Ng Zheng Kai (0359424)

 24/5/2023 - 29/6/2023 / Week 8 - Week 13 Ng Zheng Kai / 0359424 Typography / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Task 3A: Type Design and Communication LECTURES All lectures 1 to 6 completed in Task 1: Exercise 1 & 2 INSTRUCTIONS For task 3A, we are to design the letters a e t k g r i y m p n The purpose of this project is for us to learn how to create a good typeface, with subtlety, character, presence, legibility and readability in mind. Upon completion of the font, we were to create a poster displaying our created font. Software: Adobe Illustrator, Fontlab 7. Task 3: Type Design and Communication Research on type design Figure 1.1 Anatomy of Typography Type design has to adhere to the typography guidelines such as baseline, median, ascender and descender , as well as typography basics pictured in Fig. 1.1 a

10/5/2023 - 30/5/2023,  Week 6 - Week 9 Ng Zheng Kai / 0359424 Bachelor of Design in Creative Media (Hons) Typography GCD60104 Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication (Text Formatting and Expression) LECTURES All lectures 1 to 6 completed in Task 1: Exercise 1 & 2 INSTRUCTIONS For Task 2, we have to create a 2 page spread (200mm x 200mm) with one of the three provided texts We are not required to ass any images or colour but just minor graphical elements such as lines/shades. We are able to use Adobe Illustrator for our expression, and for this task we need to use Adobe InDesign to typographically compose and express the text.  Task 2: Text Formatting and Expression Sketches Figure 1.1 Sketch A rough sketch done physically via paper, this is the only sketch I made since I prefer to try it out digitally in InDesign.  My main idea here is to create a "fade in, fade out" effect on the headline, and apply bold on the lead-in text. Figure 1.2 Headline Expression Type

Part 1: Physical Collage Research Before creating my physical collage, I've searched up 3 different graphic design works that I like from Pinterest for a reference for my work. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/733805333063693836/ Description : I love this artwork because it captures the busyness and vibes of urban Japan. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3025924742142429/ Description: I like this artwork because it is colorful and sends an important message about education. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/366128644720483135/ Description: I like this artwork because this tells a lot about the artist themselves and I think it is interesting to look at.

 Project 2A: Double Exposure First, I have a portrait of me loaded up in Photoshop. Fig 1.1 Then, I used the quick selection tool to crop my shape out, and added a grey background. Fig 1.2 I added a curve adjustment layer to increase contrast. Fig 1.3 Using the image as shown in fig 1.4, I masked it on the head and used the brush tool to unmask my face, as shown in fig 1.5. Fig 1.4 Fig 1.5 After that, I duplicated the image in Fig 1.4 and flip vertically, I repositioned it to the body area. Fig 1.6 Finally, I added a gradient map layer on top to brighten