In Class Exercise E

I think this is tough. Create talking forms from restricted words. I tried and since I can't draw, this is the best that I could come up with. >.<



I wanted to portray speed in the form of a moving vehicle. But since we are restricted to only basic shapes, that was the best that I could come up with.

As for the energetic part. I had the mentality set on star outburst. Hence it has these sharp edges. To signify a bursting out expression. =)

Group Project - Final Update

Alrights! The final update on the group project. We finally sent it for printing after scouting the whole Sunshine Plaza/Peace Centre/Bras Braseh Complex area. We decided to print it at PrintSmith, a shop in Sunshine Plaza. Somehow their service attitude impressed us.

The book costs a whopping $40 to print! But it came out close to perfect. There are some minor spelling errors in the book as we saved the wrong file. >.< After 2 weeks of torturous slogging for the project, we finally saw the fruit of our labor! Of course, the majority of the credit goes to our artist, Miss Huiyun Zhang. Haha.

I forgot to take a picture of the book before submitting it to the teacher. So this will just be a wordy update. Basically, I've uploaded parts of the book in the past few entries.

We merely added some special features such as a mini dictionary for the kids on some of the difficult words we used, 3 coloring pages for the kids to have a bigger sense of attachment to the book and a page of tips to a balanced and healthy lifestyle. Haha.

And that concludes our 2 weeks of hard work! Good job people! =)

Assignment 5 - Infographics

This is by far, the hardest assignment of them all.

An infographic on fighting climate changes. There are only that few measures we could take. Everyone would probably think along that line too. Energy conservation, deforestation and global warming. In the end, I decided to go along with the issue on deforestation.

Some of the online sources which I took my information from:

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/EN/news/2006/1000385/index.html

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/24D47BC73BCE856D8025746B002F4FF1

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/effect.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Save-Trees

The rough placing of how the information should be placed:


Basically, I tried to show how trees contributed to a greener environment. On how it reduces the emission of carbon dioxide gases. I have also tried to include several tips to save the trees, such as recycling papers, newspapers and paper bags. Saying no to deforestation.

After coloring it, this is what it looks like. It somehow feels more like poster rather than an infographic! But I tried my best! >.<


Should I use a lighter color for the background? I chose green because I thought it would tie in with my tree-based infographics better.