Foundation in Design (2013)

By Tang An-Gie


Friday, May 31, 2013

Final Assignments (Greeting Cards)

This is our final assignments which is greeting cards. Everyone has their own theme. My theme is Cookies! =)  I choose cookies to be my greeting card theme because " they look so cute" with different patterns and colours on the " cookies " which is just a paper. I make them look like cookies with the sharp colour and  spray them so that will look more "delicious". I made 5 greeting cards which is Birthday card, Halloween card, Baby , Wedding card and Christmas card too.



First, I draw them out on a water colour paper.





This is Christmas Cookies.
All the little stars cookies forming a Christmas Tree.


This is the Weeding Cookies.
"Cake" cookies, Love cookies and Car cookies!


This is Halloween Cookies! 
I love the "Eye" Cookies because it look so scary .


This is for the Baby Greeting Card Cookies!  They all look so Cute!


And the last Cookies is the Birthday Cookies!



After i draw them out, I started to colour the Base of the Cookies (Baked the cookies before make them look nice) !






After that i continue to add the colour on the cookies!
The first cookies i made is the Christmas Cookies. I try to made them look like a Christmas tree so I decided to use Green , White and Yellow colour on it. I will show all the procedures that i made all the cards.



First, I added white colour just like "white chocolate" on the cookies.


Next, I added light grren and other green colour on it.
 Let the cookies look different from each others.



Finally, Finish colour all the Christmas Cookies! =D  




This Christmas Cookies look more "delicious" after i had draw all the outline.







I choose the green colour paper to made this card.  After that, I started to cut them out one by one.

After i cut them out and i paste them on a red colour paper and stick it on the Green
colour card.




                                           Outside of the card look like that. Although the Cookies is
                                         inside the card, outside the card i made a triangle hole so that can
                                                              still see it from outside the card.             



Finally, Everything is done!
This is the Christmas Greeting Card.
 
                                                             I made my own envelope.
                                                                   This envelope look more special than
                                                                          the other envelopes that can buy from
                                                                              any shops.



The Next Card is The Halloween Card!
After colour the base of the cookies, i started to colour the whole cookies
with sharp colour.









After the colour dry, i started to draw the outline on it.
I love the "Eye" cookies because look so scary and suit to the theme.



Paste them on the greeting card.
I using balck and orange colour paper to made this card.
And there are some red colour paper.
This is the inside of the card.





This is the front look of the card.




The envelope i choose the same colour with the greeting card.
All the envelopes i made myself. =)


                                              Finally, I done the Halloween Greeting Card!



The third card that i made is the Baby Greeting Card!
This card is the card i like the most!
The card really look very cute!
And i made the card in blue colour is because this card is for
Baby Boy!


                                               After i colour on it, 6 of them really look like cookies!




                                          After the water colour dry, i draw all the outline on it.



                                  I choose the white and blue colour paper to make this greeting card


I added some different blue colour paper on the card so that
the card look more pretty.



The front of the card look like this!
The little cookies look so CUTE!



Inside of the card look like This! =)


Finally, I have done the Baby Greeting card!
The colour that i choose for the envelope is same
with the card which is Blue, White and lttle bit of Black ribbon.








 The Fourth Greeting Card that I made is The wedding greeting card!
The most time that i spend to make this all cards is this wedding card
because the shape of the card and i make the paper cutting
on this card.


                                                  I colour them with water colour and after it
                                                   dry, i draw the outline on all the Cookies.
  


                                           The do the paper cutting of the Love Bird and will
                                                        placed them on top of  the card.



                                                  The cut the white paper with the love shape
                                                   and the Love Birds paper cutting is stick
                                                   on top of the cut and surrounded by
                                                   the purple colour paper.



I stick the wedding cookies on the front of the Card.



Finally, The wedding card had done!
I made the envelope look simple which is just
2 Love on the side of the envelope.



Inside of the card look like this! =)

The simple White Envelope.




The Last Card that i had made is the Birthday Card.


 The same step like the cards before which is colour
and draw the outline on all the cookies.



The front of the card look like this. I using Dark blue, Blue
, Black and some Sliver colour paperto make this card.
                                              

                                         Finally, The birthday had done! beside the card is the envelope.


                                                Inside of the card look simple and nice.
                                      [ Just wanted to wish you A Very Happy Birthday ]



                                          The envelope look like a Birthday Cake!




All five of my Greeting Cards!




I really learn a lot through all the process while doing the cards. I learn how to match
the colour of the card.
And how to cut out all the detials, for exampple...the Love Birds!
I really enjoy to do this all greeting card!



Monday, May 6, 2013

Colour Wheel Group Assignments


Last Monday we have been given a fun group assignment which is colour wheel assignment.
 My group memeber are Jean, Fauza, Farah, Eka and Ching Hsin.
 Jean had came out an idea which is using the building to presenting the colour wheel with 12 different colours.



Eveyone was doing 2 building with different colour which start from red to violet. Every 2 buliding are the buildings from diferent places.








I choose Thailand building to bulid up the colour wheel . I had search for some sample of Thailand Buildings from our university library.
I just choose 2 of them to be my colour wheel building whitch is the first and the last .










After that, I draw the both building in a A2 size water colour paper and i colour them with orange colour and some yellow colour.





After draw the outline and cut it out.


And i make the board behind the building to make them stand.
Finally, I have done my Thailand building.
=D




Before Monday, our group had stay back in the campus to build our colour wheel building.




More than 10hours to set up all the building! But our group really have fun while doing this assignments.



Yea~~    This is our group work
This was amazing!
I love it!
Every members spend their times to finish this before Monday!
The colour wheel look so nice .







Everyone stand behind our own building to take photos!  Start from Eka, Me, Ching Hsin, Jean, Farah and Fauza.







Eating our buildings! hahaha









This is My buildings! I really enjoy the moments that spend to finish this colour wheel assignments. This was the great group work that i have never done before.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Colour

Hue

One of the main properties of colour can be described as similar to or different form stimuli that are described as red, green, blue and yellow.




 

 

 Value

Defined as the relative lightness or darkness of a colour. It defines form and creates spatial illusions.









 

 

 Saturation

Determined by a combination of light intensity and how much it is distributed across the spectrum of different wavelength.













Secondary Colour
Is a colour formed by mixing two primary colours in a given colour space.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tertiary Colour

Is a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours.







 

 

 

 

Complementary Colour

Are pairs of colours that are of "opposite" hue in some colour model.



 

 

 

 

 

 

Analogous Colour 

Are the closest chades and tints of colour on the colour wheel. They are very soothing and easy to use when put together. For example , yellow, green and orange.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tint

Colour with white added to it. Lemon yellow is a tint of yellow.
















Shade

is a colour that has black added to it. For example, forest green is a shade of green.






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEUTRAL

combinations of whites, blacks, beiges, taupes, browns and grays.




 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm Colours

Yellow, orange and red. Make rooms appear cozier, warmer and make objects seem closer together.














Cool Colours

blues, greens and purple. They are passive, soothing, calming, airy, fresh and open up small spaces.








Blue

is associated with stability and symbolizes royalty.

 





White

is the color of cleanliness and freshness.




 

Yellow


is the colour associated with joy!









Red


is the color symbolizes passion and danger!