The Designs of Julius Teoh

Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Character Design Development Compilation Module Info Instructions As the name of the module suggests,the assignment given to us is to develop a world and two characters based on the idea of "big & small". This can be in the form of parent and child, protagonist and companion and so on. A criteria regardless of the relationship of the character is that one has to be humanoid and ideally the size difference should be somewhat obvious though not immensely necessary. Task 1: World-building My concept actually begins further back than the semester. I have had this idea floating about my brain for quite sometime and have actually tried giving form to it before, though not in detail. Considering the nature of the assignment, I figured this was the time to properly give it proper form and narrative with a slight variation in concept. Task 2: Character Concept Task 3: Character Development Task ...

Week 12 - Week 14 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Design Research Methodology Secondary Research (Critical Review) Instructions Week 12 With the final loose ends of the research implementation being tied up, we were to start preparing for our final report and presentation. Feedback: The questionnaire and are done, though I need to work on getting more responses if possible. Work on compiling the data should also begin. Week 13 Below is the report slides for my research. Feedback: I need to work on updating the blog to reflect the results and progress I have so far. I should also hasten work on presentation and report. Week 14 Below is my presentation slides. Feedback: Presentation was well received. One comment to take note is to continue to bolster the number of quantitative results in the time leading up to dissertation so that a better picture can be painted and the trend can be more clearer.

Week 7 - Week 11 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Design Research Methodology Secondary Research (Critical Review) Lectures Week 7 This week we were given another rundown on the basics on data collection and analysis though with a emphasis on primary data collection. We were taught the various methods of gathering data from surveys for quantitative data to interviews for qualitative data. Week 8 This week we were given some extra notes on data collection to aid our research implementation. The first was a more in-depth insight into the nature and theories behind the research methods. The second set of notes gives us insight on another form of research which is visual analysis. This was a research mode more used by those studying visual related data as the name suggests.  Instructions Week 7 After submitting our critical reviews, we were advised to start on our research implementation. By the next week we were to update our respective lectur...

Week 4 - Week 7 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Design Research Methodology Secondary Research (Critical Review) Lectures Week 5 This week we were given the rundown on the basics on doing secondary research, otherwise known as critical review. Basically we were told that a critical review is to take an existing research paper or article that is related or similar to our topic of choice and critique the methodology and tactics used in gathering data and drawing the conclusions. Essentially we are basically taking inspiration from other people's research as well as looking out for things we can potentially do better in our own research. Week 6 This week were lectured on the basics of research techniques as well as on quantitative and qualitative research. Being advised on the difference between the two, we were told to keep this information in mind as we would need to use it later on in our own research. Instructions Week 4 This week we were ...

Week 1 - Week 14 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Advanced Typography Final Compilation & Reflection Instructions Exercises Project 1 Project 2 Final Project Submissions Exercises Typographic Systems  Fig 1.1 - Final Thumbnail 1 Fig 1.2 - Final Thumbnail 2 Fig 1.3 - Final Thumbnail 3 Fig 1.4 - Final PDF Type & Play - Part 1 Fig 1.5 - The Original Image the letters were derived from. Fig 1.6 - Grayscale image with letters Fig 1.7 - Refined "A" Fig 1.8 - Refined "E" Fig 1.9 - Refined "T" Fig 1.10 - Refined "K" Fig 1.11 - Refined "H" Fig 1.12 - PDF Final Type & Play - Part 2 Fig 1.13 - Composition 1 Fig 1.14 - Composition 2 Fig 1.15 - PDF Final Project 1 Fig 1.16 - Final Key Artwork Fig 1.17 - Final PDF Project 2 Fig 1.18 - Final ...

Week 11 - Week 13 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Advanced Typography Final Project Lecture Notes Week 11 This week we had two presentations for lectures as the past week was a holiday.  The first was one done by my team, a presentation about the perception and organization of typography and explores the ways of type arrangement, Gestalt psychology, and hierarchy.  Below were the slides presented: Following that was a presentation on the different mediums for typography and explores the uses of typography in interactive unorthodox ways. Below were the slide presented: Instructions Week 9 We were informed of the final project and advised to think about a topic or problem of which we could solve typography wise. Week 10 -public holiday- Week 11 In this week's class, we were to share our plans and rationale for our final projects. My topic revolves around a local annual celebration that is based off a celebration in Japa...

Week 8 - Week 10 Teoh Hoong Boon (Julius) | 0338478 Advanced Typography Project 2: The Troublemakers Manifesto: A Design Colloquium (Collateral) Instructions Week 8 In this week's class we were supposed to integrate our key artwork into a poster design. We also had to prepare one other collateral and a T-shirt design by next week. However, due to me being ill, I asked a friend on what to do can came up with some drafts for the next week's class. Fig 1.1 - Poster Draft 1 Fig 1.2 - Poster Draft 2 Fig 1.3 - Shirt Draft 1 Fig 1.4 - Shirt Draft 2 Week 9 Poster Design After going through and redesigning a new key artwork to better suite the theme after the previous ones failed to meet Mr Vinod's standards. I set to work creating a new poster design. The first one, while Mr Vinod could accept the integration of the key artwork with the additional text, he advised me to avoid stacking text in a separate island and instead to reposition i...