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emotion
Abstract art is defined as art that has no reference to any figurative reality and does not relate to anything external or try to look like something. Instead the colors and form, and often the materials and canvas or paper, are the subject of the abstract painting. It is completely non-objective or non-representational. Abstract art does promise more freedom of expression and a more expansive and intuitive play of creativity. Abstract art is not a rebellion against the tradition of painting representational objects, but also an outcome of a particular field of investigation. Abstract art is different from pattern.
The power of abstract art is in the way it can open channels to our inner core, our emotions, unlike representational art. Abstract art can achieve this as we are stripped of the need to digest and assimilate the representations of real objects, and free as an observer to feel and be taken by the artists away from expectation of our preconceptions. There will always be good and bad abstract art, but good abstract art will be born of a process, the process of investigation and be judged by how well the artist poses questions and presents solutions in his/her paintings.
studies
The objective of this project is to explore images making methodologies using experimental and expressive mark making through use of traditional and digital tools. Visual elements-point line and tone will be used to produce abstract non representational drawings, paintings or prints that can depict emotive states. Images are categorised into six different emotion category, such as anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise. Images are created specifically for each basic emotion category.
Each composition are limited to black and white with various tonal variations. And each composition will have emotion-describing tags.
angry
:strong feeling of displeasure and belligence aroused by a wrong
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acrimony . aggrevation . annoyance . antagonism . blow up . cat fit . chagrin . choler connipition . dander . disapprobation . violence . distemper . enmity . displeasure exasperation . fury . gall . hatred . hissy fit . huff . ill humor . antagonize . indignation animosity . rage . impatience . infuration . infuraition . irascibility . ire . irritability . outrage . mad passion . peevishness . petulance . pique . cantankerous . resentment . slow burn . soreness stew . storm . tantrum . temper . tiff . umbrage . vexation . agitate . momentum . goad . rant
angry
Momentum
Violence
Cantankerous 016
018
disgust
:feeling of revulsion or profound disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive
Title: Revulsion Credit: Amirul Afifi
022
Title: Ugly
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abhorrence . torment . abomination . antipathy . detestation disgust distatse . hatefulness . hatred . revulsion . nausea
ugly . nauseousness . nauseation . repungance . revolt . satiation . offend satiety . surfeit . bloody loathe . sickness . bother . disturb . displease . gross insult . scandalize . aversion . unwillingness . hate . horror . dissatisfaction . disinclination odium . repulsion . disliking . dread . dislike . repel . sicken . outrage
Title: Bloody Loathe Credit: Farhana Ja’afar
026
Title: Hate
Dislike
030
fear :specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling
Hysteria 034
036
abhorrence . agitation . terror of the devil . angst . aversion . awe . cold feet . concern consternation . cowardice . creeps hysteria . fright . dismay . distress . qualm anxiety . faint heartedness . jitters . phobia horror . misgiving . nightmare . panic presentiment . foreboding . worry . mortification . uneasiness . revulsion . recreancy . unease anticipate . petrify . timidity . tremor . trepidation . suspicion . scare . funk . doubt
fear
Mortification
Anxiety 040
Petrify
Scare
044
happiness :characterised by or indicative of pleasure, contentment or joy
Euphoria
050
joyful . jubilant . sprightly . pleasant . pleased . peppy . enviable . auspicious . apt chipper . chirpy . ecstatic . content contented . convivial . attraction . elated . exultant blessed . intoxicated . laughing . blest . blissful . blithe . life . can’t complain . captivated . cheerful glad . flying high . gay . gleeful . delight . gratified upbeat . light joyous . looking good . peaceful . affection . thrilled . tickled jolly . divine mirthful . on cloud nine . lively . merry . overjoyed . euphoria . sunny . sparkling . perky
happiness
Life 052
Divine 054
Title: Affection
056
Title: Sprightly
Phenomenon 080
058
sadness
:expressive of or characterised by sorrow
Despair
Dejection 068
Isolation
066
bereaved . bitter . cheerless despair . despondent . disconsolate downcast . doleful . insecurity . morose . somber heavyhearted . isolation . pensive dejection . heartbroken . pessimistic weeping . sorrow . wistful . mournful . languishing . low-spirited morbid . hurting . melancholy . woebegone . lugubrious . grief . down troubled . dismal . sorry . heartsick . doldrums . distressed . dispairing
sadness
Insecurity 068
Sorrow
Grief
072
surprise
with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment
Ephiphany 078
082
consternation abruptness . wonderment outpour . precipitance . attack . disillusion curiosity . revelation . rarity . epiphany . suddenness prodigy . astonishment . miscalculation . fortune . bombshell thunderbolt . start . stupefaction . phenomenon . bewilderment . awe miracle . precipitation . shock astoundment . eye-opener portent . prodigy . marvel . jolt eureka . incredulity . godsend
surprise
Title: Eureka
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Title: Outpour
Artists Alfonsus Wong Jia Xin Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: al0001in@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 12, 13; Momentum Page 76, 77; Astonishment Page 87; Outpour Page 84, 85; Shock
Amirul Afifi Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: amir0013@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 22; Revulsion Page 23; Ugly Page 40; Anxiety
Chan Yin Fong Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: chan0645@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 16; Cantankerous Page 54, 55; Divine
Farhana Ja’afar Course Major: Visual Communication E-mail: farh0006@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 26; Bloody Loathe Page 33; Terror of The Devil
Kimberly Huang
www.the-interim.blogspot.com
Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: kimb0002@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 38, 39; Mortification Page 62, 63; Despair
Lam Choon Khee
www.jusamouse.blogspot.com
Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: la0003ee@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 14; Exasperation
Lee Lian Hao Benjamin Course Major: Photography & Digital Imaging E-mail: d090011@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 8; Impatience Page 34, 35; Hysteria Page 52; Life Page 84, 85; Shock
Liang En Zhi Jonathan Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: d090006@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 68; Insecurity
Lillian How Jin Mei Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: lill0001@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 56; Affection Page 65; Isolation
www.lhlee.com
Noh Peiwen, Samantha
www.sammiji.com
Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: nohp0001@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 7; Aggrevation Page 27; Hate Page 42, 43; Scare Page 47; Attraction Page 70, 71; Grief Page 75; Astonishment
Nurliyani Bte Abdul Rahman Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: nurl0008@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 61; Sorrow Page 86; Eureka
Shannon Ong Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: ongs0077@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 57; Sprightly Page 64; Dejection
Poh Zi Qun Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: d090001@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 41; Petrify
Tan Pei Ying, Yvonne Course Major: Visual Communicaton E-mail: tanp0094@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 21; Torment Page 53; Delight
www.yvonnedesigns.wordpress.com
Wan Adzlynn Fizra Course Major: Digital Filmmaking E-mail: d090016@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 78; Epiphany
Yew Yong Xiang, Ivan Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: yewy0003@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 28, 29; Dislike Page 48; Euphoria Page 69; Sorrow
Zurianah Bte Hashim Course Major: Digital Animation E-mail: zuri0001@ntu.edu.sg Works: Page 15; Violence Page 81; Phenomenon
Ina Conradi Chavez Assistant Professor 2D Design & Color Workshop II E-mail: inaconradi@ntu.edu.sg School of Art, Design and Media Nanyang Technological University 81 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637458
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