Assignment 2 - Less Is More (Final)

This is the abstraction process for my assignment 2. For this version, I still stick to the two celebrities I used before in the old version of my assignment 2. First, I traced out the details of the faces of both celebrities. Then I start reducing the minor details while maintaining the distinct features of their faces. I chose the second last frame of reduction process as my final prototype.

The design technique I used for this assignment 2 is the Gestalt's principles of perception. The contrast look of both characters. Martial arts movie stars from the East and the West fighting each other. I chose red color for the foreground silhouettes as red color shows the intensity of the combat.

Assignment 2 - Less Is More

For assignment 2, the task is to create one pictogram that comprises two celebrities or politicians. I chose Donnie Yen and Chuck Norris as the two celebrities. Donnie Yen is famous for his role as Ip Man in the two movies. Chuck Norris is famed for his roundhouse kick and the Internet phenomenon in 2005. Therefore, I chose the Ip Man photo and Chuck Norris in his kicking pose. The visual statement I want to present is two famous martial artists from the east and the west facing off.

After the class critique, the feedback I gotten was that there was no interaction between the two celebrities because the two were not in contact. The reduction process for the fifth and sixth was not much different. The suggestion I received was to add in a boxing ring as the background and bring the two characters close to each other.

*The new version will still be the same two celebrities but the photos used will be different. It is in the process of finishing.