Kamal's Design Diary

30/8/17 Week 1  Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 1 Lecture Notes Week 1 Introduction to module and Adobe Premier Pro tutorial Today we were introduced to the module outline by Mr. Martin Chong, who went through with us how the entirety of the module will play out. The whole semester will revolve around creating a single, short film. Throughout the semester, various projects of the module will go through the planning, setting up, filming and composition of the film. He also went through with us the basics of using Adobe Premier Pro. He showed us how to set up a new project and sequence, how to import footage, crop said footage using In and Out markers and bringing everything into the timeline. We watched a previous students' film submission, and used their original shots to create our own film to practice using the program. Mr. Chong concluded the class by having us come up with ideas revolving around the theme of 'vision' and what...

28/8/17 Week 1  Kamal Afiq [0330643] 2D Animation Week 1 Lecture Notes Week 1 Introduction to 2D animation Our lecture today centered around the very basics of traditional 2D animation. We watched a short video called ' Duet ', an animated short created by the brains behind ' Tarzan '. In it the animators demonstrated the 12 basic principles of 2D animation. These basic principles are the foundation of 2D animation, and together they help create the illusion that a series of changing drawings and frames really are living breathing movements. The 12 principles are as follows: Squash and stretch  gives the illusion of weight and volume of action Anticipation prepares the audience for a major action Staging  presentation of an object so it is clear Pose-to-pose and straight-ahead the first consists of a few key drawings set throughout the scene, straight ahead animation starts from the beginning and progresses through time. Follow-through and overl...

28/3/17  - 4/7/17, Week 1 - Week 13 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Typography and Hypertextuality Final Submissions Instructions Exercises Project 1 A Story Book Project 2 Font Design Final Project Kinetic Typography Exercise Submissions Calligraphy submission. Digitized lettering submission. Lettering submission.  Type expression submission.  Type expression submission. Project 1 A Story Book Submissions Google drive link -  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6aqU66vURR8enBxaENRbkpUSWc Project 2 Font Design Submission All the finished letterforms. Font design submission, preview of the OTF/TTF is open in windows. Final Project Kinetic Typography Submissions Kinetic Typography Poster Submission. Frames of the animation, taken every half second. Kinetic Typography Animation Submission. Feedback Calligra...

13/6/17 - 4/7/17, Week 11 - Week 13 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Typography and Hypertextuality Final Project Kinetic Typography Lecture Notes Week 11 We had a talk by a Malaysian graphic designer who had worked in the Netherlands. He showcased to us the previous projects he had undertaken, ranging from collections of posters to company logos. He talked a great deal about collaboration work and how important it is to be both open-minded and ambitious in the world of design. He also talked about how they have different work ethics in a place like the Netherlands, especially of how much more focused they are during work hours. The lecture was an interesting experience because we got to meet an actual graphic designer face-to-face with real past experience. Week 12 We didn't have a theoretical lecture. The class time was spent completing assignments. Week 13 We were instructed on how to set up our eportfolio for final review. We spent the rest of the time do...

10/6/17 - Week 10 GCD60204, Hafiz Zamri Illustration and Visual Narrative Project 3: Parallax Instructions Project 3: Parallax Description An undertaking of a series of Illustrations to illuminate narrative spaces and transitions that allow to demonstrate technical and conceptual abilities. Narratives can be conveyed in many ways. Some narratives follow a traditional linear arc. Other narratives loop in time, flash forward and back, restructure sequence or employ aspect-to-aspect transitions. Some view the same incident from different perspectives. Multiple narratives can be spliced together. Events can be placed in random order. Panels can be subverted. And several narrative threads can be simultaneously told. Narratives can be poetic. They can explore internal emotions instead of external action. They can investigate a central theme. Narratives can be shaped around predetermined rules. They can be reversed, labyrinthine in nature, and involve multiple readings with...