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With this piece of mine, I decided to make a map of my brain to represent my design identity. I highlighted parts of the brain responsible for different things. The dark teal colour is the frontal lobe and helps with reasoning and attention span. Within this, I have included how I often procrastinate and take inspiration from pedestrians who walk past me. I love learning new things and often browse the internet for cool facts and because of this know a decent amount of random knowledge. I have also included how I often lose interest in things and quickly become interested in another. I have yet mastered the art of being organised and am often behind in tasks. The pink part is the parietal lobe and lets you perceive things. I often doubt myself over small mistakes and its something I experience a lot while working. The aqua part below the pink is the occipital lobe and makes sense of what I see. I am curious and open-minded to everything and anything. Often times what you see is not all that there is, I always apply this to problem-solving situations and often think of many different solutions from different perspectives. The yellow part is the brain stem that controls expression. I have a hard time speaking up in team environments but also love working collaboratively with others. The purple bit makes sense of what I hear. Although I am aware of the due date, I struggle a lot with deadlines and often negate tasks till the last minute.  I usually am always listening to new music as it plays a big part in inspiring me. I often make up stories for what I listen to and often draw them out. Despite this, I also work best when I am alone and it is completely silent and I can organise my thoughts. The red part in the middle portrays how my mind works when given a task to complete.  Starting out, I have many ideas but I usually dont go through with them and forget about them. Nearing the due date, I often become overwhelmed by the many ideas I have, not knowing which one to commit to. Prior to QUT, this is how I tackled problems but with every task given I have had to come out of my comfort zone and quickly adapt to the new environments. As I continue design at QUT, I hope to better myself as a designer and learn new habits. The audience I had in mind for this piece was children and took a lot of inspiration from Andy Griffiths, a book illustrator who made a big part of my childhood with his books.

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I created this using Illustrator. I first made coloured shapes and worked around that. I also decide to make the colour opacity 50% for a less intense way to go about it. At this point, I just drew over the shapes. For the sand and seaweed, I tried to experiment with different kinds of lines. For the fish, I tried to make a continuous line as the original piece was based off that. I also explored different brushes within Illustrator and opted for a calligraphy feather brush which made the piece look like it was made using an ink stamp.

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With this design, I stepped out of my comfort zone of using lines to create my usual works. I researched typical icons and found that most used basic shapes with no outlines to them. With this, I created my own and opted for a colourful background using grids.

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The process of this pictogram is me when I am working. The intention I had with this design was to make use of simple lines and shapes to convey a story. This is what I hope to communicate with my designs and I hope to explore this in the future. A lot of my inspirations for this design came from Luciano Liu, who creates minimalist avatars. Colour is something I have yet to become comfortable with so I decided to keep it simple but added a splash of colour for the inspiration step. My target audience are children, teenagers and young adults. This also includes anyone who would rather have a visual to comprehend information.

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Open-minded
Belonging
Curious
Adapting
Understanding

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This was drawn in class using one continuous line throughout the whole thing

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I have no clue when it comes to poetry but I manage to make something I actually really like. The song I chose was Runaway by Kanye West and was at the time, something I related to so the poem I made out of it was fitting. This experiment was out of my comfort zone but it was enjoyable.

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With this design I created, I wanted the wings to make a roof over their heads to show belonging. The initial designs were too detailed to be a logo so I stripped that down to slowly. I ended up going for one continuous line as it fits the belonging theme I am going for. The colour green is used as it is known for growth which I wanted to portray with this design.

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To me, design is a form of self-expression, used as a means to communicate as it is difficult for me to convey feelings, emotions, and thoughts.

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With this experiment, I was hesitant to start but once I got made contact with the paper, the pencil had a mind of its own. I idly kept drawing as I was listening to class and made sense of the lines over a couple of days. Most of the things I drew from the lines were from things I had seen during the day.

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The clean style with the use of muted colours is really interesting to me. Its something I want to create as well.

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I like the character design of this particular artist. It inspires me to create something similar of my own

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Lauren Hom is a hand lettering artist with a knack for marketing who loves helping creatives and brands get more eyes on their work.

Typography is really interesting to me and I enjoy her work as no piece of art is the same. They are uniquely different and I hope to learn about typography in the future.

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Pavolv describes their style as design without borders. Their mission is to create lasting, meaningful connections between brands and their audience.

The use of simple shapes and lines are appealing to the eyes and the colours complement it well. Its the simple style that I hope to create with my own twist in the future.

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Perrys works are rooted from pop culture, his fluorescent colour, busy, organic and playful work looks "like hand-drawn doodles," patterns and type.

This particular is somewhat completely opposite to my own as I prefer to use muted colours. It does however inspire me to try and explore with different colours and shapes.

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Carringtons works are simple drawings, using expressive lines to generate an easy, contemporary style

This is appealing to me as he is able to create simple drawings to inform viewers about significant issues with a light-hearted sense, something I aspire to create.

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Haring paintings are part of the general contemporary art. Haring's signature style consisted of the continuous repetition of stylised shapes in bright, vibrant colours and outlined in black on different media.

The fact that his works are easily recognisable is really interesting to me. It makes me wonder what he does differently to stand out and how can I implement that in my own style.

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To make use of imagery as a means of communicate for children and those who have a hard time comprehending text. By exploring and understanding how powerful visual communication can be and creating visual works that tell a story.