And so...

We've come to the end of NM2208 for this semester!

I must say although the workload was pretty heavy and demanding (which granted, is expected of a design module), NM2208 was my favourite module this semester. I'm not kidding! I mean it's fun to let your creative juices flow and create something to be proud of. Sure, we had weekly assignments but it's more fun stressing over what to create as opposed to....doing readings or sitting for an MCQ test.

Taking NM2208 was very rewarding. I knew how to use Photoshop previously, but this module allowed me to explore other functions i've never used before. Also, I learned how to use Illustrator for this module, something I never thought of taking up prior to this module!

It's also rewarding when you get the end result after hours and hours of hardwork and it turns out really, really good. It's nice when you get to show it off and people come up to you saying how good your designs look.

I don't regret taking this module at all and i highly recommend it! Well, of course you'll need to have an interest and a bit of flair for designing to enjoy it! Thanks to this module, i now have a handy-dandy design portfolio. It's not much, but hey, at least i'm starting somewhere!

Assignment 1 - Me, Myself and I (FINAL)

So, my designs for this assignment has really evolved! You can see the changes by clicking the link on the side!

Anyway, today was the final consultation for our portfolio. If you look at my past designs for this assignment, you'd realise that my background was quite detailed (though i did make an effort to reduce the opacity so that it didn't take the attention away from the main images). Julian surfaced during the consultation that the end result was still relatively 'busy' looking. After some discussion, it was decided that the background can be kept, but I should invert it horizontally so that the image is more balanced. I also changed the colours of some of the elements in the background so that more attention is given to the main images 'CAN'.

The following is my final design for this assignment:

So much editing for this assignment! Glad that it's finally over! Phew!

Assignment 2 - Business Card (Final)

During the final consultation for my portfolio, Julian surfaced that the diver was a bit too big to be a logo. There were suggestions to cut the diver's bottom away but i felt that it would have look weird. Hence, my last solution was to reduce the size of the diver and make-up for the extra space by filling it up with fish!

I also changed the text alignment a little to fill up the extra space.

Here is the final prototype for my business card, everything else are in the posts before (just click links at the side to retrieve them!):