Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M2 JOURNAL - FLATNESS vs PROJECTION Ng Jee Hong
898231 Junhan Foong Studio 18
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WEEK 3 READING: LEGER, LE CORBUSIER, AND PURISM
Question 1: What is Pictorial Space according to Le Corbusier? (Maximum 100 words) “Pictorial space is which cannot be entered or circulated through; it is irremediably space viewed from a distance and is therefore eternally designed to frontality” Pictorial space is a form of art at which the viewer’s perspective is tailored by the artist. Usually, it is art that you can only understand from a distance.
Question 2: The Flatness of Le Corbusier’s painting’s are attributable to two properties. What are they? And what are these pitted against?(Maximum 100 words) The flatness of Le Corbusier’s paintings are attributable to frontality and ideation. They are pitted against rotation and experience which act as counterpoints.
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MARIO’S WORLD
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1ST MARIO’S WORLD
The first half of the Mario World drawn in the form of an axonometric projection.
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COMBINED MARIO’S WORLD
Result of combining both Mario worlds together.
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WEEK 4 READING: AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION Complete your reading before attempting these questions:
Question 1: Explain the difference between Pictoral (in this case perspectival) space and Projection? (Maximum 100 words) Pictoral space is when the image is shown from a single point of view. Projection on the other hand, displays images from a more “mathematically correct� point of view, where the true dimensions and plans of an object are preserved. Projection ignores the distortions of objects due to the limitations of the human eye as the viewing point therefore it is said to have a vanishing point at infinity, where the rays are parallel to the page instead of converging to the vanishing point.
Question 2: Where did Axonometric projection first arise, and why? (Maximum 100 words) Axonometric projection first arose within the military as a means of portraying the trajectories of artilleries. Later on, it was used to transfer information and details within the mechanisation and industrialisation sector.
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ILLUSTRATED MARIO’S NEW WORLD
Pink Roses are red, Violets are blue. This world is pink. In the making of my Mario world, I chose to put emphasis on the sectioning of the border of my world so that it would look like a slice out of a cake instead of a block-shaped island. In terms of the choice of colours, I chose one colour to be used as my primary colour and the rest of it were tints/shades of that colour. With the help of the shades and tints I was able to give the illusion of depth show different contours on the image.
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APPENDIX Projection of the first Mario world.
Combining the edges where both worlds meet.
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Tracing previous artwork with a fineliner in preparation for scanning.
Tools used: (from top) Set squares, T-square, various thickness of fineliners, pencils with different hardness.
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