Monogram : Proportion and Colour.

 

 

Hey guyss ^.^

 

So I experimented on the proportion and colour for my monogram :)

 

 

Honestly the proportion of my first few sketches were not really successful.

 

 

But the more I tried the more it looked better.

 

More experiments.

 

 

For the colour though, I first tried on different colours.

 

I then narrowed down to two types of colour schemes. I’m not sure if you can see the difference between the ones on the top and the ones on the bottom row. The ones on the top row have a darker red compared to the ones in the bottom row.

 

After showing them to Miss Lisa and asking her which colour scheme was better, she decided on the lighter red. She also suggested that I changed the proportion of the flag a little and also to colour in one part of the flag.

So yeah. The second last monogram with the left side of it’s flag coloured in is my final monogram ^.^

 

 

In our next class we are going to make the stencils! 

We also have to decide on 6 items to print our monograms on.

 

 

*excited :D

 

 

Annabel.

 

 

Monograms : Sketch sketch sketch.

 

Hey guyssss ^.^

 

Remember my new assignment on Monograms? :D

These are the sketches I did before and during class on Wednesday! (Oh and btw, my initials are AT or ATSH)

I know, I know, the pictures are a little blurry and my sketches are everywhere hahaa.

 

Sooo, here are close-up shots of some of the Monograms.

 

And here’s one that I really like ^.^

A sailboat!

More sailboats! :D HEH.

 

Before class ended though, Miss Lisa told us all to stop sketching entirely.

YUP.

She asked us to look for interesting / inspiring references from anywhere at all, and bring them to class on Monday.

She wanted us to start with a clear mind and look at different kinds of references.

 

I already have some references ready and we shall all start sketching on Monday! WHEEE! :D

 

Stay tuned! ^.^

 

Annabel.

 

What’s Your Square? : Work In Progress

 

Hey guyssss :D

 

 

Since my designs were already confirmed, I could start on cutting them out!

 

I first transferred the designs on red coloured paper.

 

 

Then I started cutting them out.

After this I shall paste them on the mounting boards and start expanding the square!

 

I will not show you the end products yet but here’s a little sneak peak! :)

 

 

Annabel.

 

 

What’s Your Square? : Ideas confirmed

 

Hey guysss :)

 

 

So I brought my ideas to class and asked the question that has been bugging me.

 

 

Apparently the symmetrical design meant that the design INSIDE the square had to be symmetrical.

 

 

Oh and the design with the barn and the two horses was confirmed.

So I had to sketch another design that was symmetrical as the confirmed design was asymmetrical and my other sketches were also asymmetrical.

 

 

This was my initial idea for the symmetrical design.

It’s a warrior horse, and yes, it’s mane is supposed to be on both sides but as this was only the trial version, I didn’t complete it.

 

I showed it to Miss Lisa and she decided maybe I should do a front portrait of a horse.

 

After much sketching, Miss Lisa confirmed my Trojan horse sketch.

 

 

So here are the two confirmed final sketches ^.^

Two horses and a barn + Trojan Horses (There are both sides to horses, the soft and the mysterious side) (I guess that’s how humans are too. We all have both sides.)

 

 

I guess the next step is to do some cutting mat work! ^.^

 

 

Annabel.

 

 

What’s Your Square? : New Idea

Hey guysss ^.^

As I mentioned before, I wanted to do something else instead of that magician guy.

Initially I started with a lot of different sketches and I didn’t have a specific theme yet.

 

 

Here are photos of my initial sketches. :)

 

 

 

After thinking for a while, I thought of horses.

I started drawing horses and even cutting them out.

 

Then, I decided to use ‘Horses’ as my theme.

 

I continued sketching more ideas but with the theme horses.

Not sure if you can see, but there’s basically horses facing off, and then there’s horses running hahaha.

 

This idea is a barn and two horses snuggling each other and yeah, some birds haha.

 

I wanted to create two different sides of the horses. 

One was more of like the soft side, and the other the wild / fighter side.

 

We had to make one design symmetrical and the other design asymmetrical.

Problem was, I didn’t know if symmetrical meant the element inside the square was supposed to be symmetrical or when the square is expanded, the designs have to be symmetrical.

 

So I decided to sketch different ideas and show them to Miss Lisa in the next class.

 

Stay tuned! ^.^

 

 

Annabel.

 

 

What’s your square? :D

Heyyy :)

 

Sooo, for this assignment, we are supposed to think out of the box and make a square not look like a square, but is still a square.

^.^

 

Yes, I just said it.

A square that is a square but does not look like a square. :D

 

The only thing that we have to keep in mind is to make sure the square has some sort of motion / movement to it.

 

During class, we started sketching out our ideas and here is my progress :

This was my very first sketch. I thought of maybe using 4 squares to create this skeleton magician.

I showed it to Miss Lisa and she asked me to narrow it down and use only one square instead. 

And then I came up with this. It’s the skeleton magician again, but only his head this time.

I then did a larger and more detailed sketch for it.

But after some second thoughts, I didn’t really want to make this idea into my final product.

I want to make something that doesn’t reflect me.

I feel like all this time I’ve been only staying in my comfort zone.

I also needed to add motion to my square,

I think I’m going to change up my ideas.

I don’t want any ‘cute’ or ‘annabel’ elements in it.

I want something fresh and new.

Something different from what I usually do.

Stay tuned to see what I come up with :)

Annabel.