Color testing

Pajam red

Pajam yellow, sand and Grounded sand

This week we are going to test the color of the pigment we processed. First, we needed to mix the medium for it so we used PVC added with water and mixed them with a mixer. After that, we prepared our pigment as well as some others to mixed with. They are Pajam yellow, sand and grounded sand. The pigment we processed is called Pajam red. We poured a jar of the PVC on a clean plate and put in the pigments we desire then mix them together, we are required to record what we used.

Mixing Pajam red with grounded sand

Result of the mix

My first attempt, was mixing Pajam red with grounded sand. Mixing the color takes some time as the mixture needs to be properly mixed without a trace of pigment. It gets kind of hard to mix  after a while due to the PVC. When ready, I applied it on a cut out piece of canvas, we are free to draw it how ever we like.

Spraying some water

Adding Pajam yellow

Mixing the  add on pigment

Very thick color

Result

On my second attempt, I went a bit overboard by adding water as well as adding the pigment pajam yellow into the mix. The mixture took even longer time, it became so thick and hard to mix, I would though the water to lighten it up but I was very wrong. The result produced a very thick slimy goo.

Pajam red + yellow

Pajam red + yellow + water

After that, I decided to clean up the color to make a new one. We had to clean up the color inside a bucket because the color is very strong and could taint everything it touches. We had to wash it within the bucket and throw the water outside on dirt and nowhere else. This time, I went simple by adding Pajam red and yellow  drawing the result then adding water to the mix. The mixture this time is lighter with the water however and it produced watery colors. Finally, we listed what we used in each canvas using a small sticker and left it to dry for next week.

Manual work (Swilling the pigment)

In this week, we are going to experience swilling the raw pigment for the pure one. The lecturer just told us, that this is just raw pigment and it will not be used for color testing. The pure pigments is the one that we will use for color testing.

Swilling equipment

Raw pigment produced

Cleaning up the grinder

Cleaning up the boxes

 Storing them into plastic bags

Plastic bags are labeled

When we arrived at the workshop, there was a good amount of pigment processed but the lecturer told us that this pigment was not final and requires swilling to separate them from the larger rocks.
Of course we had to clean up the equipment we had used, we also had to help store the sand for later use. After cleaning, The swilling needs to be taken place in the toilet as it will become dusty and to keep the studio clean. We are also required to wear masks as the dusts of the pigments will float on air. We also took our turns doing this, and each of us took a very long time.

The Toilet work space

Swilling

Produced Pure pigment

Swilling is a very tiring process, we are to shake the swill up down left right in order to get the pure pigment. For an hour or more , I have swiveled and only produced a small amount of it. It is also very hard to see if the pigments are falling because they are so small, the only way to know is to tip the obtained pigment to one side and swivel to observe signs of the pure pigment. After my turn, my face was covered in red pigment and it was indeed strong. Some of my peers even got it on there cloths and shoes too. After the swilling process, out of the bag of raw pigment we had produced a half of the jar of pure pigment and ready to be used for color testing next week.

Manual work ( Smashing the rocks)

This week in Suhu's Studio, me and my peers are going to experience smashing the rocks for its pigment. Cleanness and neatness is a must in our lecturers studio, so he laid out a mat/cloth for us to work in so the rocks doesn't dirty the floor. We will be using red rocks to obtain red pigment.

The rocks that are used to obtains its pigment

Work space

Pigment of the rocks

Smashing the rocks to bits

First, we have to identify the rocks surface, any other color other than red are to chipped away so it will not ruin the color .In my case, the rocks surface contains blackish and yellowish surface, black is considered fine as long theres red in it, the yellow however are to be removed. Using a hammer and a rock solid mold. We identified, chipped and placed the rocks into the mold, ready to be smashed. We took turns smashing the rock, the process is indeed tiring as the rocks are not easily shattered to small pieces easily and requires a lot of force. Smashing the pigment to tiny pieces takes almost 10 - 20 minutes each round. So, we mostly do about 2 rounds before tiring ourselves and switching turns. It was indeed a tiring and time consuming process. It makes me wonder how artist in the past endure this process without technology for years.

Scooping the pigment

Into the grinder

Grinder placed on top the roller

Hours pass, we finally finish smashing the rocks and we were all tired. On our final step, we scooped the pigment into the grinder to be processed further. We tighten the cover of the grinder and placed it on top of the roller. As we turn on the roller, the sounds of the rocks smashing was heard and it was really loud. Our lecturer told us, as the rocks are smashing the sound would gradually decrease as the pigment is bring processed. So, to end our day we left the grinder running for an estimate of 32 hours and the next week we would experience swilling the pigment. 

The process of obtaining pigment

This week in Suhus Workshop, we learn about pigments and the process of processing the pigment. Pigments are colors obtained from natural sources they are easily obtained from rocks and plants with specific colors. In my case, I would have to get the pigments from rocks that was gathered naturally.

Raw rocks

The smashing mold  and a bucket of sand

The pigment grinder

The roller

Now, in order to get the pigment from the rocks we would have to smash the rocks as small as possible. Once smashed, the pigments are then required to be smashed even smaller using the pigment grinder. The grinder consist of numerous rocks which looks soft but are actually very hard, most of them are small to medium sized but there some large ones. There is also the roller to that the grinder would be placed on. The roller would roll the grinder causing the rocks inside the grinder to smash together and the pigment to smaller bits. This process takes hours and even days, the longer the day the finer the pigment.

Sand is used to clean the grinder

However, after processing the wanted pigment the grinders insides would become the color of the pigment which requires cleaning in order to use it to process another pigment. Sand is used to clean up the interior of the grinder as it would return the grinders interior color to the original while the sand absorbs the pigments color. This process also takes hours depending on the pigments color.

Rocks in a jar

Pigment in a jar

Cabinet left

Cabinet right

Also, It is required to have a cabinet to store the pigment and the sources of the pigment which is the rocks of the pigment. Each of the rocks and pigment is stored in a clear jar so you can see the colors clearly. It is better to label those jars with the locations that the rocks are obtained so it serve as a reference to where the rocks are found as well as gathering more of it. This is just a lecture overview from my lecturer,  we are required to do all the manual work in the next week. So, I am looking forward to experience the process in the following week.

Group work Discussions

We had a group work exercise during the day, we are given 4 items to use as a service or a product. we can only add one extra item. During the time, we brainstormed to create our individual ideas and sketch them on paper

My idea

In my idea, I used the items chicken, tripod and bell. My idea is to create a service of transporting people with chickens like a reindeer. This idea is also based on Christmas in mind since our month is near Christmas so I thought up the Santa sleight but instead of reindeer pulling the sleight it was chickens. The idea is to strap the bell on the chicken and a harness on the chickens breast to pull the tripod. It may take numerous chickens to pull the tripod as well as feed to make them move. The idea was intentionally make it look like you are riding on a Santa sleight.

Once we all had our sketches done, we presented them :

Talib picked a basket bike and bell. His idea was to make a shop from the bike where he would sell flowers in the basket in different sizes with the bells on the bike.

Bichen chose chicken bike and bell. She came out with the idea of putting the chicken on the bike and putting a bell on its beck to alert people when the bell rings.

Budu chose the banana, chicken and basket. His idea was for fast food with the basket designed as a bag to carry the food unlike the conventional rubber bags.

Out of all these ideas we decided Budu's idea is the most suitable.

Idea improvements

Pic to be uploaded

I decided to improve my idea more, in this course of time I decided I would not use live chickens to pull the tripod as it would induce a lot of suffering to the chickens. So I switched the live chickens into robot chickens. The chickens would be solar powered robots with thread wheels. The new chickens may have a high cost because of the part required but it reduces feed and number of live chickens cost which would effect long term.

Ideation on rebranding

My project for this semester is to re-brand Kinos Food industries. I am going to change the website layout as well as minor changers to the logo.

About Kinos food industry

Kinos food industry is well known in Malaysia for producing snacks, biscuits and sweets that children love and has left a mark on adults when they were children who enjoys the product. Kinos had been around since 1980s and was founded in Pasir Gudang. In 2005 the Kinos industry was brought by the London biscuits Bhd and is now part of the company group.

What I want to re brand in the product 

LOGO

Take a look at the logo and tell me what do you think. It clearly shows a sailor with a mustache or a big chin who is smoking. The wrong thing about the logo here is that the sailor is actually biting on a chocolate stick. This can be corrected with a change in perspective that is why I decided to do minor changes to the logo. Since that this product usually targets children, it would mislead them into thinking that the sailor is smoking causing the children to think smoking is OK. I only want to change the perspective of the logo to the front view and will not change the logo entirely since it has a long history to Malaysians

WEBSITE

I wanted to change to Kinos website due to its naturalist feel is I think is unsuitable for a snack food company. So, I plan on making the website with a layout of historical snacks to give it an old 1980s feel.

Here are links to the sites

http://www.kinos.com.my/

http://www.londonbiscuits.com.my/

Visualizing a person

We are given a task to visualize and sketch a friend based on their positive and negative traits. Each of us are to interview our peers and ask questions. In my case, I am assigned to interview my fellow peer Budu.

This is a list of traits I have gathered on the interview. 

His positive traits are :

- Non smoker

- Non Alcholic

- Loves family

- Loves to relax

- Religious

- Artistic

- Very Aware

- Outgoing

- Food

and negatives are :

- Troublemaker

- Graffiti in public

- Like to get high

- Likes to Argue

- Hangs out with friends more than family

- Mischievous

- Harsh

This is my first sketch of Budu showing all his traits. But, it lacks the visuals to show my fellow peer Budu.

This sketch is my second attempt on visualizing Budu. I drew his face as colored it brown because he is an african. His eyes shows that he is a non smoker and drinker. He likes food so I drew bacon and eggs as his mouth. He likes to paint so I pictured him painting his face. The flowers on his neck and sunny clothing to display a peaceful nature and relaxation. The cross on his neck shows his religion. The Chain, bat and hat shows that he is a mischievous person as well as a trouble maker. I made his ear large and sound effects because he is always aware of his surroundings.  The Background shows a wall with Budus graffiti on it. Theres also a disco ball because he like to party and get high in there. Theres his Friends in the background because he likes to hang out with them more. It is also a reason that I show a tattoo of his love for his family because he prefers to hang out with friends more than his family.

Understanding Task 1

Task 1 requires us to sketch the genre based on film theory with its narrative elements. We are required to select 5 types of genre that we are intrested on and sketch our understanding on the genre using our imagination skills.

- Each sketch expands from 5 elements of each genre and every expansion we are to ignore the previous element

Genre Selected

Science fiction(Sci-fi)
Sci-fi films are mostly futuristic, created based on imaginations and visions examples like futuristic buildings or era, aliens, planets, heroes and such

War
War films shows the horror of war, showing actual combat between nations, sometimes in reference of historical ones. Any combat taking place in land, air or sea provides the primary plot of the genre
 
Action
Action films are usually full of energy, films in this genre are mostly interesting with its breathtaking stunts and destructive graphics.

Adventure
Adventure films usually have exciting stories and experiences which are very familiar to the action genre.


Comedy
Comedy films are made to provoke laughter from the viewers and is designed to amuse them through exaggerations, languages, actions, and characters







Ref

http://www.slideshare.net/newestprod/film-genres-presentation
http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html
http://www.slideshare.net/belair1981/genre-elements

Artworks in 20th century

In this exercise we are to analyze 20th cent artworks in terms of contemporary design.

A sunday on La Grande Jatte

The painting has a clean sandy look describing a peaceful environment looking out to the sea or lake. Has a touch of relaxation and enjoyment.

Starry Night

Very omnimous. A shining sky with a feel of awe at night below a small town. Has a windy kind of texture and feel.

What is Contemporary, Design and Contemporary design

What is Contemporary

Contemporary means current, existing or occurring at the same time
present time
same age or date
Basically it means what is happening now


What is Design

Design is a creation of plan that does not include a production or engineering process. Designs  requires a lot of problem solving and creativity skills. Sometimes a construction of an object can be considered design. Design requires alot of reseach, modelling, and adjustments as well as
re-designing.

Design process

Define the problem

Find the problem before finding the solution

Collect information

Once the problem is found, we take the time in gathering information by taking photographs, interviewing and sketching.

Brainstorm and analyze

In this phase, we start sketching to help understand how the information and data impacts on the design.

Develop Solution

In this stage, we create specific drawings and solutions to each problems to show to the client.

Feedback

The solutions that was suggested was never final. It is crucial to receive feedback from the client.

Improve

With the feedback, we can continue to revise and improve a final solution. It is required that alot of time will be taken in redesigning the design according to the client

What is contemporary design

Contemporary design refers to what is popular now. Contemporary design is heavily influenced by modern design but the two are totally different. Contemporary design can be very eclectic because it is always changing and borrows pieces and styles from different eras.




http://www.e-flux.com/journal/what-is-contemporary-art-issue-two/
http://arthistory.about.com/od/current_contemporary_art/f/what_is.htm
http://discoverdesign.org/design/process

Coloring Manual works

Hang Rimau

Colored using postal colors

Character Expressions and notable characteristics

Rimau's Expressions

 Characteristics

Scar on right ear and a tail ring

Jahat's Expressions

 Characteristics

Scar on right eye and shoulder, bandaged left hand