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Illustration & Visual Narrative : Task 1

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24/09/2025 - 22/10/2025 (Week 1 - Week 5) Chan Xin Yean, 0377851 Illustration & Visual Narrative Task 1 : Character Design PRACTICE In week 2, Mr. Hafiz introduced us to a few tools in Adobe Illustrator to help us get started to the software. He also recommended the Bezier Game to us to practice on using the pen tool. Through that game, I learned a lot about making curves and even straight lines using the pen tool effectively. Figure 1.0 Example of an exercise in Bezier Game After that he sent us a template of various shapes for us to practice tracing. At first, it was hard for me to get accurate shapes and I struggled with the sharp corners of the shape, but after some tries I was able to trace all the shapes successfully. Figure 1.2 Tracing using pen tool in Adobe Illustrator INSTRUCTIONS Description   In class exercises, digital and analogue. To show competencies in; tacit making skills, digital proficiencies as well as analogous abilities. We will be provided with some tech...

Typography - Final Compilation & Reflection

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22/09/2025 - 22/12/2025 (Week 1 - Week 14) Chan Xin Yean, 0377851 Typography Final Compilation & Reflection TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. E-portfolio Links 2. Final Submissions     2.0 Task 1: Exercises     2.1 Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication     2.3 Task 3: Type Design and Communication 3. Reflection E-PORTFOLIO LINKS Task 1: Exercises Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication Task 3: Type Design and Communication Return to Table of Contents FINAL SUBMISSIONS Task 1: Exercises 22/09/2025 - 26/10/2025 (Week 1 - Week 6) Type Expression Figure 1.0 Final Type Expression - jpeg, Week 3 (06/10/2025) Figure 1.1 Final Type Expression - pdf, Week 3 (06/10/2025) Figure 1.2 Final Animation of SQUISH - GIF, Week 4 (13/10/2025) Text Formatting HEAD - Font/s : Univers LT Std (Extra Black Oblique, Black Oblique) - Type Size/s: 35pt & 20pt - Leading: 33pt & 22pt - Paragraph spacing: 33pt & 22pt BODY - Font/s : Univers LT Std (Roman) - Type...

Typography - Task 3 : Type Design and Communication

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03/11/2025 - 15/12/2025 (Week 6 - Week 13) Chan Xin Yean, 0377851 Typography Task 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Lectures 2. Instructions 3. Process Work     3.1 Research     3.2 Ideation     3.3 Digitisation     3.4 Final Outcome 4. Feedback 5. Reflection 6. Further Reading LECTURES All lectures are completed in Task 1 and Task 2 e-portfolios. Return to Table of Contents INSTRUCTIONS Figure 2.0 Document of the Module Information Briefs https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PPelhqQAvhqnrNlmdDPgn4PejeyhIiwb/view   Return to Table of Contents PROCESS WORK 3.1 Research Before going into sketching the letters h, o, g and b we were instructed to do a dissection of the letters from the 10 fonts given previously in Adobe Illustrator. I chose ITC New Baskerville (Roman) for my observations.  Figure 3.0 Dissection of letter h in ITC New Baskerville, Week 7 (05/11/2025) The letter h  has a symmetrical vertical strokes and serifs. The base of the vertica...