Day 2 of August Photo Shoot

Today's photo is of one of my Kewpie Dolls.  I grew up with them and would get them at places like the Royal Easter Show in Sydney.  I remember one blew off its stick in the wind and I was devastated.  Lucky for me my parents got me a new one.

Here is a brief history of the doll:

Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comic strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neill that appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early twentieth century. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in Germany, then famous for its toy manufacturers. They were made out of bisque and then celluloid. In 1949, Effanbee created the first hard plastic versions.

Their name, often shortened to "Kewpies", is derived from "cupid", the Roman god of beauty and – as Eros is the Greek version of Cupid – erotic love. The early dolls, especially signed or bisque, are highly collectible and worth thousands of dollars. The time capsule at the 1939 New York World's Fair contained a Kewpie doll.

1st August 2013

The day started out really well.  I packed the camera in the car and we were off.

I went to the library and did more research on my uni assessment task, borrowed a few more books to read.  Went across the road to the newsagent to buy card board to use for assessment task as they will act as back drops for my photos.  I then went to ATM to withdraw money to pay for my ink that a friend purchased for me through her work place as it would be a saving of money.

I then went into this shop as I saw some optical lights which I thought would be cool for my next few photos.  I then visited my friend and gave her the money.  Stopped for a chat then left.  Jumped into my car, turned the key and nothing.  It did not want to start.  I double checked the car was not in park (yes I tried to start a car in park and called roadside service only to find I didn't have the car in park).  SO me and the car were towed home.  Car was dropped off at the garage and I walked home as I live in the same street.

Anyway here is my photo for the day.

Four Famous Actresses in Type Face

Following this super easy YouTube tutorial I managed to create the following:

After finishing the faces then adding the mask.  Using the brushes I created with their names, I made the brushes smaller and detailed their faces a bit more to get a clearer facial features.

Link to tutorial:  Typography Portrait Tutorial

TAFE Source and apply information on history of Design

Design history informs the present

The brief:

Assessment Task 1:

Produce a research report and presentation on your investigations on 4 individual design innovators from a range of Art and Design movements.

Investigations on individual design innovators could be conducted on the basis of the following criteria:

WHO - is/was the designer/design company?
WHAT – kind of items or artifacts do/did they design?
WHEN – did they design these items?
WHERE – do/did they live and/or operate their design practice?
WHY – did they design the way they did? What else was going on at the time that might have influenced the development of their design work (i.e. social, cultural, political environmental and/or other influences)?
HOW – do/did they challenge existing conventions at the time they undertook their designs?

Assessment Task 2:

Apply and generate design solutions using researched history and theory of design – create a design product influenced by the style for one of the following for each of your chosen designers that you have investigated.

Example: Designer 1: After your research report on the design innovator create a design for either (only one) a:
            brochure / flyer
            advertising poster
            business logo
            web page design

that is influenced by that designers signature style.

        Example for Designer 2 – 4 the same applies.

You would place each of the designs with the content of each design innovator you have researched in the Interactive Digital Portfolio

Assessment Task 3: 

Design Research Diary  - Each of the 4 designs that you have created based on you selected ‘design innovators’ has to be accompanied by a Design Research Diary that will log and reflect the systematic organisation of the researched material for easy access to the information and for its application into a practice. This includes the use of websites (URLs), diagrams, charts, files, scrapbooks, diaries, mind maps, sketches and illustrations – The Design Research Diary can just be a text document listing websites and other online resources you have visited placed inside a folder with any images or scanned schematic designs you have drawn or developed.

A very fast version of my assessment task!!

I have absolutely no idea if I did correctly.  But I have it my best.

GRP103 Assessment 3 Task Feedback

I received awesome feedback from my lecturer.  Here it is:

"Carolyn, you should be very proud of yourself. This assignment displays how much you have learned and improved over the course of this unit. Your final poster is a highly finessed piece. The layout, typography, original imagery, background, use of colour and concept are all excellent. You respond excellently to feedback and have referenced your work excellently (I am searching for another word but I keep coming back to excellent!). Your overall blog is thorough, your writing is clear and well presented. Excellent (there it is again) job. Very very well done. "

30/35 possible marks

The Final Poster

2013 Digital Salons WDACC

There is a competition being held in August amongest the Western District Association of Camera Clubs.  There are 5 sections:

1. People
2. Open
3. Nature
4. Creative
5. Novice

I have no images for the first section as I have never, except for class, have very few to next to none of people. 

These photos are going in the open section:

Gecko

Rocky Delite

These photos are going in the nature section:

Graceful

Pink

These photos are going in the creative section:

Old Wharf

Porcelain

 

 

And last but not least these two photos will be going into the novice section:

Desolation

The Claw

Results will not be known until August 2013.  Will let you know how badly I go!

University GRP301 Assessment 3 Results and Feedback

From my lecturer:

"Carolyn, you should be very proud of yourself. This assignment displays how much you have learned and improved over the course of this unit. Your final poster is a highly finessed piece. The layout, typography, original imagery, background, use of colour and concept are all excellent. You respond excellently to feedback and have referenced your work excellently (I am searching for another word but I keep coming back to excellent!). Your overall blog is thorough, your writing is clear and well presented. Excellent (there it is again) job. Very very well done. "

30/35 possible marks

My "excellent" poster!