PATTERN SWATCHES GOLDEN LITTLE BOYS
CONTENT PAGE Concept Moodboard and Style Motif Transformation Pattern Swatches Installation Application Behind the Scenes Ending Words Credits
Copyright on 2017 by Seng Yi Ling. All rights reserved. Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media
‘THE SUPERNATURAL’
CONCEPT
was the theme given for this long-term art project.
As much as I am intrigued, the supernatural is something that I also have immense fear for. Hence, I did my research and mindmapping on which aspect of the supernatural I would like to explore into.
MOODBOARD
I was torn between two I have narrowed down: The Day of the Dead & Kuman Thong.
Eventually I decided on the supernatural topic:
Kuman Thong (Golden Boy)
As much as I liked the colours in The Day of the Dead, children ghosts/spirits are not common explorations in the Supernatural realm.
Hence, I set my mind on working with Children Spirits as the topic of interest for this project, while incorporating the colours from The Day of the Dead.
STYLE
Mainly illustrative because I do enjoy drawing and using pencil to design my sketches is more versatile as I can alter and integrate elements into an object easier.
MOTIF TRANSFORMATION
Initial sketches I drew up a couple of sketches in relation to what I wanted to express in the concept, and used a black ink pen to outline the sketches which were done in pencil. I scanned the image and vectorised it. Then coloured the motifs digitally with a tablet pen.
PATTERN SWATCHES Flowers Babies Umbillical Cord Shaman Objects Amalgamation
Flowers
Babies
Umbillical Cords
Shaman Objects
Amalgamation
INSTALLATION
The main installation for this project is a banner installation where each banner is: 3564mm (H) x 420mm (W). All of our banners were displayed in the lobby of our humble school, School of Art Design Media. Next, the banner designs are horizontally altered onto the LED media wall that is: 3840 pixels x 480 pixels.
Golden Little Boys, 2017. WRITE UP: Thai black magic tradition of Kuman Thong (Golden Little Boy) is a controversial practice of necromancy, in which the sanctity on the afterlife of unborn foetuses is involved. Moral complexity is questioned as some may see this practice as giving the baby spirits a second chance or preventing them from passing on peacefully. This artwork invokes a sense of delusory towards the ancient practices.
I tried multiple compositions and I really liked these two. One of which the babies are buried in lotus petals and the other are floating babies linked by umbillical cords
MEDIA WALL Horizontal digital design for the media wall.
Our banners in our school (ADM) lobby.
Final Banner Design
BANNERS
Digital design on the actual media wall.
Because the colours I chose were rather neon and I increased the brightness and saturation of the designs, the media wall design shone really brightly!
APPLICATION
BEHIND THE SCENES
Printing and cutting banner buddy, Charlotte!
The journey and fruits of labour through this Pattern class module would not have been made possible alone. Thank you Professor Ina for being such an encoraging teaching figure, guiding us through this. Thank you my dear friends and family for the love and support when things get tough. Thank you.
Sources of Moodboard images – http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/6/3/thai-buddha-amulet-pha-yant-tao-wessuwan-powerful-protectlife-talisman-71316e23df969256fffec99b85e93f34.jpg – http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/01/content_414080.htm – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/thai-pattern-background-anek-suwannaphoom.html – http://zway2go.com/raising-a-baby-ghost/ – http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7120990-3×2-940×627.jpg – https://www.thaiamuletsales.com/pages/thai-black-magic-amulets – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445012006899737924/ – https://www.get-offline.com/inspiration/spend-dia-de-los-muertos-with-calavera – https://www.pinterest.com/BartushDesign/day-of-the-dead/ – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/494199759081522938/ – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/367958232038481523/ – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/540854236476559569/ – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512636370072621354/