to come out an efficient way of problem solving.
-Able to prepare a planning with sufficient information

From the Lecture class, I think Mind Mapping must make some Relax or Fun mood inside, so that reader may attracted with your Mind Mapping and make a memory in the brain!

Logical Mind Map
Logical Mindmap is directly connected to stereotypes. Is also means that the idea is fixed. It is like this, every subject matter are connected to main subject.

Logical Mind Map

Associate Mind Map
Another type of Mind map is called Associate Mind Map. The subject is not necessary connected to each other. It means that we can think outside the box that somethings like out of control on thinking. Something Crazy also can be written inside the Associate Mind Map. But it is useful to put up ideas and generate fast thinking.

Associate Mind Map
~Activity~
No doubt, the lecture had ask for a mind map from us! But not for ourself! 
We are required to make a Mind Map for our neighbor friends! It is FUN! Wow!
In the progress, we are advised not to use Logical Mind Map and try to think outside the box! 
This is the Mind Map that my friend - Moshen, an international student,  make my personal mind for me! Thank You
~Task~
We had an in-class practical on associate mind map which is based on Mortal & Pestle as topic.

Mortal & Pestle
What can we do for Mortal and Pastel instead of grind and mix substances? 
For me, Mortal & Pastel can be used for:
-Punishment of Prisoners
-Treatment for FAT
-Weapon for Army 

1. Punishment of Prisoners
This is the first that I think - Punishment of Prisoners.
The Mortar works as to cover the face of the prisoner when the punishment is going on.
So, the Pastel works as the tools to hit the ass of the prisoner as punishment. 
Seem like so pain for the prisoner!



2. Treatment for FAT
Next - Treatment for FAT
Nowadays, peoples who are obesity is more serious. So, me - Ban have an idea for them to slim down! 
When treatment is going on, Pastel is rotating on the body to force the oil/fat out from the body while the Mortal works as to fill up the fat from the body.




3. Weapon for Army
Last idea - Weapon for Army
The army throw out the Pastel which is contained chemical and it will explore after hit the ground! BOMB!
While the Mortal is to keep the army safe on the head.