London 2012 Mascot Film

 

Recently the hottest topic is London Olympic Games, it just ended a few week ago. The mascot of London Olympic is Wenlock and Mandeville. I find this video about how the mascot created. The video is presented by animation. It is cute.

At the beginning, I am not interesting with Wenlock and Manderville because their appearance are very weird, it is an eye look. They are not as cute as the Beijin Olympic mascot---FuWa. After I watched this video, I am in love with them.

The Wenlock and Manderville inside the video is made of iron and steel. They are personated in the video. Iron cannot move in our daily life but in the video they did. They jump, run, laugh. One think i find creative and interesting is when thay walk near to some of the image of different athletics, such as aerobics, weightlifting, javelin, race and boxing, they will do the same action. Their action are very real and funny.

I like this kind of animation. It is interesting and it catches my attention through the cute characters. When I am taking animation subject in next year, I hope I can apply this type of element.

Reference:
Watchsportsnews (2011). London 2012 Mascot Film - Full Version . Retrieved August 25, 2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbon6QhFOI&feature=fvst

creative billboard idea

 

When I am doing with CCD assignment, I am doing research about the billboard. I find that there are many billboards are creative and interesting. At the same time, it brings the message clearly.

 

Today, I have find some billboards which I like. First two billboards use of environment. The MCD billboard show different shadow according to the changes of time. Second billboard use the colour of sky to show that their product is natural colour.

 

The forth and the fifth billboard is to show awareness. The forth billboard remind us to drive slow when raining. Otherwise tragedy will happen. The fifth one shows clear message to me. If back seat passengers did not wear the seat belt, when accident happen, the impact will same as the slingshot.

 

Those billboards is just a simple image but it gives us strong message. Those creative billboards are popular in other country. Malaysia is lack of this type of billboard. Interesting billboard will catch the attention of the driver.

 

After seeing those billboards, I think that design is not need too complicated. Sometimes, simple will seems more effectively. Besides, we should have strong comcept and creativity in your design.

 

Reference:
Demilked (2011). 40 Dangerously Creative Billboard Ads. Retrieved August 23, 2012 from http://www.demilked.com/40-creative-billboard-advertisements/

3D street art

 

I appreciate those 2D and 3D street art very much especially 3D street art. Most of the 3D street art are amazing and realistic. Although it is drawn on the floor and it is just an ordinary painting, it gives us a realistic feeling, we can feel that we are really in the painting.

 

It is not easily to draw a 3D art. It needs experience and skill. If not, it won't become 3D. I am very admire those 3D painter. They can make a plain floor more interesting. So the people who wall on the road wont feel boring. At the same time, we also can play with the 3D image on the floor. Sometimes, there will be some unexpected scene.

 

Unfortunately, 3D street srt are not popular in our country. If there are some artist start this activities, Malaysia's road will become different and more interesting. Besides, people will enjoy walking on the road, reduced the use of transportation, the pollution problem will decrease, it is kill two birds with one stone.

Reference:
Mechatronics & Electrical Power Engineering (2012). 3D street art. Retrieved August 16, 2012 from https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.348671595172854.82900.170822346291114&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.348671595172854.82900.170822346291114&type=3

shadow art

Everything on Earth will produce shadow when the light go through. We also can create interesting shadow by ouselves. Above are some creative and amazing shadow which I like the most.

We always think that a bunch of rubbish can do anything and also rubbish give us a bad impression. However, we did not think that rubbish can turn into such a beautiful shadow. The first picture show that a bunch of rubbish seem inconspicuous but when the light go through, we can see two people are seating back to back, drinking beer. It is so amazing.

The second picture show that randomly put some of our daily life items on the table, when the light go through, it become a spectacular urban landscape.

When a few friends together and feel boring, we can have a game like the picture show. Different position different posture can come out with different interesting scene. Most of the scene are funny.  I think I can try out next time with my friends. It is a different experience.

Everyone has experienced power failure in childhood. We always use the light of candle that shine one the wallto create animal shadow. We use our hand to create animal shape, when the light go through, it will reflect to the wall. Sometimes, we will have a animal drama show on the wall. I think this is the only fun we have when power failure.

Everything in our life have potential to become interesting things. Observe everything around us, we will discover anything different.

Reference:

Toxel.com (2012). Light and Shadow Paintings. Retrieved August 11, 2012 from http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2012/02/22/light-and-shadow-paintings/
Gamezoom Corporation (2007). Really Creative Shadow Illusions. Retrieved August 11, 2012 from http://www.mmoabc.com/blog/really-creative-shadow-illusions
Fun Factory Blog (2012). shadow art. Retrieved August 11, 2012 from http://funfactoryblog.com/shadow-art/ 
Mechatronics & Electrical Power Engineering (2012). . Retrieved August 11, 2012 from https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=447250061981673&set=a.437312386308774.99322.170822346291114&type=1&theater

creative packaging design

                            
                                  

      

Thing that identifies the image of a product is its packaging. Nowadays, packaging design is very important to the company. Many of the company manufacturers think out of the box to produce a creative and innovative packaging design to catch the attention of the consumers. Today's consumers are very focus on the packaging of the product. The more creative the packaging design, the more able to attract the customers.

There are some creative and interesting design above, which i think is quite creative design. I like the design of the tea pack. It is pratical and interesting. When the visual of workers put inside the tea, seems like they are having spa and they are very enjoy it. Besides, the butter knife also attract me. When we are having picnic, bread is the main food we bring. Butter is indispensable. We always feel troublesome we have to bring butter knife along. The designer (Yeongkeun) replaced its ordinary container lid with a wooden, knife shaped. This way butter can be easily and quickly spread. This container is not only easy and fast but also it makes daily routine of spreading butter more fun and exciting.

Reference:

Bored Panda (2012). 25 Super Creative Product Packaging Designs. Retrieved August 3, 2012
            from http://www.boredpanda.com/creative-packaging-designs/

Ronald Bien (2010). 30 Bizarre and Creative Packaging Design Examples. Retrieved August 3, 2012 from http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/11/01/30-bizarre-and-creative-packaging-design-examples/

Bored Panda (2012). 21 More Creative Product Packaging Examples. Retrieved August 3, 2012
            from http://www.boredpanda.com/creative-product-packaging-part2/ 

Amazing Quotes to Feed Your Creative Soul

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” ~ Edgar Degas

“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.” ~Terry Pratchett

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~G.B. Shaw

“Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.” ~James Russell Lowell

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ~Scott Adams

“You may not be a Picasso or Mozart but you don’t have to be. Just create to create. Create to remind yourself you’re still alive. Make stuff to inspire others to make something too. Create to learn a bit more about yourself.” ~Frederick Terral

Recently, I am searching for some creative stuff on Internet, I discover this website. There is one article "150 Amazing Quotes to Feed Your Creative Soul". There are 150 quotes which written by famous celebrity. Above are some quotes which inspire me in my design road.

As a graphic design student, we need creativity and ideas every time. Sometimes, when I don't have any inspiration, I won't come out with any amazing idea. I think this is a common problem faced by every students. Whenever an assignment was given by lecturer, I will struggle with them. Thinking what is the concept I want, how to convey the message to the target audience though my design. I have to think out of the box, do more research, find some information that can inspire me.
Everything in our life is interesting. It depends on how you see it. For example, photography. My lecturer says, everything around us can be the subject matter, the key is how to make it becomes more interesting through photography. Besides, photography also needs creativity to make the photo more interesting.

I still have a very long way to go. Many things to see, to think, to learn. I hope one day I will have flying colour in design field.



Reference:
Skinny Productions (2011). Skinny Artist Live Your Art. Retrieved July 25, 2012 from http://skinnyartist.com/150-amazing-quotes-to-feed-your-creative-soul/

wall painting

 Recently, there are some picture spread over the internet by many internet users. There are a series of frescoes in Penang. Lithuanian painter Ernest Zacharevic created many creative and interesting artwork on the wall of George Town at Penang. Especially the fresco of a sister and brother riding a bicycle at Armenian Street.

The paintings on the wall make the whole town more interesting and realistic. It becomes a place where travellers must go when travel to Penang.

Sometimes, draw something on the wall wont make the wall dirty but make it more close to our daily life. Most of the parents think that draw and paint on the white wall will destroy the aesthetic of the house however think of the bright side, it is another kind of art.

Reference:

Penanglang (2012). 槟城人 PenangLang. Retrieved July 16, 2012 from http://penanglang.my/2012/06/26/0002343-3/

新浪香港 (2012). 新浪旅遊 檳城 舊區新創意. Retrieved July 16, 2012 from http://travel.sina.com.hk/news/21/2/1/173901/1.html?l=330686

Ernest Zacharevic (2012). cover photo. Retrieved July 16, 2012 from https://www.facebook.com/Ernestzachas/photos#!/photo.php?fbid=377063932346718&set=a.345637585489353.83243.139085562811224&type=3&theater