comments:
1. Should put more details for the research process, ex: the room, why did I chose...) 2. Mei Mei / Di Di - Chinese people like to call each other by the family title not names
3. Look at the typography in the picture book
4. About the C.V.:
a. Careful with the tail of 'a' witch makes it looks like a 'q'
b. trace tool in illustrator - Object live trace - tracing options, Live Trace Expend (Lettery B/W)
Showing posts with label Tutorial Logs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tutorial Logs. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Tutorial Log 10 (30 Jun 2008)
comments:
1. Work on the language. It is too direct. Try to put more description, more feelings, give more details to make it rich. Keep it simple for children but have to engage the imagination. Beware of the translation- you might lose something form it.
2. Keep testing this on children. Do not think the research part is finished.
3. The idea of making Taiwanese version- total 4 books printed out in the end.
4. The idea of changing sausage into Rice cake.
5. About the C.V.:
a. Some words changed on the first page
b. Need more work for the layout on the third page
Look at:
Lauren Child ‘Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent’
1. Work on the language. It is too direct. Try to put more description, more feelings, give more details to make it rich. Keep it simple for children but have to engage the imagination. Beware of the translation- you might lose something form it.
2. Keep testing this on children. Do not think the research part is finished.
3. The idea of making Taiwanese version- total 4 books printed out in the end.
4. The idea of changing sausage into Rice cake.
5. About the C.V.:
a. Some words changed on the first page
b. Need more work for the layout on the third page
Look at:
Lauren Child ‘Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent’
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Tutorial Log 9 (26 Jun 2008)
Feedback from Children
Vincent
Age: 3 1/2
1. want pictures with it
2. English is not good enough
3. Look at 'Bogey Man'
Damian Chapman
Vincent
Age: 3 1/2
1. want pictures with it
2. English is not good enough
3. Look at 'Bogey Man'
Damian Chapman
Tutorial Log 8 (23 Jun 2008)
comments:
1. Try to use contemporary illustration / tools / practice
2. Look at Typography & How to arrange the text: Hair? Eyes? Stripe? Fur?
3. Look at Book Design: Shape? Binding?
4. Beware of the cultural signs: English approach
ex: IKEA (x) Harrods (O) ; Apple (x)
5. Hand-in: a. Body of work (2 32-pages picture books)
b. Sketch / Process of working
c. Literature Review & Critical Appraisal 2500-3000 words
d. Spread Page
e. Website/ Blog
6. About the C.V.:
a. Create your brand: Pdf / Website / Business Card, all in same design
b. To show that you have a broad range, just say it straight
c. Layout is dated, could be more contemporary
d. Focus on illustration / Typography / Design, Photography is not that crucial
Look at:
1. www,lafilm.com
2. www.antoniaillustrators.co.uk
3. www.leoburnett.com
4. www.chapmanstudio.co.uk
5. David Carson
1. Try to use contemporary illustration / tools / practice
2. Look at Typography & How to arrange the text: Hair? Eyes? Stripe? Fur?
3. Look at Book Design: Shape? Binding?
4. Beware of the cultural signs: English approach
ex: IKEA (x) Harrods (O) ; Apple (x)
5. Hand-in: a. Body of work (2 32-pages picture books)
b. Sketch / Process of working
c. Literature Review & Critical Appraisal 2500-3000 words
d. Spread Page
e. Website/ Blog
6. About the C.V.:
a. Create your brand: Pdf / Website / Business Card, all in same design
b. To show that you have a broad range, just say it straight
c. Layout is dated, could be more contemporary
d. Focus on illustration / Typography / Design, Photography is not that crucial
Look at:
1. www,lafilm.com
2. www.antoniaillustrators.co.uk
3. www.leoburnett.com
4. www.chapmanstudio.co.uk
5. David Carson
Tutorial Log 6 (16 Jun 2008)
comments:
1. Test the stories on more children to see their respond and comments and to rich your research sources. Ask them for the illustration style that they like, and how the characters should be look like in their mind.
2. 7-10 years-old children are independent enough to read on their own, but the younger children may look at the pictures more then the text, and the older children may look at the text more then the pictures. Try to give out more details and information in the pictures.
3. Think of what will interests them: Vivid colour? Characters? …etc. Think of how do you want them to respond, to be scared of the image or feel fun.
4. Try to find children’s book publishing companies that could support your printing for the final hand-in, or possibly publish the picture book in the future.
5. About the C.V. :
a. Try to add few lines describing the work that you showed on the C.V.
b. You put too much things in it. Try to make it clear and selective.
c. What they want to see is your ideas not too many details.
d. Think of what companies interests you and what is your strengths that can offer
e. Keep the layout simple.
agreed actions:
1. To test the stories on Damian’s kids and Jackie’s kids.
2. To find publishing companies and contact them.
3. To keep drawing and bring the visual practice work to the tutorial next week.
4. To redesign my C.V.
1. Test the stories on more children to see their respond and comments and to rich your research sources. Ask them for the illustration style that they like, and how the characters should be look like in their mind.
2. 7-10 years-old children are independent enough to read on their own, but the younger children may look at the pictures more then the text, and the older children may look at the text more then the pictures. Try to give out more details and information in the pictures.
3. Think of what will interests them: Vivid colour? Characters? …etc. Think of how do you want them to respond, to be scared of the image or feel fun.
4. Try to find children’s book publishing companies that could support your printing for the final hand-in, or possibly publish the picture book in the future.
5. About the C.V. :
a. Try to add few lines describing the work that you showed on the C.V.
b. You put too much things in it. Try to make it clear and selective.
c. What they want to see is your ideas not too many details.
d. Think of what companies interests you and what is your strengths that can offer
e. Keep the layout simple.
agreed actions:
1. To test the stories on Damian’s kids and Jackie’s kids.
2. To find publishing companies and contact them.
3. To keep drawing and bring the visual practice work to the tutorial next week.
4. To redesign my C.V.
Tutorial Log 7 (22 Jun 2008)
FEEDBACK FROM CHILDREN>
sam 9
rosie 9
nina 6
Here are their comments-
Sam said the blood on the sausages was gruesome but not scary.
The story could be more exciting with some funny bits in it!
Sam said he was scared of wolves,and has bad dreams about them.
Rosie recognized the red riding hood story
thought the story was o.k
Nina-said the story is boring(! sorry!)
the blood on the sausages was horrible.
the granny is horrid.
there is a rude word...wee wee...!!!
the children didnt know where Taiwan was-but they do now!!!!
IF you want the stories to appeal to u.k children...research this carefully.
Tutor: Jacqueline Perkins
sam 9
rosie 9
nina 6
Here are their comments-
Sam said the blood on the sausages was gruesome but not scary.
The story could be more exciting with some funny bits in it!
Sam said he was scared of wolves,and has bad dreams about them.
Rosie recognized the red riding hood story
thought the story was o.k
Nina-said the story is boring(! sorry!)
the blood on the sausages was horrible.
the granny is horrid.
there is a rude word...wee wee...!!!
the children didnt know where Taiwan was-but they do now!!!!
IF you want the stories to appeal to u.k children...research this carefully.
Tutor: Jacqueline Perkins
Tutorial Log 5 (29 Apr 2008)
Summary of work covered
Elisa had written the text for 2 picture books that she was designing for children. We read through the text and made it more relevant and cut out repetition and made certain points clearer.
Recommendations
To tidy up the language and to decide on the vocabulary choices that we made.
Tutor Kirsten Alldred
Elisa had written the text for 2 picture books that she was designing for children. We read through the text and made it more relevant and cut out repetition and made certain points clearer.
Recommendations
To tidy up the language and to decide on the vocabulary choices that we made.
Tutor Kirsten Alldred
Tutorial Log 4 (14 Apr 2008)
comments:
1. The main purpose of this story is to bring the Taiwanese story “Auntie Tigress” to the U.K. and to emphasis the cultural difference of the bad guy in fairy tales – Wolves in the West and Tigers in the East.
2. The way I’m doing this is to create an adaptation. I will combine 2 stories: “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Auntie Tigress.”
3. The roughly story is about: Little Red Riding Hood met a friend from Taiwan on the Internet. She decided to fly to Taiwan to meet her. When she got there she met the Auntie Tigress and took part into the story. Maybe the Big Bad Wolf will follow her to Taiwan and take part in the story too.
4. I haven’t write the whole story in detail but it will mainly follow the Auntie Tigress original story.
5. Concentrate on Taiwanese Hakka Culture: Unique buildings, costume, food…etc.
6. I need advices: Original/ Adaptation? Ancient/ Now?
7. Collage/ Acrylic/ Pop-Up.
agreed actions:
1. Wednesday (This or Next) Postgraduate Learning Agreement.
24th Apr Presentation.
16th May Hand in: 1000 word reflective appraisal and Practice-led outcomes.
2. Do things you want to, not ought to.
3. Decide 2 perspective. The same story told in different ways or 2 stories in the same idea.
4. Beware of your time management.
1. The main purpose of this story is to bring the Taiwanese story “Auntie Tigress” to the U.K. and to emphasis the cultural difference of the bad guy in fairy tales – Wolves in the West and Tigers in the East.
2. The way I’m doing this is to create an adaptation. I will combine 2 stories: “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Auntie Tigress.”
3. The roughly story is about: Little Red Riding Hood met a friend from Taiwan on the Internet. She decided to fly to Taiwan to meet her. When she got there she met the Auntie Tigress and took part into the story. Maybe the Big Bad Wolf will follow her to Taiwan and take part in the story too.
4. I haven’t write the whole story in detail but it will mainly follow the Auntie Tigress original story.
5. Concentrate on Taiwanese Hakka Culture: Unique buildings, costume, food…etc.
6. I need advices: Original/ Adaptation? Ancient/ Now?
7. Collage/ Acrylic/ Pop-Up.
agreed actions:
1. Wednesday (This or Next) Postgraduate Learning Agreement.
24th Apr Presentation.
16th May Hand in: 1000 word reflective appraisal and Practice-led outcomes.
2. Do things you want to, not ought to.
3. Decide 2 perspective. The same story told in different ways or 2 stories in the same idea.
4. Beware of your time management.
Tutorial Log 3 (10 Mar 2008)
comments:
1. Research of monsters, bad guys in animated stories
2. Go back TW for research
3. How to do it better? Clarify, start to make decisions, focus in your subject area. Keep thinking how to improve your project. Good -> Amazing. Looking at the problem, face it, and solve it.
4. “Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander. Translate music score to sound. About creativity and understanding the information you are given. 9 points 4 lines game. Think out side of the box. Give away boundaries. Learning is an endless journey.
5. MA level: Have a idea first, and then start to do your work
agreed actions:
1. Decide Original / Adaptation, Ancient / Now?
2. Look at more examples
a. Pied Piper of Hamelin 魔笛手 similar with oyster story in “Alice Wonderland”
b. Original “Shrek”, by William Steig. Shrek is actually a bad guy in the original story. http://city.udn.com/v1/blog/article/article.jsp?uid=yujinchen0412&f_ART_ID=52983
c. “Magic Bone” 奇奇骨 by William Steig. Bad wolf
d. Adaptations: “3 Pig Bad Pigs and 1 little wolf” “The real story of 3 little pigs”
1. Research of monsters, bad guys in animated stories
2. Go back TW for research
3. How to do it better? Clarify, start to make decisions, focus in your subject area. Keep thinking how to improve your project. Good -> Amazing. Looking at the problem, face it, and solve it.
4. “Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander. Translate music score to sound. About creativity and understanding the information you are given. 9 points 4 lines game. Think out side of the box. Give away boundaries. Learning is an endless journey.
5. MA level: Have a idea first, and then start to do your work
agreed actions:
1. Decide Original / Adaptation, Ancient / Now?
2. Look at more examples
a. Pied Piper of Hamelin 魔笛手 similar with oyster story in “Alice Wonderland”
b. Original “Shrek”, by William Steig. Shrek is actually a bad guy in the original story. http://city.udn.com/v1/blog/article/article.jsp?uid=yujinchen0412&f_ART_ID=52983
c. “Magic Bone” 奇奇骨 by William Steig. Bad wolf
d. Adaptations: “3 Pig Bad Pigs and 1 little wolf” “The real story of 3 little pigs”
Tutorial Log 2 (03 Mar 2008)
comments:
1.Things about children’s story book:
a. stories to listen and pictures to look at the same time
b. how books interact with children
c. how to let them read again
d. Children enjoy being scared, they remember the monsters the most.
2.Things to look at:
a. Angela Carter, rewrite little red riding hood “The Bloody Chamber”
which became ”The Company of wolves”
b. “The Sand Man dream” – Comic books
c. Franc Miller, “Bat Man Returns”, “300”, “Sin City”
d. Dr. Seuss
e. “The Nightmare before Christmas”, Tim Burton
f. “A Series of Unfortunate Events” End Credit– Lemony Snicket
g. “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”
agreed actions:
1.Look at narrative stories, warning stories, illustrations, and especially thrilling and fun animations.
2.Think what techniques will you use? Collage / Pop up / Photo…?
3.Gather a lot visual information, Collect more information.
1.Things about children’s story book:
a. stories to listen and pictures to look at the same time
b. how books interact with children
c. how to let them read again
d. Children enjoy being scared, they remember the monsters the most.
2.Things to look at:
a. Angela Carter, rewrite little red riding hood “The Bloody Chamber”
which became ”The Company of wolves”
b. “The Sand Man dream” – Comic books
c. Franc Miller, “Bat Man Returns”, “300”, “Sin City”
d. Dr. Seuss
e. “The Nightmare before Christmas”, Tim Burton
f. “A Series of Unfortunate Events” End Credit– Lemony Snicket
g. “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”
agreed actions:
1.Look at narrative stories, warning stories, illustrations, and especially thrilling and fun animations.
2.Think what techniques will you use? Collage / Pop up / Photo…?
3.Gather a lot visual information, Collect more information.
Tutorial Log 1 (21 Feb 2008)
comments:
1.I want to write a story about little red riding hood traveled to Taiwan, met the Taiwanese fairy tale characters, and take part in the story “Aunt Tiger”
2. Look at the “Little Red Riding Hood” made by Na-Ae Choi last year
agreed actions:
1. Keep developing this idea
2. Take Na-Ae Choi’s work as an example, try not to be too similar as her work
1.I want to write a story about little red riding hood traveled to Taiwan, met the Taiwanese fairy tale characters, and take part in the story “Aunt Tiger”
2. Look at the “Little Red Riding Hood” made by Na-Ae Choi last year
agreed actions:
1. Keep developing this idea
2. Take Na-Ae Choi’s work as an example, try not to be too similar as her work
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