Digital Photography and Imaging - Project 1

23/9/2024 - 27/10/2024 (Week 1 - Week 5)

Chang Wing / 0367807 

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Project 1: Physical & Digital Collage

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lectures

2. Instructions
3. Task

4. Reflection

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LECTURES

Week 1

Mr. Fauzi introduced us to this particular module and the learning outcomes, we had also learnt about the main steps in developing a collage design. For more details, visit here.

Week 2

Mr. Fauzi explained the design principles and rules that we should follow when compositing the elements within our design in order to produce visually appealing works. For more details, visit here.

Week 3

Mr. Fauzi teached about the useful tools in Adobe Photoshop such as the Marquee and Lasso tool. We also learnt how to use the pen tool to create different path shape and once again, Mr. Fauzi suggested us to play The Bezier Game to familiarize ourselves with the pen tool. For more details, visit here.

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INSTRUCTIONS

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TASK

Project 1A: Physical & Digital Collage

Final Photo Collage

I chose this as my final design because Mr. Fauzi said it looks nice as the design's composition follows the Golden Ratio.

Figure 1.4 Final Design

Figure 1.5 The Golden Ratio

The Concept

This collage conveys the idea of waking up from the distractions of virtual or unrealistic experiences -- like excessive social media scrolling or any type of hypocrisy, that wastes or steals our time. 

I created this piece as to advocate reminder against the new generation of people that spent most of their time on the internet, not knowing what they see is real or fake, to start reflexing and focus on the more important stuffs in life instead.

The Blue Box: Act as a border between the reality and the facades.

Fishhead Men in Suits: The fishheads symbolize the fantasy or alluring nature of online content, while they are wearing suits to imply a corporate or commercial motive behind these distractions. It also suggests that these distractions are often crafted with a commercial intent or are well planned, to captivate us while time slips away.

The Man: A central figure with the word "wake" pasted over his eyes, symbolizing the need to become aware and escape the illusion. His hand reaches out to touch one of the fishhead men, shows his attachment to the alluring facades of everything.

Another Fishhead Man touching the man: Implicates that the facades will always try to pull him back into obsession or deception.

The Clock: Implicates that time is slipping away, or, the demand of our time.

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REFLECTION

I really enjoyed the story ideation process because it gave me a chance to ponder on how to express my messages through design. I hope I keep creating designs that spread awareness and spark reflection within the community in the future as a designer.