Kamal's Design Diary

Semester 2 Kamal Afiq [0330643] 2D Animation Lecture Notes  Throughout the course, we closely followed the module outline and did a variety of different exercises and projects that further flesh out the world of 2D animation. Our first project was to create a simple animation, where an object transforms into another in an appealing way. For the stop motion exercise, we were introduced to the basic and primitive foundation of animation, and that helped us to understand the later subjects to come. We had an in-depth look at a large variety of animations by various studios and companies and analysed how they made their own worm and animation. Going through the 12 principles of animation was a great way for us to understand the underlying principles and mechanics that made famous animations so appealing, visually and technically. We did walk-cycle studies to understand how the human body moved and how to animate it. We recorded one another doing exaggerated movement...

27/9/17 Week 5 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 5 Lecture Notes No lecture today. Link to final assignment submissions:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_tckiUgeYdiXvZVQWlCsSY-jVsZq1FLi Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the story. Work Processes 'Vision' theme develop Draft 3 The story follows Adam as he goes through his daily routine, at home and at university. He works hard but keeps to himself. When he interacts with others he appears anxious and nervous, and often excuses himself from conversation. He avoids crowds and groups of loud people, and often feels anxious when around them. He sees a random boy using an inhaler and he starts becoming anxious as well. Most days he spends in solitude. Particular attention is paid to his facial expressions as the film progresses. The story continues in this manner until one day while walking, he stops and sees someone he recognizes. H...

25/9/17 Week 5 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Web Design & New Media Week 5 Lecture Notes Week 5 Lecture Old HTML used generic tags. HTML5 uses new Semantic elements like <Footer> and <Header>. These semantic elements can tell developers how to separate information. Id and Class attributes can be used to identify information and content. ID attribute Every HTML carries ID attributes. It is used to identify elements from others on a page. No two elements can have the same ID attribute. Class attribute Every HTML element can also carry a class attribute. Several elements can be identified from others on a page. They can be used like this: <img src="images/randomimage.jpeg" class="classname" /> <img src="images/randomimage.jpeg"  id="idname" />   Using these attributes doesn't actually change how they look on the page. It only changes if there is a CSS rule that indicates that they should...

31/8/17 Week 1 - 13/9/17 Week 3 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Design Studies II Culture & Consumerism Week 1 - Week 3 Lecture Notes Lecture 1: Trends, Forecasts and Market Search A trend is a general direction in which something is developing or growing. Trend research is done to find out whether subject matter or direction choices in design will cause a positive impact on the market increasing demand for products or services.  We can measure impressions by data circulation, population size, productivity and diversity. Designers need to know a few trends like: Seasonal colors Fashion  Entertainment Technology Trend forecasting involves predicting whether a product/service/activity will gain popularity over time, and transition from a sub-culture to pop-culture. Sub culture: a cultural group within a larger one, often having different beliefs and interests from the larger. One often forms because of resistance to mainstream culture. Adopting the norm...

20/9/17 Week 4 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 4 Lecture Notes Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the story. Work Processes 'Vision' theme develop Draft 1 Adam is a troubled young man who studies at university. He lives in solitude as his social anxiety prevents him from interacting with others. This hasn't always been the case however. Last year, his best friend Daniel died in a freak accident and Adam felt guilty because they had a fight shortly before he died. He has since then withdrawn into a state of solitude and loneliness. This all takes a ghastly turn as Adam starts seeing his dead best friend throughout the day. Guilt-ridden and becoming increasingly paranoid, he starts to break down completely. He is flung deeper and deeper into an abyss of paranoia as he tries to escape hallucinations of his dead friend, but is unable to. Overcome with guilt and anxiety, he bei...

13/9/17 Week 3 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 3 Lecture Notes Film showcase and analysis We watched a variety of short films and commercials and analyzed how they shot their scenes, setup their cameras and organized the story. Lalin  was a particularly long one, and used flashbacks. Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the theme of vision Work Processes 'Vision' theme exploration Below are an assortment of different characters that could be the subjects of the various above themes. Ambition  A driven young-man who just started first year at business school. He's got lots of plans for the future and is intent on being the best at what he does. In spite of that, his ambitious nature and self-centered character could traits that pull him down. Hope  An uneducated yet intelligent little girl born to a poor family, with dreams of breaking out of the cycle of poverty and becomi...

18/9/17 Week 4 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Web Design & New Media Week 4 Lecture Notes Week 4 Lecture We were given a lecture about organizing websites. Information should be organized into easy to understand chunks. Complex sites require proper information architecture. When confronted with complex information, users create mental models or interpretations about how it works. The success of a website's organization depends on how well you match user expectations. Navigation systems should neither be too shallow or too deep. If they're shallow, menu lists will be very long. If too deep, navigation will become confusing. There are two different types of webpages: static webpages dont change and are made by plain code and HTML. Dynamic webpages have content that changes and are written in server-side scripting languages like PHP, JSP, Coldfusion, etc.Well balanced navigation and site hierarchy offer users menus to make it easy and quick to access information. We...