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INTEGRATED STUDIO concept
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Shaved Ice I stayed in New York for the entire summer, so I thought the collection of my summer project can be about my experience. When talking about my entire for this summer, I immediately thought of the heat and how much shaved ice that I consumed. Therefore, I thought it would be rather interesting to develop on this topic.. However, the professor told me to add some inspiration for the silhoutte of the collection, which is why i added the snow mountain, which is similar but stil gives a unique shape
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process I started off this collection with designs that are all over the place, and after the fifth or sixth looks, i think even i forgot what i was doing. I also played a lot with bright and pastel colors, which is something i’ve never done before. although everything is very different fromt what i usually do, it was still interesting to play around with all the colors.
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COLLECTION Since this collection was so different from what I usually gear towards, i was not completely happy with the final result, so i threw away the final presentation immediately after i was finished. therefore, i had to find other alternatives for this digital journal. i find that adding the garment onto the mannequins to be
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COLLECTION thing to do without making it look odd. in fact, at the end, i actually like how this came out, and it adds some interest to the overal presentation i feel.
the color palette is mostly pastel colors, but i try to incorporate some more muted colors just for my own likings, and i feel like they also help to hold the collection down a bit more, so the whole collection doesnt become a very childish one. there is a pop of right in the color palette because i somehow always gravitate towards a pop of red
COLOR PALETTE
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visual communication drawing
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these are the summer assignment for vc drawing class, and i actually really like how both came out. i have never done collage before, so this was my frist time, and i realized that it was actually really fun and free as to what i can do to add interesting element onto the model instead of just plain coloring and rendering.
summer drawing
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me to capture the body movement of the model.
IN CLASS SKETCHES
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homework drawing
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integrated studio construction
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digital pattern
instead of designing out own knit dress, our class used a technique designed by a guy named julian to play with. it was a interesting way to dealing with the favorite that give us very creative drapes that would be almost impossible to drop on a dressform. then we had to transfer everything onto a digital pattern through adobe illustrator.
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knit dress i like how the knit dress came out. i think it gave me an interesting alternative to approach my designs in the future. i taught me that sometimes you dont have to do things the way you know to be, but to explore all the other possibilities. we also had to illustrate the dress afterwards, and it was fun to draw alll the fullness
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Beading elective
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HAND BEADING
this is probably one of my favorite electives. we played around with sequins and seed beads for the past couple of weeks. although everything is very time consuming, but it was so fulfilling seeing the result. howevever i usually go nearly blind after each class sessions.