Design Principles Task - 03 - Development & Design

 Table of Content

1. Instruction
2. Chosen Sketch
3. Sketch Developments
4. Feedback
5. References

1. Instruction

1. Select one of the 3 ideas you proposed in Task 2.
2. Develop it through colour exploration, composition, typeface, positioning, etc., with design principles in mind.
3. Finalize your idea.
4. Create your final design in A4 size, JPEG format in at least 300dpi pixel size. Label the design as <Your Name_Title of Design_Task 3>.
5. Write a 200-word rationale explaining/defending:
   i) the decisions made in your design,
   ii.) the meaning/purpose of the design and iii) the design principles that are employed to create the design.

2. Chosen Sketch

Figure 2.0 - Chosen Sketch from Task 02

Description

The reason why I chose this idea (Fig 2.0) was because it resembles the original artwork and it's harmony and balance and I feel like I will be able to develop this idea further more compared to the other idea sketches. The chosen artwork is reinterpreted in this sketch (Fig 2.0). I took two elements from the original painting as inspiration. This sketch aims to draw attention more to the figures of the ladies and the boat in the distance.

3. Development Sketches

Painting - 01

Figure 3.1

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Description

In the Painting (Figure 3.1) the two female figures are on top of a cliff overlooking the beach and ocean view with the boat in the distance sailing off. With very simple strokes I creating the sea, the sky and the cliff side using water colour technique with acrylic paint. In the painting (Fig 3.1) the boat is a little more emphasized then the girls bringing a harmonious balance  to the painting from the right to left side of the painting.

Painting - 02

Figure 3.2

Figure 3.3

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Description

In this composition (Fig 3.3), I decided to bring forth the two female figures and add more details to them, bringing the focus on them and the cliff that they are viewing the oceanic scenery and less focus on the sail boat.  I added few more details like the distant islands in the background and a few flowers onto the cliff.

Painting - 03

Figure 3.4

Figure 3.5

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Description

For this composition (Fig 3.5) I took a different approach but still kept the 2 elements from the chosen idea (Fig 2.0). In this painting I did a traditional Maldivian landscape, with two figures wearing a Libas (which is one of the traditional outfits of the Maldives). In this painting it showcases a traditional style boat lodged on to the beach and a day to day life activity of the olden days of Maldives with  one of the ladies going to wash the cooking pot to the sea shore and the other sitting by the beach and weaving palm leaves (which is used to make mats, roofs for the hut houses and barricade walls of the houses in the olden days).

4. Feedback

Week 06

On week 6 I had shown this blog with my 3 developed sketches and the feedback I received was overall good. I was told to add reference pictures for the above sketches as well as work on my 3 development sketch (Fig 3.3) by adding a few more elements to the painting like an extra boat sailing in the sea and moving the girl and adding another girl beside her.

Week 07

This week I did the final touches for Figure 3.3 and started painting the third development sketch. When I showed the updated sketch this week to Ms. Jinchi, she had advised me to move the figures a little to the center and correct the proportions of one of the female figures. Once i fixed the adjustments, i decided to add other details like more plants and a coconut tree to the side to fill in the empty spaces. 

5. References

Figure 3.1 Reference

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Figure 3.3 Reference

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Figure 3.3 Reference

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