1.6.2021 - 22.6.2021 (Week 10 - Week 13)
Wendy Seto / 0348805
GCD60104
Typography / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's
University
Task 3A: Type Design & Communication
LECTURES
Week 10:
Mr. Vinod asked us to drop any holidays celebrated in Malaysia in the
chat section and each of us have to pick one to design as a Telegram
sticker. I wanted to do the "Merry Christmas"
one at first but someone took it already so I decided to go with "Happy New Year".
Week 11: Today we showed our sketches for the Telegram sticker and received
some feedback from the lecturers on which one should we digitalized or
improve.
Week 12: This week, Mr. Vinod checked on our digitalized sticker design and
give some feedback for finalizing them. He also showed us how to
create a sticker pack on Telegram.
Week 11: Today we showed our sketches for the Telegram sticker and received some feedback from the lecturers on which one should we digitalized or improve.
Week 12: This week, Mr. Vinod checked on our digitalized sticker design and give some feedback for finalizing them. He also showed us how to create a sticker pack on Telegram.
INSTRUCTIONS
Module Information Booklet
TASK 3B
Week 10:
We were assigned to create a Telegram sticker for Malaysia's holiday
celebrations. The lecturers have listed a bunch of celebrations we can
pick from in the google sheet and each of us have to pick one. At
first, I wanted to do the "Merry Christmas", but someone took
it already. So, I decided to go with
"Happy New Year".
I did some visual research but not gonna lie that there were not many good "Happy New Year" design expressions.
fig 1.1 the best one I could find
fig 1.2 more pictures for reference
Inspired from my visual research, here are my sketches for the "Happy New Year" type expression sticker.
fig 1.3 task 3b sketches 07/06/21
Week 11:
I got some feedback from the lecturers, and they suggested me to
continue work on the fireworks one. Later, I started to digitilaze
the sketch in Adobe Illustrator.
I began with creating
the words "Happy New Year" with a combination of typefaces and
fonts.
fig 1.4 started digitalizing my sketch in Adobe Illustrator 14/06/21
fig 1.5 adding the fireworks 14/06/21
I was struggling so much on the colouring stage, I cannot
seem to find any colour that matches the expressions.
fig 1.6 colouring attempt 14/06/21
Week 12:
After consulting with the lecturer, I got some useful
feedback for the colour selection and design finalization.
Mr. Vinod told me that outlines are required, so I
immediately add them as well as experimenting on another
colour selections.
As far as I know. New Year
is identical with the gold colour. So I tried to create
this shimmering gold effect with the gradient tool in
Illustrator. I think it was not that bad.
fig 1.7 adding outlines and have another colouring
attempt 15/06/21
Yeah, "I" think it was not that bad but Mr. Vinod
said no. He advised me to use something more
colourful, make it happier as we are celebrating a new
chapter.
Based on the feecback I received,
this is what I came up with. One thing, I also
replaced the letter "A" with the Taylor's University
logo. Does it look okay though? Hahaha.
fig 1.8 the 102736th colouring attempt
15/06/21
I showed this to Mr. Vinod and he said it is now
a lot better but I have to make it bigger,
otherwise it will look really small as a Telegram
sticker. In the other hand, I have to create
another white border in 7pt in order for the file
to be eligible as a Telegram sticker.
This
is the stage that took most of my time, I am still
not that familiar with Adobe Illustrator yet so
adding an outline to this entire design is like
killing me. I gave up and continue working on it
the next week lol.
As you can see, I
actually removed the shadow part of the outline
because I think it is unnecessary.
fig 1.9 adding a white border to the final
design 21/06/21
fig 1.10 final sticker design
21/06/21
final sticker design in pdf
We were assigned to create a Telegram sticker for Malaysia's holiday celebrations. The lecturers have listed a bunch of celebrations we can pick from in the google sheet and each of us have to pick one. At first, I wanted to do the "Merry Christmas", but someone took it already. So, I decided to go with "Happy New Year".
I did some visual research but not gonna lie that there were not many good "Happy New Year" design expressions.
fig 1.1 the best one I could find
fig 1.2 more pictures for reference
Inspired from my visual research, here are my sketches for the "Happy New Year" type expression sticker.
fig 1.3 task 3b sketches 07/06/21
Week 11:
I got some feedback from the lecturers, and they suggested me to continue work on the fireworks one. Later, I started to digitilaze the sketch in Adobe Illustrator.
I began with creating the words "Happy New Year" with a combination of typefaces and fonts.
I got some feedback from the lecturers, and they suggested me to continue work on the fireworks one. Later, I started to digitilaze the sketch in Adobe Illustrator.
I began with creating the words "Happy New Year" with a combination of typefaces and fonts.
fig 1.4 started digitalizing my sketch in Adobe Illustrator 14/06/21
fig 1.5 adding the fireworks 14/06/21
fig 1.6 colouring attempt 14/06/21
fig 1.5 adding the fireworks 14/06/21
I was struggling so much on the colouring stage, I cannot
seem to find any colour that matches the expressions.
fig 1.6 colouring attempt 14/06/21
Week 12:
After consulting with the lecturer, I got some useful feedback for the colour selection and design finalization. Mr. Vinod told me that outlines are required, so I immediately add them as well as experimenting on another colour selections.
As far as I know. New Year is identical with the gold colour. So I tried to create this shimmering gold effect with the gradient tool in Illustrator. I think it was not that bad.
fig 1.7 adding outlines and have another colouring attempt 15/06/21
After consulting with the lecturer, I got some useful feedback for the colour selection and design finalization. Mr. Vinod told me that outlines are required, so I immediately add them as well as experimenting on another colour selections.
As far as I know. New Year is identical with the gold colour. So I tried to create this shimmering gold effect with the gradient tool in Illustrator. I think it was not that bad.
fig 1.7 adding outlines and have another colouring attempt 15/06/21
Yeah, "I" think it was not that bad but Mr. Vinod
said no. He advised me to use something more
colourful, make it happier as we are celebrating a new
chapter.
Based on the feecback I received, this is what I came up with. One thing, I also replaced the letter "A" with the Taylor's University logo. Does it look okay though? Hahaha.
fig 1.8 the 102736th colouring attempt 15/06/21
Based on the feecback I received, this is what I came up with. One thing, I also replaced the letter "A" with the Taylor's University logo. Does it look okay though? Hahaha.
fig 1.8 the 102736th colouring attempt 15/06/21
I showed this to Mr. Vinod and he said it is now
a lot better but I have to make it bigger,
otherwise it will look really small as a Telegram
sticker. In the other hand, I have to create
another white border in 7pt in order for the file
to be eligible as a Telegram sticker.
This is the stage that took most of my time, I am still not that familiar with Adobe Illustrator yet so adding an outline to this entire design is like killing me. I gave up and continue working on it the next week lol.
As you can see, I actually removed the shadow part of the outline because I think it is unnecessary.
fig 1.9 adding a white border to the final design 21/06/21
This is the stage that took most of my time, I am still not that familiar with Adobe Illustrator yet so adding an outline to this entire design is like killing me. I gave up and continue working on it the next week lol.
As you can see, I actually removed the shadow part of the outline because I think it is unnecessary.
fig 1.9 adding a white border to the final design 21/06/21
fig 1.10 final sticker design
21/06/21
final sticker design in pdf
FEEDBACK
Here is the summarize feedback I received from
each week.
Here is the summarize feedback I received from
each week.
Week 10:
Today was the introduction to task 3B so
no feedback has been given yet.
Week 11:
General Feedback :
Students should have digitalizzed
their sketches by now.
Specific Feedback :
Confetti and fireworks are great
ideas to express the word "Happy New
Year". The lecturers suggests me to
continue work on the fireworks
one.
Week 12:
General Feedback :
The sticker design has to have
outlines and a white border to be eligible
as a Telegram sticker.
Specific Feedback :
Try to use colours that express
happier vibe as we are celebrating a new
year as a new happy chapter. Also make the
sticker bigger.
Week 10:
Today was the introduction to task 3B so no feedback has been given yet.
Week 11:
General Feedback :
Students should have digitalizzed their sketches by now.
Specific Feedback :
Confetti and fireworks are great ideas to express the word "Happy New Year". The lecturers suggests me to continue work on the fireworks one.
Week 12:
General Feedback :
The sticker design has to have outlines and a white border to be eligible as a Telegram sticker.
REFLECTION
This was a fun task as we gotta use the knowledges we got from doing
previous exercises to create an actual Telegram sticker. Even though I
have done a lot of other exercises before, I realized that I discover more about
Illustrator on this one as well. The most challenging part that I
struggled so much at was the colouring stage. Maybe I am still not used to
actually use colour on my work for this module as we were not allowed to
use any colour other than black, white and grey previously. However, I
really like how the final sticker design turned out!
FURTHER READING
1. Create a gradient text in Adobe Illustrator
As shown on fig 1.6, I tried to create a colour gradient on my letters in Adobe Illustrator. I learnt how to do it from this article. It was pretty simple actually, yay I discovered another tool I have never used before!
2. How to outline text in Adobe Illustrator
I watched the video linked above but still not succeed on creating my outlines. However, this video is very fun to watch, I just simply love the type design the creator has created.
3. How to make cut lines in Adobe Illustrator
I searched for another video tutorial and found this. Creating cut lines are the same thing as creating outlines right? Well, who knows it might help.
In the end, I proceed to create the outlines after a long exploration through the software tools on my own. These videos did not help me directly but they surely helped in some way.
As shown on fig 1.6, I tried to create a colour gradient on my letters in Adobe Illustrator. I learnt how to do it from this article. It was pretty simple actually, yay I discovered another tool I have never used before!
2. How to outline text in Adobe Illustrator
I watched the video linked above but still not succeed on creating my outlines. However, this video is very fun to watch, I just simply love the type design the creator has created.
3. How to make cut lines in Adobe Illustrator
I searched for another video tutorial and found this. Creating cut lines are the same thing as creating outlines right? Well, who knows it might help.
In the end, I proceed to create the outlines after a long exploration through the software tools on my own. These videos did not help me directly but they surely helped in some way.
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