B1 MEME Project by Jade Kinné-Hall https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject Padlet for my MEME project 2016-5VC500 (Design Strategies) en-us 2017-01-05 12:39:33 UTC 2026-01-06 23:34:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png Subject matter research Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145454546 This started out as a experiment soon took form as a real musical project... What's mainly being used is Milky Tracker to record all the 8-bit music...The goal was to create something my fans would love listening too... with a more personal touch and emotions infused into it.. ~Shun]]> 2017-01-05 12:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145454546 What a MEME is Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145454714 An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.

]]> 2017-01-05 12:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145454714 MEME Definition Screenshot Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455023 2017-01-05 12:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455023 More Research into my chosen Meme Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455089 I wanted to do something non-conventional. Choosing something so simple was not thinking outside the box.
I have had a thing for the "kawaii potato" image for a while now, it was within the realms of what a MEME was, so I decided to focus on that as an idea. 

(This is a drawing I made of the Kawaii Potato image)]]> 2017-01-05 12:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455089 Little more research into "Kawaii Potato" Meme Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455539 Taken from his Facebook page.
He also has a Tumblr blog which I will also look into.]]> 2017-01-05 12:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145455539 Tumblr Blog Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145456181 This blog had many of his drawings and animations of the kawaii potato and also other little doodles he has done. ]]> 2017-01-05 12:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145456181 From Shun's Facebook Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145458954 “Emilys Diary is an Multi-Genre/8-bit project...I do it for a number of reasons. First off, This was all for my ex girlfriend... Emily.. secondly I am constantly writing songs- way more than I could ever do with or without a band. That said, my only real opportunity to record and play many of the songs I write is to do them on my own. Thirdly, having a band that is very much focused on a specific genre is okay but I like to experiment with other genres of music. However, I write songs about other topics too. Some of those topics just don't seem to fit into my old bands category. So while my solo songs are sometimes mellow, soothing, acoustic, metalcore, etc.. you'll also find me writing about love, and friendships, and just about anything. I couldnt do this with my old band Dead-Like-Us, but when we started DLU It it was not our goal to play such songs... I'll update this some more so in the mean time...

Take good care of yourself, your friends, and your family.

-Peace, Love, Unity- Shun” – From the Facbook of Emily’s Diary.

]]> 2017-01-05 13:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145458954 Mini Research Of Kawaii Potato and Shun the creator Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459045 The kawaii potato meme appeared back when the Japanese culture was kicking off in the UK, more and more people were watching Anime and devoting time and money into buying and creating cute things that fit in the culture. The Emily’s Diary series of drawings were done seemingly from 2013 to around 2015 on Facebook, though it seems he is more active on his Tumblr account, with recent 2016 drawings. The person behind these drawings, Shun, originally drew for his long term girlfriend, but also was trying to make a genre of music that sounded like 64 Bit gaming music from back when people had Nintendo 64’s and SEGAs, which seemingly lost focus when the drawings were involved, and many people relate to his drawings rather than the music he was trying to produce. 

The drawings, while they were not the main focus of the whole “Emily’s Diary” in the first place, are really cute and “Kawaii” and depict two main humans which seem to be Shun and his girlfriend Emily, and a tiny pink potato as there sort of mascot for the many varied drawings he did. The potato is the primary focus, having been dressed up in little outfit or props and then adding ‘tato to the end of things to make it sound all cute and pretty. Also, Shun made many potato related drawings in regards to many anime, cartoons and also Disney films that were popular round the time he was constantly making drawings for his now ex-girlfriend Emily. 
]]> 2017-01-05 13:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459045 Some images Shun has done Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459363 Cross over with Monster's Inc]]> 2017-01-05 13:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459363 More Images from Shun Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459547 Little Bun - His own creation]]> 2017-01-05 13:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459547 More Shun drawings Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459726 Little Ghostie - His own creation.]]> 2017-01-05 13:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459726 Cute Cat Drawings Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459884 Connecting with the notion that everyone loves food and it needs protection.]]> 2017-01-05 13:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145459884 Designing my poster Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145460294 I wanted to keep with the theme of kawaii potatoes and with that, I wanted to somehow incorporate them within my poster. 

With opting for a sort of infographic poster about Shun and what he does, how his works can be considered MEMEs, I looked into using clipping masks to keep the potatoes involved but also using them as a way to show various information and texts. 

I wanted to add some images of various Shun drawings also, which I used the background eraser to make sure that I could have parts of the image I would like without having to deal with the bleeding of backgrounds. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145460294 Screenshot one Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145460888 With font chosen, I added small kawaii potatoes to the side to emphasise the theme, and then made one bigger, adding an colour effect rather than using a clipping mask. This made it easier to make purple potatoes rather than being finicky with making sure the clipping mask was sized properly for what I wanted to do. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145460888 Screenshot two Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145461414 I made two more potatoes through copy and pasting the layer, and then flipping them so that they all faced various ways. I found the square sort of effect I had going on to be pleasing on the eye and the colours went well. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145461414 Screenshot three Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145461715 I found trying to put the various text in I wanted quite difficult in Photoshop. It did not want to sit in the potato and form with the lines of the potato, it wanted to sit in it's own text box. I needed a way to merge the writing with the image itself. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145461715 Screenshot four Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462024 With the text not sitting properly, I moved on to making actual clipping masks of the two potatoes as you can see here to fit two of Shun's drawings, the male and female characters that he draws from time to time. I liked the idea of having them involved due to the simplistic nature of them, even though I was more focused on the kawaii potatoes more, it was just nice to showcase more of Shun's work. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462024 Screenshot five Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462531 In this screenshot I am working on the font for the writing in the potato. I could not decide for a while on which one I wanted as it kept cutting certain words. 

Also, I found that I could make my own shaped text box for the text to fit in using the magic wand for the most part. I made a shape almost the same as the potato so that the text wrapped itself into that shape and made the writing look a little more natural in the box. (Though, illustration would of worked better for this!)]]> 2017-01-05 13:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462531 Screenshot six Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462965 This is a close up of the shape I drew using the wand, and also my start of looking at different fonts for the information to be shown. I wanted something that fitted with my title but also still readable in small sizes. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145462965 Screenshot seven Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463227 Another font choice. It does look quite good with the title but I wanted to look at other choices first. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463227 Screenshot eight Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463396 This font to me was good, it was thinner than the last one and seemed more handwritten, almost like someone had written it onto the poster, which was I was looking for. But I also had to take into consideration that some people might not be able to read that.]]> 2017-01-05 13:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463396 Screenshot nine Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463719 As you can see here I am trying out a simpler font and seeing how that co-insides with my poster. While I do like the hand written fonts and it did sort of work with the title, I had to be aware of sight problems and trying too hard to make them mesh together when I did not need to. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145463719 Screenshot ten Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145464070 This font seemed to encompass all what I wanted. It had a sort of hand written style but was still perfectly legible, which meant I could use it and people could read the writing. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145464070 Screenshot eleven Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145464418 This was what I currently had. I loved that I had a font that worked well with my title, and the two pictures bled over the potatoes and meant it was like peeking through a small window to see them, making them look extra cute.]]> 2017-01-05 13:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145464418 Screenshot twelve Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145465175 I added extra writing to the other side so that it matched in regards to pictures at the bottom and top and then font left and right. While I like the poster, I still think it was lacking in regards to white (Pink) space that it had. While I did not want to make it look busy, I was sure adding a few faded images was not going to take the overall focus out of the informational poster. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145465175 Screenshot thirteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145465792 I wanted to use the ghostie drawing that Shun had created also, thinking the image cute. I erased the BOO part of this image, wanting only the ghost to add into the poster. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145465792 Screenshot fourteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145466161 Following the theme of the poster for a while, I wanted a sort of symmetry with the posters. So I placed a ghostie one side and on the other also, but at the bottom. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145466161 Screenshot fifteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145466584 As you can see, I flipped the ghost image and placed him on the bottom. I like having two of them there, and with them lacking colour, I found that they did not make the poster too busy looking, and you could still read the font without being distracted. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145466584 Screenshot sixteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467117 I wanted to pick another small animal that Shun drew, but I did not want something out there which was colourful and would drag the eye away from what I wanted the viewer to see. 

The llama that was featured in a few drawings, I chose that due to it's lack of colours. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467117 Screenshot seventeen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467674 Adding the llama into the poster was the same as the ghost image. I placed one in one corner, then the other one was flipped and placed into the other corner. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467674 Screenshot eighteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467963 As you can see, I flipped and placed the llama in the other corner. The good thing about copying layers is that it retains the sizes, which is great when you want an exact copy, and then flipping it was east to do also. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145467963 Screenshot nineteen Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145468364 With the images added, it was now starting to look a little busy. All the white and black was making it so the colours were not really coming out as much and focus was being drawn away from the writing. 

With that in mind, I opted to fade out the small images of the llama and ghostie by about 50% so that they were part of the background instead. Also throughout the screenshots you can see that I added a glow effect around the potatoes to give them a lot more emphasis. 

I also added my initials at the bottom.]]> 2017-01-05 13:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145468364 Evaluation Skittlefiend https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145469105 Strengths:

I was glad to be able to do one of my favourite things currently for this project. I enjoyed doing the research for kawaii potatoes, and finding out more about the creator of the kawaii potato. My strengths are that I found research easily and I knew what I wanted to do for this project almost immediately.

Weaknesses:

I found that time was a huge constraint for me. I am not great at managing my time effectively to have work done on time, but I know I can get it done if I put the effort in. Another small weakness is that I did not really look into any other ideas I kinda focused on this one instead.

Next time:

I would like to spend time researching multiple ideas rather than concentrating on one just because it has a favourite thing in it, because even if I get excited by it, does not mean it can be truly effective for the brief. ]]> 2017-01-05 13:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Skittlefiend/memeproject/wish/145469105