APD - Week 3 - Play and Object

Theme

Play and Object

Context

For this week’s theme of ‘Play and Object’, I went with the idea of playing with the objects around my table to try and give them ‘LIFE’. I tried to show what kind of object would they be and what characteristics might they have if they had feelings and thoughts.

Method

I created the above illustration using Abode Illustrator. First, I picked objects from my table that I wanted to work with and thought of ways they can be made alive. I did some really rough sketch and tried to play around with the object itself to see which direction I can go and what things I can include to make them look like they have feelings. After I was happy with an idea, I opened Adobe Illustrator and created a vector art based on the sketches.

Response

As a response to this week’s theme, I created an illustration using Abode Illustrator, to show the feelings of a coffee mug and a cell phone. I made the cell phone happy, as it’s the one thing in today’s world that the people give the most importance to. And I went with ‘grumpy’ for the coffee mug as that’s what people usually are feeling early in the morning when people want coffee. 

Reflection

Nothing came to my mind first when I started thinking about objects and play. I was confused about the general idea of what I wanted to do and what the word ‘object’ means to me. That’s when the work I did last semester in CPS hit me. We had a theme for ‘Found Objects’ and I went around my backyard to get scraps of wood and bottle caps to build something out of it. This time instead of going through my backyard, I decided to pick things off my desk and try and do something with it. I tried to build a structure using the things that I had but didn’t turn out very well and didn’t look appealing. After a few tries, I figured that I could do something better looking and fun with these objects using my computer.

I started doing some rough sketches on the ways I could portray these objects, that is when I came across the idea of giving them life. I looked at some references online and did some quick sketches. I added eyes and legs to these objects and tried to make them look fun and interesting, tried to make them look alive.

I knew I wanted to try and experiment with something new this week, so when I was done with the sketches and knew what I wanted to make, I downloaded Abode Illustrator and started making those characters. I had fun trying out and experimenting with creating illustrations and sketches this week. I also liked playing with the tools in Adobe Illustrator and uncovering different techniques that could be used to making illustrations easier. I will try and use Illustrator to design logos for myself next.