Qi Pao

The cheongsam  /tʃi.ɒŋˈsæm/^[1] is a body-hugging (modified in Shanghai) one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (旗袍; pronounced [t͡ɕʰǐ pʰɑ̌ʊ̯]) Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is most often associated with today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai and was made fashionable by socialites and upperclass women.<sup>[2] 
defination from wikipedia.


Searching and gathering information for my "hero" assignment, stray from the point as usual... found this image accidentally, adore it! such a nice dress, beautiful colour,!! For me it's not only a dress, it's also means a period of history, means 20s of China, the golden age of Shanghai,means a lot more...</sup>

Reflection

This is a practice I did for typography poster. I tried using mask tool in Photoshop to create a reflection effect.

Words behind images

Public-interest adverting are always a good example of visual communication. I found two smashing images when I looking for wallpapers for my ipod, those 2 images delivery serious information without any words as many public-interest ads does. Sometimes images can beyond any words.

----smoke burning your brain

Words behind images

 Public-interest adverting are always a good example of visual communication. I found two smashing images when I looking for wallpapers for my ipod, those 2 images delivery serious information without any words as many public-interest ads does. Sometimes images can beyond any words.

------Life Belt

inspiration 2

some other inspirational images I found on today's class, SPEAKER could be one of the element in my typography poster.

The combination of words, layers and lights accord with the theme--"dance music"(electronic)

The images above gives a sence of depth and speed, somehow same as the feeling electranic music gives us. It also looks like a speaker.

inspiration

Today I grab a magazine I bought almost 4 month ago from China, there is an article about Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajimaan's exhibiton, called "Warp Time with Warp Self", he used massive L.E.D., Mirror, Steel, Electric wire to show his understanding of life circle, his work gave me an inspiration for my poster, the lights and the reflection, also the LED, all those elements I may use in my "dance music poster" .(more specific, "electronic music".)

text

Text tool practice

contrast

colour/size

shape/position

shape

texture

line and shape

what do you see?

Arrow

It is a men's clothing brand "Arrow"display in Arnotts shopping centre, I like it because of the arrows visually go through the glass wall, simply by using suckers, the display delivery the brand identity to the people passing by, and successfully to attracted attentions.

From "Great wave at kanagawa" to Ukiyo-e art

The raw power of nature has always been inspiration for artists, one of the outstanding figures of the Japan Ukiyo-e art, the "Great wave at kanagawa" by Hokusai is a good example. I feel fascinating after seeing this picture in the lecture.

In this picture, the Mount Fuji suddenly looks way small than the way it was when compare to the billowing waves. And the boat and fishermen beneath the wave, what are they looking for? maybe another boat? just outside the picture?or looking for help?

What Hokusai want to show us through the wave? I see not only the extram over turning pyramidal wave and the great power of nature but also something else. The wave coming up and starte to break on the top , right on the edge of chaos. so it may not only as representation of natural world, and it may also as representation of humen, inside of humen being. sometimes we got lost in the middle of chaos, or feel like in the edge of breaking down, we looking for the way out, or looking for someone to help with...

The "Great wave" had made a great impact on impressionism and post-impressionism in the west.The picture full of mistry and contradiction . Bring us a new understanding of the world.