Design Principles - Final Compilation and Reflection
Week Six - Eight (12/2/2022- 25/2/2022)
Lean See Phing |0353393
Design Principle| Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Final Compilation and Reflection
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Jumping Links
Exercises: Gestalt theory & Repetition
Project 1: Self-portrait
Project 2: Sense of place
Final Project: Visual Analysis
Exercises: Week 01-02
Exercise 1- Gestalt theory
Fig 1.2: Gestalt theory | Figure ground| Healthy over sweets| 15/1/2022
Exercise 2- Repetition
Fig 1.3: Repetition | Tiga bangsa, satu negara | 16/1/2022
Project 1: Week 03-04
Self-portrait: The six untitled
Fig 1.4: The six untitled| 27/1/2022
Project 2: Week 05-06
Sense of place: Say careful! when you love me.
Fig 1.5: Say careful! when you love me| 10/2/2022
Final Project: Week 07-08
Let it go.
Fig 1.6: Let it go | 25/2/2022
Final Reflection
What I've learned in this module?
The journey over these seven weeks has been an adventure for me; I enjoy it at times and despise it at others, but I truly have learned a lot for both my personal and professional lives.
In terms of professional development, I'm grateful that I was able to learn this in the first semester of my first year at Taylor's, and that I was able to gain a lot from it. Seven weeks is far too short for me to fully comprehend each of them, but I've started to learn to analyze any artwork, poster, or other pieces that I come across to see what principle they've used to convey the most important message while still fitting the overall mood of the composition and that they can ensure more appealing, understanding and less confusion for their piece. So, while I won't claim to have fully gotten any of it, I did learn how to get a better understanding of it and would have the opportunity to adopt the best one for any of my compositions in the future.
In my personal life, the two most important lessons I've learned are time management and stress management. Since seven weeks is far too short, I usually feel overwhelmed when I have to construct a nice composition while keeping in mind the deadline. But, as I previously stated, "embrace the unavoidable agony." We can't do anything with the time we have left, so quit sucking and move your ass to a better stage. So I prepared a timetable, a to-do list, or whatever else I could think of to assist me in better managing my time and ensure that I did my best within the time constraints. So, this is how I deal with stress: I use it as motivation to get things done and then vroom vroom, on to the next assignment.
What did I enjoy the most?
To be honest, the thing I've enjoyed the most throughout this journey is every time I get to come up with a composition that successfully brings out the principle that I planned to, regardless of whether it receives praise or criticism, high marks or low marks, because I believe it is proof that I'm on the right track, and as long as I'm on the right track, I believe I can reach my potential sooner or later. Because I've always believed that grades, whether high or poor, are just a standard reference to indicating which level I'm at; I don't care if I get an A or not; whatever the case may be, all I need to do is develop myself, and that's all there is to it. So anytime I finish a composition that I like, I know I'm on the correct track and going forward a little bit further.
What did I not enjoy the most?
I believe it is the same with other classmates; hurrying to finish my composition was the aspect of it that I disliked the most. Because it is very typical for time constraints to prevent the creation of a high-quality composition, which is frequently accompanied by a lack of creativity or concept. But guess what? Even the things I didn't like taught me something, which is exactly what I stated I'd learned from the beginning. As a result, I believe it doesn't matter what your feeling is at the time you're doing anything; it's perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed and unenjoyable; we're all human beings, and we're not always positive; what matters is what you learn and know after you've encountered this.
What have I learned about myself in my learning journey?
The most vital point I've learned about myself is that my confidence and strength are incompatible. I had never studied art or design before, but I was really interested in it, so I chose to go from business to design and create for my own design for the first time when I was required to submit a composition for Taylor's application. I'm not sure why, but everyone keeps telling me how fantastic my composition is, and I finally realized, wow, I think I'm talented. However, reality strikes me in the face, PIAK.
Throughout the semester, I've seen many of my classmates' work that is truly amazing, and I've even questioned whether or not my choice was correct. However, I believe my problem isn't whether or not I have the ability, but rather that I am overly praised at first, which prevents me from recognizing the truth and reality. Instead of being naively confident, the path of studying this module has taught me to be open minded to any comment, which is very vital for my future life.
What was changed & what was not in my learning journey?
What was changed:
My drawing skill, which assists me in improving my ability to create a better composition and design, critical thinking skill, which allowed me to question my own composition during and after the process I created a certain design; observational skill, my composition such as sense of place has a lot of elements at the bottom part which required me to draw something that is really daily but I couldn't even remember them when I were to draw, I need to observe; creativity, which I no longer limited myself within a boundary but stepping out and look at what can I expose more.
What was not changed:
Bad habit of procrastinate when I'm stressed and allow myself to stop a while and having the thinking of tomorrow I will be better and finish it; constantly enjoy others works which is a good habit and I won't stop it as I go along my journey as appreciation makes me better. MOST IMPORTANTLY, my passion never changed, although it is really hard and exhausting and I cried for the first three weeks since the first semester started, but I never regret and wanted to continue to the path that I've chosen.
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