10th day of internship

Today I had done with the character design of the woodpecker-Peck :

Character profile of the woodpecker :

3 emotions of the woodpecker :

3 angles of the woodpecker :

 Colour meaning :

Style Guide :

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Moodboard :

9th day of internship

Today i had did the research on the character of "woodpecker" -Peck

From the research, i had chose the pileated woodpecker as the character woodpecker species.
I had did some rough sketching on the papers and in Photoshop of the character.

The links for the pileated woodpecker :

woodpecker

wikipedia

woodpecker2

woodpecker3

8th day of internship(25/1/13)

Sorry for the late update due to the computer problem.
I had did some further research and downloaded the software/plugins required for the Augmented Reality.
I had spend my time in trying on the augmented reality plugins as my part of the character design had done.

Mood board for the character ladybird :

Style guide for the character ladybird :

Character profile and colour meaning :

7th day of internship

The Ladybird Character Design : The expression 

The angles of the ladybird :

6th day of internship

Continue of the Character Design of Hippopotamus 3 angles view, the other hippopotamus character design and research on the ladybird character.


Another Hippopotamus Design & Colour meaning :

3 view of the other hippopotamus :

3 view of the leader of hippopotamus :

Expression of the hippopotamus :

Reference :

ladybug1

Ladybug2

5th day of internship

I had did some research on the Hippopotamus today to enhance my character design.
According to the research, “Hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water or river horse.” Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun.
There are 2 type of species of Hippopotamus :
1. Common Hippopotamus
2. Pygmy Hippopotamus



Character Profile of the Hippopotamus :

Colour Symbolization :

Mood Board :

 Style Guide :

Research of Problem Based Learning

Problem Based Learning Research :

Problem Based Learning -is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of problem solving. 

Pedagogy - the art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods.

Problem Based Learning :

1. Students presented with a problem.
2. Students discuss the problem in a small group, clarify the facts of the case and then define what the problem is.
3. They brainstorm ideas based on their prior knowledge and identify what they need to learn to work on the problem. 
4. Reason through the problem and specify an action plan for working on the problem.
5. Engage in independent study on their learning issues outside the tutorial.
6. Sharing the information, peer teaching and working together on the problem.
7. Present and discuss the solution to the problem
8. Review what they have learnt from working on the problem.

Process of Problem Based Learning :

Reason of using Problem Based Learning :

1. Motivating Students to learn
2. Develop students thinking skills
3. Linking theory and practicing
4. Developing students key skills relevant to employment (example : interpersonal communications skills)
5. Facilitating students learning how to learn
6. Learning how to work effectively in a team

Difference Between Traditional Learning and Problem Based Learning :

Videos for Problem Based Learning Explanation :

Reference :

Problem Based Learning

Problem Based Learning 2

Problem Based Learning 3

Definition of pedagogy

Research research Saturday&Sunday!!

Research for augmented reality :

Definition of augmented reality : a type of virtual reality that aims to duplicate the world's environment in a computer. augmented reality system generates a composite view for the user that is combination of a real scene viewed by the user and a virtual scene generated by the computer. The virtual scene generated by the computer is designed to enhance the user's sensory perception of the virtual world they are seeing and interacting with. The goal of the augmented reality is to create a system which the user cannot tell the difference between the real world and the virtual world generated by the computer.

Types of Augmented Reality :

• Recognition - using the recognition of shapes, faces or other real world items to provide the supplementary virtual information in real-time during everyday situations. Example of recognition augmented reality is the handheld device could use the recognition to read to the product bar codes and provide relevant information such as reviews and prices of the products

 bar code reader in a smartphone device

•  Location - provide you with relevant directional information instantly using triangulation technology. Example :  using a smart phone with GPS to determine your location then have a onscreen arrows superimposed over a live image of what's in front of you and point you in the direction of where you need to go.  

            gps apps on a smartphone

• Outline - a type of augmented reality that merges the outline of your body or part of your body with virtual materials, allowing you to pick up and otherwise manipulate objects that do not exist in reality. Example :at some museums and science centers in the form of virtual volleyball. Although you stand and move on an actual court, the ball is projected on a wall behind you, and you control it with an outline of yourself, which is also projected on the wall.

• Projection - projection uses virtual imagery to augment what you see live. Projection can be interacting by using some devices with a camera to track movements and sounds and then respond to it. Examples of interactive projection augmented reality devices are the virtual/projection keyboards. projection keyboard

Marker-based Augmented Reality :

This type of augmented reality uses a camera and a visual marker baked into the content that a marketer wants to present. The viewer holds up the content to the camera to see the augmented reality in action.

Markerless Augmented Reality :

This type of augmented reality uses a graphic instead of marker.

Augmented Reality Tutorial from Youtube :

One of the software to be use to create augmented reality :

Tutorials in 3D studio max :

Reference Links :

types of augmented reality

types of augmented reality for marketers

definition of augmented reality 1

definition of augmented reality 2

reference in chinese language for my understanding
maker-based & markerless AR

4th day of Internship

I had finish up the character design for the Hippopotamus by today and going to start the character design for the another character- ladybird

I had did the research on the lady bird.

Link for information of Lady Bird click here

Reference image of lady bird :

3rd day of internship

I am currently doing my character design for the Hippopotamus

I had did some research on the appearance of a hippopotamus and design according to the it

Hippopotamus :

The Moodboard of the Hippopotamus Character Design :

The basic sketches of the character :

links for the colour palettes click here

research on colours for the character :
Myrtle Blossom Blue - represent joy and happiness
The original colour of Hippopotamus - brownish grey
Dark Blue (for the leader of Hippopotamus) - represent knowledge, power, integrity and seriousness


As I am not feeling well today so I didn't finish the design of the character by today
But I had done the part of Sketching in photoshop and will be finishing up in Illustrator by today too
Will be showing the progress to Miss Christine tomorrow~^^

2nd Day of internship

Today was the second day of my internship
I had been starting to touch up the storyboard that had been done by the other before
redraw some of the missing parts and also type in the description text for the storyboard
and finally I had done the storyboard for the part of level 1

After I had touch up the Level 1 of the storyboard,
I had did some research on the design of the background for the game and the story.
The reference are linked below :

reference 1
reference 2
reference 3
reference 4

Video reference : Dora the explorer

I would like to learn things that I could not learn from the college during my internship period

such as the software skills, communication skills to the others as I am a shy person and also getting experience on problem solving while doing the projects.

I am hoping that I could help the company in the process of the project. I wish I could be a better designer in every aspect such as the skills and experience during this 3 months of internship. 

Research :

Augmented Reality :Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer.

link for augmented reality click here

Problem based Learning : Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of problem solving. 

link for information of Problem Base Learning click here

1st Day of my internship

The first day of internship,
I had been asked to be worked on a 2D games
I am surprised about it because I am not really good in 2D animations
But I would start to improve my skills in both technical and drawing skills to make the job achieve
I am glad to be given this job.

4 of us had been brief by Miss Christine about the details of the project
We had been confuse at the beginning but after that we had read and understands the concept of the games and story
While we are reading the storyline for the games, we had did some online research on the parts that we are not too understands about it.

Task was given to us as we would need to write a blog and this is it,
the second task given to us was research on "AUGMENTED REALITY"
I had understands the meaning of "augmented reality" after I did an online research
We were asked to LIKE the facebook page of Jinggo GempakStarz too.

Task for the project given is in the progress of research and understanding
Hope that the project would done smoothly.