Arata Mabuchi - PROJECT 4

 Arata Mabuchi - PROJECT 4 SELF-TITLED

14/June/2022

Class                : Typography GCD 60104

Date                 : 14/June/2022

Name               : Mabuchi Arata

ID                    : 0351579

Course Name    : Bachelor of Design in Creative Media

Professor Name : Mr. Mohd Fauzi Mohd Yusoff

1, Planning

First of all, when I heared about the information tha the task to be completed is about creating surrealism image, I came up one artist name, Erik Johanson, who is the Swedish photographer who makes realistic, but unreal images as shown below.

I was trying to represent my work as Erik Johanson and I also tried to represent Malaysia and myself because I wanted to represent the place I spent almost 8 years.

I also add my favourite hobby, playing video games, to represent my characteristics.

I tried to make my own artworks by referred these images shown below.

I tried these references to create my own design about myself in surrealism style.

2, Production

First of all, I was trying to merge with my selfie with Malaysian natural landscape such as shown below. I tried to represent the water falling from my head cracking like an egg as shown below.

I started to merge my selfie with cracked egg as shown below. I started to merge from hide some part of my selfie where inside of empty egg can be seen, then I add the picture of cracked edd so it looks like I am cracking like an egg as shown below.

After I make photograph of myself as shown above, I tried to create my selfie like head cracking like an egg, after that I applied the landscape of the Malaysia so it looks like as I planned in early time.

To say conclusion first, this idea ends up with rejected idea. The reason for this is because I also wanted to try to represent my head cracked like an egg shell, but when I tried to insert Malaysian landscape, the part of my head where crack like an egg was hidden and became unable to see, therefore I rejected this idea and I decided to make surrealistic work to represent myself like Matryoshka.

I tried to represent myself as the one living in Malaysia. First, I tried to merge my image with Malaysian nature so it looks like water falling from my head cracked like an egg shell, but when I checked it, it didn't look like water falling on my head at all, therefore I changed my mind to represent myself with my growth. 

I used my selfie which I took when I was in the previous school as my main photograph, and I used my recent selfie to represent my growth. I also put my past photograph which my whole body was taken as a message that I still hold my past things such as knowledge, experience, regret and so on.

As I tried to represent myself living in Malaysia, I used KL landscape as background, but unfortunately, the twin tower is hidden by the front image, therefore I add KL tower in my background. I also added a kite as one part of the background.

I also tried to represent my favorite things, playing video games. I used the image of the spaceship which I used before. The image of the spaceship itself is made by pixel,  so we can easily represent video games. I also made a pixel cloud that must merge with the background sky which looks to be taken in the morning.

To sum up my surrealism work, The main point I was trying to represent was “Malaysia” and myself. This is because I have spent almost 8 years in the Malaysia and I feel like Malaysia as second my home country, therefore,, I tried to represent time I spend in Malaysia, in the result, my representation was successful because merging my selfie and malaysia is not bad and I also represent my growth by showing newer image of myself like Matryoshka.

3, Video

4, References

https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/realistic-white-brown-cracked-open-egg-set-isolated-illustration_16607721.htm#query=egg%20shell&position=0&from_view=search

https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/close-up-sweet-newborn-small-chicken_10685654.htm#page=2&query=broken%20egg%20shell&position=38&from_view=keyword

https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/broken-brown-eggshell-marble-surface_13956064.htm

https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/beautiful-architecture-building-exterior-kuala-lumpur-city-malaysia_6899686.htm#query=kuala%20lumpur%20skyline&position=1&from_view=keyword