Assignment Two! *the procedure.

1. The logical mind map.

2. The 800 words Essay.

Creative Multimedia has been a part of our lives for quite a long time already. There’s all sorts of branches forming it, one of it is the ever so broad field of art. Even so, what impact has art as part of Creative Multimedia brought towards society ? We can observe them through five different aspects; of which are education, culture, moral, lifestyle and technology that revolves around the lives of society.

Firstly, art  plays a significant role in our education system. Starting from the primary stage of learning, art subject is introduced to draw out an individual’s artistic talent. In this stage, students are taught about the very basic of art such as drawing and colouring. The subject will be continuously taught until the secondary stage of learning where art subject becomes optional. It is up to the students’ decision in what subjects they would like to take on at that moment. However, it is not compulsory to take the art subject if they would like to take an art course during their tertiary education level. Specification of the art courses offered by an institution is something they should consider twice because it will determine their future career. Unlike the former level of education, most of the subjects in an art course are based on assignments and portfolios, which are something challenging for the students as they have to implement the skills and techniques they have achieved previously into their works.

Cultural ethos based in art - each and every country, if you were to carefully acknowledge, acquires their own style of characterized art, in which that is the pedestal in originally deriving their lifestyle and daily lives to create such craftsmanship in the world of aesthetic culture. Many parts of the world that we can infer and innovatively learn as well develop a skill of our own is that the impact the world culture of art tends to bring up every now and then. Take for instance, Salvador Dali – he was the very first Spanish artist whom in his early time, audaciously constructed the art term “avant-garde” movement to a whole new level. Initiatively, bringing surrealism much bolder and ambiguous than ever, striking a powerful fraudulent impression to the audience onto asking what “art” truly is through its definition, and shockingly, as well as to any other famous artists out there till this day. Cultural art is also part of the horizontally challenged of learning and teaching process on what makes it so impeccably effective to this day.

What matters most is that, the influential development culture of art has brought on us, towards the younger generation bears both positive and negative side to it. It is up to us, whether we’d utilize our skills and passions in defining what art is in our terms to innovate in squeezing our own juices to master our lifetime opportunity in creating our soulful art as part of the future’s generation to make it as their culture as well. Consequently, in 50 years, the repetition would go over and over as it instills what true nature defines itself as. Thus, we learn from the past of cultural arts to make it as our own newly cultured waves of aesthetic notions.

If there’s another aspect that should be taken notice about art, then it shall certainly be the moral, specifically the individual and society’s moral  that is implemented and formed by the employment of art throughout time. In the olden times, society and the individual self of each denizen was constrain strictly of the moral that each should obey to. What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. With the evolution of art though, this one sided perspective was changed to that of a better one.  Rather than just sticking to the norm of right and wrong, art has made the society to think more aesthetically, as to break out from the norm way of thinking. What was defined wrong before is seen as a form of art; for example the formation of Surrealism Art.

Even so, there are still some that still doubts the consequences that art might bring to the lives of society. Some even perceive that  moral are to crumble by addiction to excessive aesthetic appreciation.Then again, modern thinkers are agreeable to the fact that the existence of art itself gives a sense of freedom in one’s life. The production and absorption of new ideas from the constant  development of art has made it a necessary ontogenensis of a very well moral sense.

Art reflects life and are commonly associated with media.  It has allowed us to glimpse lives and lifestyles. Art has created the fashionable lifestyle where none had existed before.  At one time, dressmakers in the colonies used the artwork found in magazines and depicted in reproductions of paintings to create the latest in fashionable clothing. In addition, art has also provided clues to the past and advanced questions about the future. The greatest impact of art is its ability to provide us with the truth about the world seen through the eye of an artist. It allows for ways of looking at and thinking about life that may not be tolerated in the social and political paradigm of a given society , and this freedom to converse and reflect allows artists to bring public attention to areas of concern. The experience leads our lifestyles circles - a quality of the transformative experience that awakens the unconscious and grasps human solidarity. 

Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization. Technologies significantly affects human to control and adapt to their natural environment. Thus, the evaluation of technology in multimedia can also brings impact towards the community. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. This can be seen with all the designing software nowadays, such as adobe illustrator, adobe photoshop, after effects and so on. These software can encourage their users to make use of it. They will probably produce more creative artworks. As for example the illustrator is used for graphic designing in example; posters or advertising. That is not all, those who create animations, sound editing, and special effects are from the help of these evolving technology. This however also brings to the creation of web designs, interphase design, digital media and etc. From the initial design concept to website development and creation, they’ll use the latest technology to build an exciting, and useable website.

4. Concept of design and diagram; 50 sketches. 

5. The five sketches.

6. The Final Sketch

7. The Final Work. (The video)

Week 4, Part 2, Chilli.

We will have to write about chilli now. I mean, not just about chilli as we all learned about juxtaposition this week. Well yeah, we will have to write a passage or a poetry about love based on the chilli above. Pretty catchy ehh? This is the best poetry I can give as I am not a good writer myself. Just enjoy ;

Your love for me is hot and spicy as you know it,

oh chilli, yes, chilli, that's how I can resemble your love,

red! wow! spicy red! sexy red! that's it!

how I can not live without your love,

because your love IS as hot as chilli as it is! :D

Week 4, Juxtaposition

Okay, based on my scribbled notes in my notebook, juxtaposition means placing two variable side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. For example,  I preferred hot summer days; he preferred the winter.

While analogy thinks the other way. Two or more similar things agree in some respect. And is a comparison of two things that are essentially dissimilar but are shown through the analogy that makes them have some similarity. There are two types of analogy; logical analogy (eg; a bird can be compared to an aeroplane because both have wings), affective analogy (eg; the girl is playful as monkey)

Okay whatever, well, this week we did some exercise ( urmm, I think we did exercise like every week) but this time is a bit interesting. :)

Exercise 1 :


Step 1 ; 


GroupA;


1. flower,
2. lightning,
3. ice,
4. light,
5. fire,
6. duck,
7. dog,
8. oil,
9. leave,
0. fly.


Group B;


0. head,
9. rain,
8. wood,
7. tree,
6. spider,
5. root,
4. mountain,
3. wind,
2. rock,
1. water.


Step 2 ; choose any three pair of number. 


24, lightning and mountain
15, flower and root
06, fly and spider


Step 3 ; make a simple sentence with the words above and draw them.


24, lightning and mountain ; the lightning strikes that huge mountain yesterday.

15, flower and root ; that flower came from the big root.

06, fly and spider ; that bird flew down to eat the spider.

Step 4 ; Pair them up and visualize them again.


24, lightning mountain;

15, flowerroot; 

06, flyspider ; 

Exercise 2: How mergers go wrong?

This is a picture of an elephant combined with a duck. This particular combined animal doesn't even exist. Well yea of course because this animal won't be able to survive as the elephant is too heavy and too big as the body and the feet are from the duck. It'll squash it.

Week 3, Part 2; Mortar and Pestle.

This is the original mortar and pestle. The one that we use for making sambal belacan and stuff like that. We normally use it in the kitchen. Unless if you are abnormal, you use it for other purposes. And yes, that is our task for this week. What will be the uses for this particular kitchen tool called mortar and pestle in another like 10000 years in the future? Uuuhh, how I love this task. :D

Well, as for me, Amiza Sulaiman, I have come with some ideas based on the mind map that Mr. Radzi Bedu gave us on what will be the uses of the mortar and pestle in the future. :) Enjoy.

As a WEAPON; yes, this particular tool can maybe a weapon in the future. You will never know. :) This thing somehow needs strategy. Well, first, you will have to put the mortar at some place that will make your enemy trip when you hit them with the pestle. :) When the enemy falls down, hit them more with the weapon you have in your hand, the pestle. You can also hit them with the mortar if you want. :)

Next, as a DIET tool. Erm, I'm not actually into this idea much but its kinda cool. I admit the drawing is ugly but, what the heck. This is how it works, the person who want to get skinny in a fast way just have to lay down with his/ her back on the mortar. Ouch, that hurts. Then the other person (okay I forgot to say that this method need two person) have to drag the pestle all over the patient's stomach. Until it gets red like RED! Do this like three times a week, and you'll be as slim as you want to. :) (Eh, I just realized that this method also can be  a torturing tool. Cool)

Last but not least, GAME. It's a simple game. Very very simple game. Yes, as you can see by the drawing above, you will have to just stand on the mortar on one leg. Well, that is just too easy. You will also have to balance yourself with a pestle standing on you! How's that? This game can be played with two or more person. But like they all said, the more the merrier ehh? :D

Well, I think that's about it  then. There are loads of ideas in my head, most of them are kind violence ideas. HEHE. Sory about that. Okay then, before I end up crapping, I should just put a fullstop for this. See you. :)

Week 3, Mind Mapping.

This week we learned about mind mapping. Somehow I just knew that there are two types of mind mapping. One, is the logical mind map. This is not suitable for idea generation. It consist of image and also words or even signs. Second, is the associated mind map. and yes, this one is suitable for generating your ideas. A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing.

Alright. Here it goes, we need to do mind map because somehow our brain is not linear. Like by what our lecturer said, Mr. Radzi Bedu, our memories are kinda like a drawer full of what we have been through. Not all, as our brain can't install all of the memories that are not constantly doing it. What am I saying? Nevermind that. Let's just proceed with what the idea of mind mapping is eh?

Our brain have two side; the left side and also the right side. Based on research, the left brain only thinks logically. While the right brain thinks creatively. And obviously, we, also have the ones who uses mostly the left side, and of course some who uses the right side. By using mind map, we will gain ideas as we automatically uses both side of our brain. This will also regain back our memories.

This is an example of a mind map that my friend, Juey, made in our class.

Week 2, Google Guys OR Bill Gates. hmm.

Well, for this week we will have to write either about the Google guys (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) or Bill Gates. If you ask me, I would chose to write about the guy who created the Microsoft, Bill Gates. :)

William Henry "Bill" Gates III, who is well known by just the name of Bill Gates and also the creator or should I say the owner/ chairman of Microsoft! oh yeah, he's rich alright. :) I mean, well, he is one of the richest human being on earth right? Here I am, in front of my laptop writing a post on how he, Bill Gates, become so success. 

"I failed in some subjects in exam ,  but my friend passed in all. Now he's an engineer of Microsoft and I'm the owner of Microsoft." - Bill Gates.

What he's trying to say is falling down once doesn't make you a loser. Just get back up again. And if you fall again, just keep on trying to get on your feet. Never ever give up. You'll never know what is waiting for us ahead. 

Week 1, lntroduction; What is Creativity?

'Creativity'. There a lot of definition for ceativity depends on the person. Every each person have their own understanding of creativity. Creativity is something that a person did as it is as originally from his/ her ideas. Well, based on wikipedia. "Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.) which has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways." Creativity also can be understand by the new generations of ideas or a new way of doing things. In other word, originality.

"Education kills creativity" ? Is this true? Well, I think it is true though. Education do kill our creativity. It somehow make us this so stereotypically. 

"I define creativity as the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing. Innovation is the production or implementation of an idea. If you have ideas, but don't act on them, you are imaginative but not creative." - Linda Naiman.

"Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being...creativity requires passion and commitment. Out of the creative act is born symbols and myths. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness-ecstasy."

- Rollo May

Well, like i said, there are a lot of understanding and concept due to what is creativity. You could just ask every single human being in this beloved planet of ours asking them what is creativity and trust me, you will get many different answers from them. Including me and yourself. Oh and yea, as for me, creativity is how you think in your own ways. How you create things, think, do things, in your own ways! Its not just creating new stuffs makes you creative. It is also how you do things. So yeah, that's about it for creativity. See you next time in my next post! :)