June 2019 – joobieboi

Hey guys! This is an assignment that I did for my Design Principles module, and it took a lot of goddamn time for me to complete it. Not because I didn’t finish it in time but I had to edit it so many times!

Let’s get started with this.

So our assignment has to do with negative space. Since I missed the first half of the lesson, I didn’t really know what was going on and what the definition of said word means. Thus, I had to experiment with a lot of ideas and drafts.

I wanted to channel some sort of message that resonates in society. Because just the previous night, one of my good friends was having a tough time and I wanted to echo her voice into my art. Thus I experimented with deeper and darker themes such as sadness and depression.

And after much deliberation and some rejection I thought of this anime character — Kanonzaka Doppo from Hypnosis Microphone, who is a salesman and has depression and suicidal tendencies.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/fdabbc33ad47c5bdb8b80ffe936b6b72/tumblr_p7v7iw1Rie1rv8hf5o1_500.gif

And I had this idea of replacing his tie with a noose, symbolising how strenuous and choking the job is and how it stresses employees out to the brink of death. Thus came the first draft.

This can be found on my ig: @concretegiraffs (plugging in my brand whenever I can XD)

And. my teacher rejected it saying it was not considered negative space and since it is a white collared job, I should change the suit to white so I was like, ‘Okay. That’s going to take a lot of time but alright, I’ll do it for the GPA.’

And thus came the second one.

And thus I showed my teacher again for feedback, but still it is not what he asked for. So I let out a sigh, and tried again.

And again.

Again.

And finally, my teacher sent back a ‘okay’. and I threw my arms in the air, feeling exhausted as heck and tired.

The final result is so different from the first iteration and thank god I finished it in time. I just hope to God that I get an A+ for this because I put in SOOOOOO much effort and time for this, for some reason, like why did I do this to myself? Oh well, all I can do to ensure an A+ is to pay my teacher money…LOL JOKES HEHE (jk jk)