Design Principles: Project 1 Self-Portrait

Nitish A/L Naveen Kumar (0346592)
Design Principles,
Bachelor of Design (HONOURS) in Creative Media
Project 1: Self-Portrait

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Lecture

"Who am I" ?, we are defined by different people around us for example friends and family. Although we might think we are no different family and friends has different perception of who we are. 

How to visualize, 1st there is the self than how others see me, my experience, my interests, my thoughts, and how I see myself.

Self-Portrait

• Is a representation in the form of a drawing painting, sculpture, design. 
• It is a visual depiction of the self.
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• Self-portrait artwork represents the artist, it is not about creating a realistic image of oneself but instead is a self-exploration.

Research

Proust Questionnaire 

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? (doing what I love)

2. What is your greatest fear? (losing someone close to me)

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? (perfectionism) 

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others? (nosiness) 

5. Which living person do you most admire? (my mom)

6. What is your greatest extravagance?

7. What is your current state of mind? (lifelessness) 

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? (lust)

9. On what occasion do you lie? (when I want to either get away from the situation)

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance? (eyebrows and nose)

11. Which living person do you most despise? (no one)

12. What is the quality you most like in a man? (charming and passionate)

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman? (chill and showy)

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? (fuck/ what the hell)

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life? (no one)

16. When and where were you happiest? (when I got a lot of toys during my 9th birthday)

17. Which talent would you most like to have? (singing and dancing)

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? (my personality)

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement? (building a pc)

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? (a prince)

21. Where would you most like to live? (somewhere quiet and cozy)

22. What is your most treasured possession? (my life)

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? (being betrayed by the one you trust the most)

24. What is your favorite occupation? (artist)

25. What is your most marked characteristic? (playful)

26. What do you most value in your friends? (friendship and loyalty)

27. Who are your favorite writers? (no one)

28. Who is your hero of fiction? (Legolas)

29.Which historical figure do you most identify with? (no one)

30. Who are your heroes in real life? (my mom)

31. What are your favorite names? (Noah, Nick)

32. What is it that you most dislike? (nosy people)

33. What is your greatest regret? (being treated like a kid till now)

3.4 How would you like to die? (sleeping)

35. What is your motto? (do what you love, do what you like, don't do because people want you to, even if that is to make you better than who you are, you will become better when the time arises.)

16 Personality test

Figure 1.0 16personality (10/10/21)

I did the 16 personality test as an extra and I got the results of being and INTP-T.

Figure 1.1 Mind map (10/10/21)

I did a mind map about myself after doing the Proust questionnaire and the 16 personality.

Figure 1.2 Self Portrait time lapse (12/10/21)

I forgot to take a picture of each of my progress so ill share the time lapse of it

Figure 1.3 my Self portrait (12/10/21)


I want to show or tell people this is who I am. From this self portrait you can see different things, for example the clouds represents me always dreaming and always not in the present.


The wishing star is a sign to show that I'm always wishing to either get something or for my dreams to become reality.


The Crown represents me being treated as a king and I have never faced harshness and everything is taken care for me telling that I'm a person who is carefree and don't really care about others and am more focus on myself.


The hands covering my eyes represents me trying to not see the darkness of the world and trying to convince myself the world is still a better place.


Overall this portrait shows that I'm carefree, loved, wishing for things to make me happy, living in my own world and being blind to the darkness of the world/society.


FINAL OUTCOME

 
Figure 1.4 Final Design PDF (15/10/21)


FINAL OUTCOME

Figure 1.4 Final Design JPEG (15/10/21)

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REFLECTION

This project made me figure out and find out more about myself and how I could translate that into my art. It was fun as I had to answer questions that even I myself haven't thought about asking, overall it has given me a chance to learn more about myself.