ShuZhi's E-Portfolio

18/10/2018 - 22/11/2018  (Week 8 - Week 13 ) Ng Shu Zhi (0327158) Interactive Design - Final Project -   Design, Exploration and Application   INSTRUCTIONS WORK Week 11: Mood board, Structure and Wire frame At the beginning of this project I had the idea to add some illustrations to my friend's blog as the head of each page but then after designing those illustrations, they seemed to only make the page more complicated and like it didn't for the theme of being more minimalistic. Week 12 The types of illustrations I had in mind for the head. The camera illustration seemed as though it could fit the theme but then the palette and paintbrush just seemed unprofessional like and my abilities to make it seem more simplistic but still have an idea of the item was lacking. They also caused a bit of a problem with the wireframe because with the addition of buttons and navigation bar from the template, it would've messed up the templates pla...

4/10/2018 - 18/10/2018  (Week 6 - Week 8 ) Ng Shu Zhi (0327158) Interactive Design - Project 2 -  Typosexual Typographic Exhibition Collateral: Interactive Microsite LECTURES Week 8: We had a lecture on the usage of Bootstrap. INSTRUCTION WORK The code for the website for the first attempt The css for the first attempt of this project The layout for the first attempt FEEDBACK Week 9 Specific Feedback: I was told that my wireframe was very simple and would be easy to do with such a simple layout Week 10 Specific Feedback: My coding was very messy as everything wasn't in their own container so ti was hard to check and fix problems that occur to the page, then I was recommended to use bootstrap to make my page more easier. REFLECTION Experience Week 9 For this week I didn't try to use bootstrap because after my first few failed attempts, I thought I wouldn't have enough time to fully understand how to use it. So I ...

18/9/2018 -  9/10 /2018  (Week 4 - Week 7) Ng Shu Zhi (0327158) Design Research Methodology - Project 2 - Research LECTURES Week 4: [proposal deadline] Week 5: we had a lecture on Critical Review and research 101 in the library where we learned how to do proper research and how to review articles critically. Week 6: We were given a lecture on research methodology, what is the best way to use external forces that may affect the research results like doing surveys, interviews and questionnaires, week 7: [research deadline] INSTRUCTIONS WORK Here are all of my critical reviews

17/9/2018 - 1/10/2018  (Week 7 - Week 8 ) Ng Shu Zhi (0327158) Typography - Project 2 -   Typosexual Typographic Exhibition - Collateral  LECTURE Week 7: We had a lecture on Type Design Methodology where we presented about Glyphs, Kerning and Special characters. Week 8: [Tutorial] INSTRUCTIONS WORK fig 3.1 fig 3.2 fig 3.3 I then realised I made many mistakes regarding sizing and tried more exploration with designs. fig 3.4 The design I first made after looking at Vogue magazines and they had this overlapping effect to them so I tried to imitate it on the poster  fig 3.5 The final outcome for the design, I followed the vogue/retro idea which my friend gave me while making the key artwork. fig 3.6 The final outcome together with colour. I used back the original colour in the picture since it was a reddish colour which was already planned since the beginning to represent intimacy. fig 3.7 Unf...

17/9/2018 - 1/10/2018  (Week 4 - Week 6 ) and 17/9/2018 - 1/10/2018  (Week 7 - Week 8 ) Ng Shu Zhi (0327158) Typography - Project 1 & 2 LECTURE Week 4: [Public Holiday] Week 5: We had a lecture on the history of typography and 5 design influencers Week 6: We had 2 lectures; Thinking before drawing and Type anatomy Week 7: We had a lecture on Type Design Methodology where we presented about Glyphs, Kerning and Special characters. Week 8: [Tutorial] INSTRUCTIONS WORK fig 3.1 A picture I took of my lips for this project fig 3.2 Since the topic was typosexual so obviously the first idea that came to my mind was to find an image related to more sensual themes. fig 3.3  fig 3.4 Another design using the function of the lips which is yelling. fig 3.5 Experimenting with the use of the lips, this one I experimented with the idea of biting like those lip stick advertisements where they would bit eon the tub...