Tag: graphic design

  • KLIF 2023: Immersing in Art

    The long awaited KL Illustration Fair 2023 had finally launched however unfortunately for me, I could not get a chance to attend the conference talks but alternatively, I got the opportunity to haul my students from Basic Digital Imaging (photoshop class) to get an exposure of the variety of design styles that are out there…

  • Trying to Dalang: A Wayang Kulit Workshop

    Yesterday at work we had an interesting international group of parents and students from Japan, the land of the Rising Sun. So the team of us who were assembled 3 weeks ago, made them the modern day Dalang with paper puppets and stop motion techniques. Why Dalang? Well in the classical theater of Wayang Kulit,…

  • Walking amongst “Heroes” and (some) “Villains”

    World of DC is live now until the end of this month. Here’s my tale from my visit.

  • Deconstructing What You See and Do

    Ever quite recently, we took a bunch of our students on a college field-trip over to Petrosains KL. One couldn’t help but wonder why of all the places would we choose to go to Petrosains KL and well for starters, I hadn’t been there ever in my life. However, what made this trip fascinating was…

  • Re-imagining Bauhaus: Bring to life Art and Industry through Studio Practice in Design

    Being part of a design school means creating studio experiences using methods practiced by the ones who coined the various art movements and periods. In this article, we briefly give you a gist of how we break students into the game of multidisciplinary studio practice!

  • NFT, the 21st Century Art Movement

    What are your thoughts on NFT and the new world of Digital Art? Here is my short yet quick take and perhaps a little share of my quaint shop on Mintable.app

  • Carnations and Daisies: The Garden of Love

    A visual journey of love and friendship represented through symbolic turns in life and the colors of one’s love story. Read about my experience in creating a visual tale for two of the closest friends who met by chance and fell in love.

  • Breaking into the New World

    Breaking into a new world is hard but here is a short update of where I have been and where I will go next.

  • MCO: Living Life and Working from HOME

    Meet Ana Victoria Calderon, the facilitator for this course. Ana is a water-colourist from Mexico and shares her experience in this course. In brief, it is strategically broken down making it easy for the participant to digest the basic understanding before diving into the process. Yes process! A basic understanding in design process is a…

  • A Dive into Paper Clay

    So once again, I gave my students a little challenge – learn to sculpt using paper clay. The aim of this exercise was firstly to practice patience as one of the main issues we encounter everyday is the endurance of maintaining our patience with the people around us. Sculpting clay is not just a mere…