Project 1 : SELF-PORTRAIT
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PROJECT 1 : SELF-PORTRAIT
WEEK 6 - WEEK 8
1. Recap of Lecture
Week 6
In this week, we learnt about what is a self-portrait.
A self-portrait is a self representation in the form of a drawing / painting / sculpture / design. A self-portrait artwork represents the designer / artist in other words, how he sees himself, what he's feeling, and how he wants to be seen by others. It's not necessarily about creating a realistic image of yourself; instead, it's often an exercise in self-exploration.
Mind-mapping is something we use it to talk about ourselves, understand ourselves and explore the inside of us. We can write about our hobbies, personalities, dreams, family and so on.
Ms showed us some examples of self-portraits and mind-mapping so we can fully understand the connection between them.
2. My Design Process :
Visual research
( Pinterest )
Idea Exploration and Description
Mind-mapping
I made a mind-mapping about myself so I can understand more deeply about me that normally I won’t get to know. I used this mind-map to help me brainstorming about what to draw for my self-portrait.
Mind-mapping
Self-Portrait
In life, I believe there is always has good days and bad days. But the point is how we get through the bad part and move on to the better one. Me myself is a quite emotional person I can say. I’m not extreme about my thoughts but I get sad and happy easily. People may say it’s not good when your emotion change so fast and you can’t even control it. Although I do agree but somehow I think it’s a bless because a small thing can also brighten up my day.
So in this self-portrait, I want to show the both side of me but how I see thing positively. 
Self-Portrait 3
Self-Portrait 4
Self-Portrait 1
Self-Portrait 2
I used pencil sketched out my face because I think it’s the better way to draw myself. In Self-Portrait 3, I added the wing of bat because I love bat, as you can see in my mind-map and I feel like I’m kinda like a bat, I love to cover myself with wings to protect myself. But when there’s no one at the night, I can open my wings and fly in the sky freely. I love to be with people because I can have lots of fun; I love to be with myself because I can listen to my own thoughts.
Self-portrait 5
I added some bright colours for the front face and leave it black and white for the face at the back.
This means when I'm in the public, I mostly show a fun, bright, positive me to the people because I love to have fun with everyone and bring happiness to people. But this doesn't mean my mood won't get down. Sometimes, I feel blank and sad because my emotion is sensitive. Although I may be sad, I always believe there are still beautiful things in life. So you can see my neck, which means inside my throat still has the tiny, little beautiful things. This is same as when you have something to say but the words just can't come out, I have little beautiful feelings even when I'm sad but they just can't go through my full body.
The red and blue strips mean when I'm with people, my eyes may covered up with passion, strength, courage and love. But when I'm alone, my eyes covered up with calmness, peaceful, sometimes my mood get blue...
Feedback from Lecturer
When I told Ms Jinchi about my idea, she's okay with it and looking forward to see how I'm going to apply the colours. She also told me not to add too much details if not it may looks overwhelming because I told her I wanted to add something that I love in the self-portrait. But at last I didn't do it, I just add some flowers and bat because I agree with her point. She also reminds me to leave some space for the head part.
Final Design Outcome
PDF File for Self-Portrait :
Brief Rationale
I created this self-portrait based on my personality and my emotions. It is to show how I decided to express my mood to people and how I use them. When I'm with people, most of the time I'm cheerful, outgoing, positive and fun. But when I'm alone, I may get blank, upset or negative. I don't think this means I have to always be with people. I'm more agree to say that I'm a person like that, not happy all the time but this is not a bad thing. I still can see beautiful things in my "throat" even it is not a bright day. I accept who I am, although I'm not the optimism type of people, but I know that I always cheer myself up and have feelings for everything. This can always proof that I'm still alive because life is up and down.
Reflection For The Week
At first, I got nervous because I'm not a professional in sketching but I think I have tried my best. And I used some other methods to enrich and beautify my self-portrait. So far, I'm happy with what I have done and I think this self-portrait does represent me well.
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