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First Week of Procreate: Solid Foundations

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First Week of Procreate: Solid Foundations

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1. Maryam Wafiyah Bt Mohd Adam, A174970, 24 July 2022

2. What have you done?

This week, I haven’t started my course in Udemy for Procreate Solid Foundations yet. The course is 17 hours only, that’s why I decided to start with some simple “Draw with me” tutorials from YouTube. The reason I do this is to boost my confidence by following an easy step by step tutorial from YouTube but can get a beautiful outcome as well as to gain more hours in my Elective Posting.

I finished 4 beautiful pieces of artwork this week. During this process, I learned how to use symmetry features so that the facial structures, eyes, nose, lips and neck are symmetrical. Not to forget, times where it is preferable not to use that feature to add character to the drawing like when painting the hair or the shirt.

I also learned how to add life to the drawing instead of having a simple 2d piece by playing with lights and shadows. I learned many ways to add those textures through finishing these 4 paintings, like playing with different layers, using different brushes with different opacities, using the alpha lock and clipping mask feature, and using the magic wand feature. I also learned to put those shadows and lighting and the best places and why.

I also meet up with my colleagues who are in the same course as me to discuss what we learn, share our artworks and where to have access to more free brushes.

3. Points to remember from week 1!

I feel like the most memorable part of this week is not so much about what I learn, but more about the joy of completing an artwork. From there, my motivation to learn further deepens. I feel like I want to learn even more, and finish more artwork. I’ve learned so much from youtube, and even though it is not as structured as the course that I’ll start next week, it was very fun and I enjoyed it so much! I can’t wait to start the course next week.

4. Your feelings & thoughts

I’m really proud of myself for drawing things I thought I could never draw. My confidence that I will gain the ability to draw without tutorials one day, has proven to be achievable. I am looking forward to what I’ll become at the end of this posting. Not to forget, I am definitely very grateful that UKM provided this posting as an opportunity for medical students to explore the things they love to do, that not many other universities provide.

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

There have been no difficulties so far.  Most of it is because I am doing what I love and is super excited, that it blinded me to see any difficulties at all. It is easy, doable, flexible and fun!

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

Motivated and fun

7. Your plan for next week

For next week, I plan to start my course in Udemy for Procreate Solid Foundations and draw many more artwork

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Procreate Digital Art Experience First Week 

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Procreate Digital Art Experience First Week 

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1.Wan Muhammad Ariff, A177120 24th/7/2022

2. During my first week of elective posting, I was taught by Wencke Schaper through Udemy in the basic skills of using procreate, for digital arts. Due to her guidance, I was able to create 6 arts in procreate this week. Of course, some of them looks a bit messy, however I slowly learn and able to improve my skills and made my art better, which I am quite proud of.

3. I was taught on the colour scheme on proper usage of each colour since there are multiple contrast as well as complimentary colours. I learnt the basic of using brushes, and there are dozens of brushes to use. She also taught me on how to use this amazing technique called Alpha lock and Clipping Mask, hopefully I'm able to further master it in the future. She also showed me the advantages of drawing on a software, since there are guide provided in drawing, such as symmetrical drawing, as well as perspective drawing, allowing me to appreciate the functionality of it.

4. At first I was a little worried I might have chosen the wrong course for my elective, however I did not regret it after I slowly learn. I love drawing ever since I was a kid, and during the time, technology was not up to par compared to the current generation. Now i am able to draw whenever, wherever and numerous paintings kept in a file. I am eager to learn more about Procreate now.

5. My concern is that, I am not able to produce high quality drawing, however I do believe practise makes perfect. Therefore, I kept rewatching the videos taught by my supervisor and try my best to learn from her time and time again. Other than that, my lack of imagination to create somewhat of an original painting. I have to work on my imagination and putting it into action, which I am currently doing now.

6. Fun & Interesting

7. Next week, I would like to cover the advanced usage procreate, knowing them in depth, since the basics of what I cover is not enough to make a painting an art. With enough time I would also like totouch a little on the tools and features of the app.

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1. Arisya Umaira Binti Azaiddin, A171601, 24th July 2022.

2. For my elective posting, I've chosen to participate in a course called Specialisation in Graphic Design from Coursera. For the first week, we were required to introduce ourselves to the class and share why we chose to participate in the course. We were also explained on the rules of participation which included no plagiarism, and informed on the methods of peer analysis, where I would be required to analyse the works of my peers. We were also informed on the projects that we would need to submit every week in order to pass the course.

3. I learned the various forms of imagemaking that included pencil, charcoal, marker, collage and many more. We were also taught on the aesthetics of imagemaking that included cartoon, historical, minimal, cubist and decorative, to name a few. At the end of the week, we were required to submit a drawing of a household item which I have included in this submission, in which I chose a book.

4. This was all very new to me as I've never been exposed to professional graphic designing before, so it was a bit nerve-wrecking and exciting. To put more pressure, the concept of peer analysis was scary as well since I could be analysed by students that were already proficient in arts and graphic design. However, I see it as a challenge to improve myself and learn new skills.

5. One of the biggest challenges I faced was the lack of art materials. As I have mentioned before, we were urged to explore the various premises of imagemaking which included different materials such as charcoal, paint and pencils. The only thing I had at home was the conventional coloured pencils. This was not enough to sustain me throughout the course. Furthermore, we were also urged to download Adobe Suites if we had the funds, but unfortunately I did not since Adobe Suite can cost up to RM 1k per year. So, to overcome this, after much research, I downloaded Procreate on my iPad, which is an app that has built-in brushes, including charcoal, paint, chalk, pencil and so much more. It is also a digital app that allows similar functions to Adobe Fresco and Illustrator, albeit with a bit less expertise. The app has proven to be amazing and I hope I can complete all the submissions without needing to opt for more expensive resources.

6. Fun and nerve-wrecking.

7. I plan to follow along in the course by submitting the briefs required of us students and exploring more in-depth features of Procreate such as pattern-making.

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My progress in Google Digital Garage for Digital Marketing

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1. Hiew Kai Ven, A176984, 24th July 2022

2. For this week, I've learn a multitude of new basic marketing skills as well as the infrastructure surrounding the course itself. Through the help of the Google instructors helping out on explaining the lessons regarding the concept of marketing and the opportunity that lies ahead on the digital world besides from the conventional face to face marketing, I was able to imagine how it can be applied in real time scenario if I were ever to start a business. I also learnt the wonders of search engines and how they read and write the billions upon billions of website to source out the most related websites in the matter of seconds. There were also lessons on basic web design and we would like to create it to make it as simple, concise and informative as a possible so that an average joe would be able to look at our website and truly understand what the that website had to offer. From there on, we were taught on more advanced web design such as the the concept of navigation, hyperlink, searchbar, etc for our particular website.

3. In short, I would remember points such as the concept of basic marketing for a business whether it be digitally or physically, how to setup a web design, the opportunity behind online digital marketing as well as the way a search engine source out most relevant website to the consumer.

4. I feel like I am getting a hand on how digital marketing works as well as the multiple of utilities available in order to make it as pain free as possible to a beginner in marketing such as myself

5. I feel so far there were no difficulties faced as the lessons provided were simple and concise. The lessons so far in fundamental wise was also simple and can be learnt easily.

6. Eye opening and interesting

7. My plan is to continue with the lessons provided so I can first finish this 40 hour course before going on to finish my supplemental 20 hour course for marketing

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1. Chua Qi Shen, A176206, 24th July 2022

2. In the first week of my elective posting, I began to learn the basics skills of Procreate software using iPad. Through the incredible guidance of Wencke Schaper, an amazing German digital artist, I was able to draw 8 artworks in a week. Digital art is a whole new thing to me as it is very different from conventional painting because it involved so many different features from the software and it utilizes different layers of painting to merge into one perfect artwork! Currently, I am still on my way to learn more of the tricks and I believed my passion in digital art will motivates me to improve my skills even further.

3. In week 1, I learned how to create layers for digital painting, creating suitable size canvas, Procreate brushes, smudge tools and eraser types, Symmetry drawing, Perspective view of drawing, and other features such as clipping mask and alpha lock which basically helps you to not color out of your outline.

4. I am excited and very happy to be able to do what I love and passion for. I have been dreaming to learn digital arts and draw many awesome artworks before this. However, due to hectic schedules for studies and assignments, I was unable to squeeze extra time for doing digital art. Words can't describe how grateful I am to the faculty for giving us such opportunity to choose what we love for elective posting. I will cherish this opportunity, and enjoy drawing as much as possible in 4 weeks of elective posting.

5. So far not at all, I am so happy that the artist from Udemy is very professional as they teach everything with patience and step by step. I even asked some questions regarding to brushes and she replied me on the next day! Fortunately, I also have friends who are doing Procreate digital art together with me, so we spend some time doing Zoom meeting to exchange knowledge and enrich each other.

6. Exciting, Marvelous

7. For Week 2, I am going to learn more advanced technique of Procreate which uses the Selection tools and Adjustment tools. I will do the tasks given by the artist, and also use some extra time to draw my own artworks.

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1. Manjusree A/P Varadharajan (A177119), 24 July 2022.

Hi everyone! I chose to learn digital art using Procreate for my elective posting. I enrolled on a course (Procreate for Beginners: Digital Illustration 101) by Brad Woodard on Domestika as I have been wanting to learn how to make full use of Procreate, an application used to make digital illustrations on iPad and I guess this is the perfect time for me to explore all that Procreate has to offer in the world of digital illustrations. Also, I am quite excited to share my projects with all of you!

2. For the first week, I have learned the essentials of Procreate and customisation of my procreate interface.  The main interface of Procreate is simply a gallery of my projects. However, in order to get the most out of the gallery, I had to learn how to organise my projects by adding, duplicating, deleting, and staking projects. In addition, I learned how to create a custom canvas by modifying some basic settings such as file type, dimensions, and colour modes. I also learned how to make use of time-saving gestures and layering techniques. Simply said, layering is analogous to utilising carbon paper in real life but as simple as it may sound, one has to be really meticulous when arranging the layers as it could affect the whole art. With my customised interface, I painted a sea turtle digitally on Procreate. This digital painting would closely resemble a watercolour painting. I used a photo of sea turtle as a reference in which I began by making a simple sketches, choosing and adding colours with some shading techniques and details all on different layers.

3. This session has taught me different techniques to customise my interface and different sketching techniques which was not as hard as it seemed earlier. Besides, the layering method is one piece of information that is really crucial from week one. Layer placement is crucial because even a minor error could affect the entire piece of art. I also learned that adjusting the hue, saturation and brightness would make a huge difference on my art.

4. I was filled with exhilaration when I made my first ever digital art on Procreate. I learned so much in such a short period of time in the first phase alone and I am eager to explore more on the features that lie within Procreate.

5. One main thing that was difficult was to learn the layering technique as a small blunder would change the art entirely. It was quite frustrating in the beginning but I decided to watch some Youtube videos to help me arrange my layers  and those videos helped me to learn how stack my layers better. However, I am still not fully capable of managing the layers on my own and I believe I need more practice to get hold of the layering technique.

6. Elective posting is fun and interesting. To be honest, I am totally grateful to the faculty for giving me this opportunity to help me progress my hobby to a different level.

7. My plans for week 2 includes learning how to make my own colour pallet, make use of different brushes and smudgers, learn different blending modes such as the linear burn and colour burn and to understand what 'masking' means in Procreate. I would also make a digital art with all the new information that I will be learning in week 2.

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MIT App Inventor website where I'll be creating my own applications!

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1. Jazebelle Faith Childs, A178492, 23rd of July 2022

2. One of the objectives for the first week is to follow the course on Coursera and be introduced to the application ‘MIT App Inventor’ which can be used to create the applications, as I am learning about application development. The other objectives were to be introduced to basics to coding, and basics to programming and dialog. I followed through with the objectives as the course on Coursera was very structured and organised. I have learned through both reading materials and recorded videos provided by the lecturer from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and not forgetting that I have learned through applying the knowledge into the MIT App Inventor as well. They also provided quizzes and homework so that I can apply my knowledge to answer the questions (they will only let you pass and continue with 80%).

3. I have created a very simple application called “HelloWorld’ and it is just an application that will say “Hello World!” when you click on the “Click Me” button. I have even tried in on my mobile device and it works. Points to remember from week 1 is to follow the instructions step by step as this is something entirely new to me and I will have trouble connecting the dots if some steps are skipped.

4.  I was actually quite excited to start this elective posting because I am really interested in the development of mobile applications. I am sure all of us have wondered how the applications we love the most came to be. Honestly, sometimes I get confused in the tasks as everything is so new to me but that is the process of learning, and as long as I keep learning, I can solve my confusion.

5. Due to good structure of the course in the Coursera, I did not have much problems. But I feel like it is a bit difficult to understand through the reading materials without video tutorials since this is my first time developing an app through an unfamiliar platform, but to cope with this, I found that trial and error is my best companion.

6.  Enthusiastic & interesting

7. My plan for next week is to learn more programming basics and continue with the course on Coursera. I will be learning how to code to create an alarm clock application, and how to incorporate audio and video into an application.

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1. Wan Abdul Aziz Bin Wan Azhar, A173171, 23 July 2022

2. There are a lot type of application for coding with the specific function and purpose but I choose Python because of the universal function. During the first week, I learned basic python object and data structure basic. As example indexing, slicing, simple arithmetic, dictionaries, list, logic and few more. At the end of the week, I complete one assessment test.

3. There are a lot of sign and symbol used in coding language, I need to be more detailed in observing and typing the code. Even one small mistake such as missing '(' will make my code unreadable.

4. Excited and sometimes stressful because of wrong coding 🤣 because of simple mistake.

5. I faced a few difficulties especially during assessment test because the question or exercise given a bit different and more challenging than what I learned during class. Even though, I got a few things wrong at the first time but then after revision I understand it better and can do the task smoothly.

6. Mixed feeling.

7. For 2nd week, I plan to learn more advance coding with more oriented programming and complete one milestone project prepared by the course teacher.

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1) Chan Tze Xin, A174638, 22nd of July 2022.

2) First of all, I've decided to enroll a Korean Language Course on Coursera which is in an intermediate level as I've previously self-learnt a little bit of Korean which includes the alphabets, writings, pronunciation and a few words that can be used in daily life. I am absolutely excited as I was given this opportunity to further improve my Korean Language during this elective posting which will be carried out for a month. So on the first week, there are 2 lessons planned for us to be completed which we have to watch a few videos, go through the lecture notes and answer a quiz at the end of the lesson. The main contents of the course is the grammar used in Korean Language. It was such a fun class as it was an interactive session where they gave us time to repeat to what they were conversating about. They gave good explanations too on how we should say this sentence in what situation and also when we should use that phrase. I like the part where they invite foreign students to answer their questions the best, like what we're doing in front of the screens!

3) Something to remember from week 1, definitely the contents and the examples they use as the teaching materials! The lesson always starts with a video listing the learning objectives of the lesson and continued with videos about the grammars that we are learning in conversation forms and also an extract version of the grammar itself. We were also reminded by going through the course materials again before attempting the quiz at the very end of the lesson. I like how they use daily conversations as examples which it'll be very useful for us and we can apply it easily! I even made notes about it so that it is easier for me to understand and also refer to in the future just incased I forgot about it.

4) I felt excited for this entire course as this is something that I've always wanted to further study in but is always contemplating to do so which I have a reason to do it now! I am very interested and passionate in Korean Language which that's the reason that I've thought of choosing this and I am very grateful that we were given an opportunity to choose whatever we can for this Elective Posting!

5) One difficulty that I've faced at the beginning of the Elective Posting was that initially, I was supposed to enroll a Graphic Design online course on Coursera, however I only realized that I have to pay for the access of the full course. So, I had to search for another course that I'm interested to and also seek permission to change the plan plus resubmitting the application form again. Luckily, I was given permission to do so and could start the course on time!

6) Interesting & Amazing

7) My plan for Week 2 would be I will continue learning the grammars taught in the next lessons and also revising the grammars taught during the first week so that I won't forget how and when to use the phrases and also be more familiar with it. I will try to search for videos related to the grammars to help me in the daily conversations if I visit to Korea one day in the future!

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My poster for this week ! It was designed based on important technique listed in my first week of elective posting including the arrangement of elements. 

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NUR FAKHIRA SHARINA BINTI MD SHAFIE (A174902)

Hello everyone ! I’ve been so excited to start my first week of elective posting. For this posting,  I’m choosing graphic design course in coursera which its collaborated with University of Colorado Boulder. It was moderated by David Underwood.

Well, as medical students we usually have lots of things to do with presentation and I always spent lots of time to just look up for a suitable and attractive template to be used during presentation. I also wondered how do they able to make such a creative template like that and  that’s how I end up to choose graphic design as part of my elective posting. Hoping that I can create my own design soon !

In this first week, I do learn a lot on how to communicate with the audience through presentation. Writing, design and public speaking are included as a platform or a capstone to ensure the massages delivered well to the audience. Putting a sense to the design is a matter of avoiding common mistakes. I also learn that there are a lot of application that can be use such as PowerPoint and Keynote. Most important thing is that we must be fluent and comfortable with the platform chosen.

Throughout this first week of elective posting, I can highlight a few important technique before start to create a design. Its include the arrangement of element, grouping, alignment, distribution, scale, constrain , rotation, cropping, hue, saturation, lightness, transparency, opacity and translucency.

The points that need to remember from this first week in joining graphic design course is do not create a vacuum which we need to always look for outside inspiration before start to design and think about the soul of the message that need to be deliver. But, do not steal others’ idea. Be extraordinary !

I am very happy to explore more on graphic design as it was very interesting course, easy to understand and worth to learn. I believe that the more I learn, the better outcomes awaiting for me.

The concern that I had been faced along this week is difficulties in finding ideas. However, my supervisor, David Underwood had been teach us on how to create an inspiration to keep the originality of our own design.

Overall, I am glad for choosing this course. My plan for next week is to explore more on the technique for designing in term of colours and type formatting. And of course to create a better design ! 😊

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EP WEEK 1

Assalamualaikum & hi everyone
Welcome to the elective posting journaling!
This journal platform will help you actively work on your development throughout your time in elective posting.

You can write, upload pictures/videos (lots of them please!)

Share your journey with your friends. Like & comment on others sharing too!

1. Your name, matric number, date

2. What have you done?

3. Points to remember from week 1!

4. Your feelings & thoughts

5. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

6. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

7. Your plan for next week (Week 2)