paper at its best.

In the last couple of weeks, we've had to made paper models for Fundamentals - and i must say, i've learnt a lot about planning for steps ahead, drawing out ideas, and the physical restraints of paper. I was pretty pleased with how my paper models turn out, but after watching this video, i feel so ashamed.

From the Top Speed website:

Sometimes there are things that defy rhyme, reason, or any sort of explanation. You just stop thinking and appreciate the work for what its worth: a kick-ass piece of art. This project is one of those things.

Graphic designer, Taras Lesko, is known for possessing a pretty artistic set of hands, having gained fame for some of his elaborate works made out of paper. But his latest work is defined not just for the intricate work done on it, but also for its general awesomeness.

Using 285 pieces of printed pages of card stock and 750 laser-printed parts detailed and rendered in flattened wood pulp, Lesko was able to piece together a mind-boggling 4 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft scale model of the Audi A7. The finished product is nothing short of amazing, and the elaborate work wasn’t isolated on the exterior too. Even the A7’s interior, complete with the infotainment system, was carefully crafted to make it look like the real thing.

It’s one hell of a work of art, if you ask us. To see how Lesko was able to piece the whole project together from scratch to finish, check out the three-minute time-lapse video of Lesko build his Audi A7 masterpiece.

And from what we heard, the whole project was commissioned by Audi of America and judging by the finished product, we’re pretty sure that the people who asked Lesko to do this are pretty happy with how it turned out.

postcards - collab.

So our postcards were all due a couple of days back. And i just have one word to say - wow. Who knew that postcards could be so awesome. I saw some amazing ones when we all lay it out on the tables to see. Like i said before, our group did Martin Place and i think our groups' post cards worked together really well. There weren't any that stood out from the group and we all followed a strict colour scheme so that really helped.

In our postcards we explored lines, texture and placement. Because we were a group of girls we even incorporated cosmetics into our post cards (i.e. foundation, mascara, eyeliner) but we also used techniques such a coffee drawing (?), sandpaper cutouts and newspaper backgrounds.

So behold, our collaborated artwork:

Arranging the postcards in a nice order.

Sticking the postcards onto our foam core with blu-tack.

Our mounted masterpiece 1.

Our mounted masterpiece 2.

Can you guys guess which ones i did?
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alvar aalto.

As part of fundamentals, i've been studying my assigned designer 'alvar aalto' and his designs. At the beginning, i didn't understand his theory, or his designs, but after the last 4 weeks, i think i've now grown to love him. His designs, while simplistic, oozes sophistication and i can only hope to replicate a tad of that in my designs. Below was what i presented a couple of days ago.

My entire Designer Project.

3D relief.

3D model.

Poster, paintings, patterns.

Yep so this is the result of 4 weeks of hard work in one unit. Or one part of a unit i should say lol.

my piggy.

Yesterday was supposed to be my day off (free fridays!), but i trekked it to uni to get a headstart on my surface & structure assignment. It was surprising to see so many people from our course there even though we all live quite a distance away - but that just made the work more fun and enjoyable!

Here's a sneak peak at the drawings for my pig. I'll probably have to redo them later because its not technically in "3rd projection view" but whatever, it works for now.

My piggy bank in paper form (:

After i was done at uni, i trekked it out to martin place for my second round of photo taking. I had to capture the essence of martin place at a particular time of day and i got 6pm-9pm so i got a few nice sunset pictures. I didn't stay til dark cos i figured there wouldn't be much to see anyway lol.

Sydney hospital.

Sunset colours 1.

Sunset colours 2.

Sunset colours 3.

I know it might be like stating the obvious to some, but the difference between martin place on the weekends, and at 6pm on a weeknight is staggering. I know the photos don't show it, but there were so many business people hanging around, and the underground pub/bar place was completely packed! It was a good insight into a place i don't usually visit.

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