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I love thinking and creating. I love to watch the sky when I am walking whenever day or night. I love to express my feeling on paper whatever in words or in pictures. I have a passion on design, and I would do my best on every works that have a goal. I do also like to work with people with team spirit.
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I was born in 1989 in Hong Kong, I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I was used to be a science student and just transformed into a design student two years ago. I just graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from their Multimedia design and technology high diploma program.
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Illustration Blythe Photography Kaleidoscope The Universe Stone
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English Cantonese Mandarin
Education The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HD in Multimedia Design and Technology (2009-2011) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HD in Applied Physics (2008-2009) (Quitted) Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo) HKALE (2008) Maths Group C&MA Sun Kei Secondary School HKCEE (2006) Science Group
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Experience Technical Skills Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe Photoshop CS5 Adobe InDesign CS5 Adobe Flash CS5 Apple Mac proficient Windows PC proficient
Ms Wong Tutor Centre Teacher helper ( Sep 2006 - Nov 2006 ) Manpower Service Bureau Library Assistant ( July 2008 - Feb 2009 ) The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association Freelance Game designer ( Feb 2011 - June 2011)
Attented Competition Adobe Adobe Big World Small Village Design Competition ( 2009 )
Contact tel. +852 6774 5116 em. esther705@yahoo.com.hk fb. facebook.com/esther705 web. issuu.com/estherlau
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let’s take a look at my
Design works enjoy :]
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Dice Category: Font Design Description: Using the idea from dice to create a character font. Using the black dots of the dice to discribe the form of letter. For example, using the black dots to replace the eye of lower case “e” and the counter of lower case “o”.
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Patten - B
Poster
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Love and Hate
Typography Design Category: Typography Design Description: Using the different font, colour, size and alignment of letters to form different layout design. See more at: http://issuu.com/estherlau/docs/ form_calligraphy_to_typography Scale-b
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Breakfast version
Lunch version
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The danger undafety food Category: Poster design Description: Design a series of three poster about unsafety food, which is the food that made by illegal material or harmful chemical. * For Adobe Big World Small Villiage Design Competition 2009
Dinner version
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Poster
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hrek
Game
S hrek
Shrek and Donkey make a deal with Farquaad that He will remove the fairytale creatures from the swamp if Shrek could rescue Fiona from the castle so that Farquaad may marry her and become a real king. Fiona are cursed and only a true love kiss will return her to her "love's true form". Shrek kisses Fiona and breaks Fiona’s curse.
S hrek 2
Fairy Godmother and Charming reprimand Harold for breaking promise that Charming would marry Fiona.Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots steal "Happily Ever After" potion. Then Shrek and Donkey become handsome. Harold self-sacrifice to save Shrek. The magic also disintegrates the Fairy Godmother. As the clock strikes midnight, Shrek and Fiona let the potion's effects wear off and they revert to their ogre selves.
S hrek The Third
Shrek, Donkeys and Puss in Boots set out to retrieve Arthur to be the next king. The ladies are captured when Rapunzel betrays them for Prince Charming. The princesses launch a rescue mission for Shrek and his friends. Charming is killed when the tower lands on him. Artie become the king. Shrek retires with Fiona and become the parents of ogre triplets.
S hrek Forever After
Rumpelstiltskin offers Shrek a day to live like a real ogre in exchange for a day from his childhood he would not remember being erased. The day Rumpelstiltskin erased was the day Shrek was born. Upon hearing that Rumpelstiltskin is offering anything desired by the one who captures Shrek, he surrenders himself in exchange for all the ogres being released. As the sun rises Shrek begins to fade, Fiona kisses him, voiding the contract and restoring the original world.
The World View it is a world map of Shrek movie which includes protagonists interrelations, locations and timeline . All places in the movie are placed according to the physical distance scale. The protagonists are categoried according to the first place they showed up in the story. The lines show the relationships between them. The long road indicates the timeline of the storyline. The road developed from the swamp to the Kingdom of Far far Away represents SHrek slowly walk out of his original life into a life of happily ever after. The events in timeline are in order of happening time from the first episode to the fourth episode. And the unit is the distance he walk away from the swamp. The tunnel represents the time travel of Shrek in the movie.
Shrek information poster
lover relative friend antagonist subordinate Shrek and his family lived happily forever and after
Queen King Lillian Harold skrek go back to babies birthday party
skrek restore to the original world.
Category: Poster design, Information design
Rapunzel Shrek get back to his past life. The Poison Apple
Puss in boot Drakey
Shrek disappeared
shrek Roared at babies birthday party.
Dragon
Shrek found himeself was having a boring family life.
The fairy godmoher
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TIME LINE
Farquaad ‘s soldier forced fairy tales creatures to leave the town. Fairy tale creatures invaded into Shrek’s house. Farquaad decide to marry Fiona. Shrek went to the Dragon’s Keep with Donkey.
Shrek sign contract with Rumpel30 stiltskin. But He erased the day 00 km Shrek borned in exchanged.
Captain Hook
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Princess Fiona
Shrek didn’t borned.
Drury Lane
Conflict, Finally Arthur Pendragon convinced villains to stop helping Prince Charming.
shrek didn’t save princess.
Description: Design a poster that inculdes the information of character relationship, location, storyline, boxoffice and a visual instruction about the film SHREK.
Gingy
Shrek was catched by 250 Prince Charming. 0 km
Rampelstiltskin became the King of Far Far Away.
Merlin sent them back to Far Far Away with magic.
Princess Charming
Shrek started to find Fiona to Terminate the contract.
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Far Far Away
shrek and donkey came to ogre resistance
Dragon fell in love with Donkey.
Ogres had conflict 50 with Pied Piper. 0 km
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Rampelstiltskin offered reward to catch Shrek.
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Princess’ were attacked while Gathering.
Shrek surrenders himself in exchange for all the ogres being released. Farquaad & Fiona were going to get married.
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As the sun rises Shrek begins to fade.
Shre k 2
Shrek, Donkey and Puss went to find Arthur Pendragon.
Big bad wolf
Shrek is kissed by Fiona and disappear . 1000
Prince Charming gather the villains in the Poison Apple Bar
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carrace park No Pacancy
Rumpelstiltskin
akandon all hope ye who enter here
Shrek & Fiona got back from honey moon and met Fiona’s parent.
Fifi
The Sh r e k T h ir d
Witches
King Harold died. 20
Shrek &Fiona got married.
Pied piper
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Shrek kissed Fiona.
Pinocchio Shrek and his friends Ogres had conflict with Dragon, Witches, and Rampelstiltskin.
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Shrekrescued Fiona successfully.
Fairy Godmother threaten King Harold.
After midnight, SHrek, Fiona and Donkey transformed back to the original form.
King Harold paid Puss in Boots to kill Shrek.
Conflict between Shrek, and Fairy God mother. Shrek made friends with Puss in Boots.
1500 km
Shrek ,Donkey and Puss went to Fairy Godmother’s factory.
Shrek and Donkey drank the Happily Ever Potion and became beautiful with Fiona.
Shrek Box Office x1 = $8M (USD)
Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America
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Worldwide Total (USD): $484M
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Worldwide Total (USD): $799M
Worldwide Total (USD): $920M
Worldwide Total (USD): $750M
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Poster
Book
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Character Relationship Box office
Game
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Poster
Book
Web
Game
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Book
Web
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The journey of book producing Category: Book design, Information design Description: Design a book to explain how a book is printed out. It is a foating book, as the process of printing is a straight process. See more at: http://issuu.com/estherlau/docs/the_journey_of_book_producing_2
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Book
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Finding the nosiy planet Category: Picture Book design Description: A picture book for children age 2-5, a first step for them to know about the universe. See more at: http://issuu.com/estherlau/docs/finding_ the_noisy_planet_pre
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Poster
Book
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Game
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Poster
Book
Web
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Set clock version (sender)
Swatch Children’s Day website Category: Web design, Advertisment design Description: The website is aimed to promote Swatch in a sensibility way. Which the busy parents can set a clock with special event in specific time to their children.
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Poster
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Drag a specific icon into the numbers (hours)
The icons are in specific number (specific time)
Choose a theme of the clock
Send it to the receiver var Facebook
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Poster
Book
Get clock version (receiver)
Web
Game
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The flower act as clock’s arm; the bug act as hand
At 2 o’clock the receiver receive a specific playful inter-
The receiver can take a picture from the webcam
Besides the playful interaction, there are also some
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The journey to the China Category: Board game design Description: A board game for children age 10-15, let them know more about the China through the board game. This is a group project with The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association.
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Life & Culture card
Chess Board
Challenge Card
Chessman
Book
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Game
beside my design works
I do also take photos and drawing please enjoy my
Leisure works :D
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