學校配了一台iPad給我,給我機會好好玩了一下sketch的功能,現在畫圖還真是方便多了!再加上製作動畫的程式,就可以做成動態圖了~ A sketch of the animated image. A digital animation card for 2020 New Year.
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(06/13/2018-update) I made this animated image for my colleague. I drew this image on paper first and then scanned it into a digital file. I colored the image in Photoshop and created a set of similar images with butterflies in different places and the changing facial expression. Finally, I generated a gif file by using an online free app. The followings are other animated images I made years ago. I created them by using Flash software, but drew separate images on Photoshop first. These images used to be some elements of my previous online teaching portfolio (a website), which the link and online space was disappeared years ago (sad...). Technology grows so fast! I built my previous website by using Dreamweaver. Yes, from scratch at that time. And now we can just use Weebly or WordPress online platforms to build a beautiful and personal website without panics. Such a good news for busy teachers!! The left image is the sketch of the above image. I feel that sketches are somehow attractive and should be treated as independent works of art. As the sketch shown, you may see my original intention was to move the cat jump through the girl's head. However, I forgot why I didn't make it happen. The cat only jumped half way through....haha! Hi everyone, I'd like to share my comic drawing with you! Though Ph.D life could be stressful, I'm trying to find something funny, humorous, or ironic about it. Hope my comic make you smile! This comic drawing is created to respond to the call from the group discussion "To Phd Students From Phd Students for Phd Students" held in the 2018 NAEA Convention. To provide a supportive forum for doctoral students (in particular, doctoral students in the field of Art Education), the group members decided to create this Facebook group after the convention meeting. Their mission is to build a dynamic doctoral students' communities in order to mitigate the feeling of isolation, enhance doctoral students' mental health, and to provide information and connections for future job opportunities. For Mother's Day (5/14/2018) When Mother's Day was around corner, I planned to make a pop-up card for my mom. I used magazine papers and tried to visualize my plan. I videoed my card for my mom because she is in the other side of the earth. I wanted to beautifully present the card (and the video) to my mom, so I learned to edit the video. It's so much fun!! Now I understand why so many young people become YouTubers who are creating a lot of amazing videos!! The below is another video I made. Just for fun! Identification Digital Video 3mins 2003/4/13 How does a man identify himself as a man? How does a woman learn to perform like a woman? People learn to act appropriately based on their social norms. This video shows the process in which I sought for self-identification. The Strange Moment Digital Video 5mins 2003/12/15 The video was created based on one of my nightmares. I saw many ceramic works falling from the sky. One girl ran to catch them, but she also fell from the building to the ground. At that moment, everything disappeared. I stood on the top of the roof, seeing golden sunset. The scene made people bemused.
Witch Comic story 29.5×21cm (30 pages) 2000/07/30 For the detailed story, please click the following links: My Work(Manga): Witch 1/2 (漫畫作品-女巫1/2) My Work (Manga): Witch 2/2 (漫畫作品-女巫2/2) Scientific revolution began in Europe in the 16th century. However, it is also the time when many European suffered from superstition and irrational enthusiasm for religion. Many women were accused of being witches and met with severe persecution. More than a Friend Comic story 29.5×21cm (30 pages) 2004/11/16 The story explores the intimate relationship between young women. Cats Resting on a Table Color pencils 18×13cm 2011/5/28 I Love Rainy Day Color pencils 2013/3/4 For detailed information, please click the link: My Work (Color Pencils)-I Love Rainy Day Hunger Oil-painting, magazine paper collage 5 F 2001/12/02 Desire Animal Acrylic painting, magazine paper collage 10 F 2006/03/12 I need more feet to wear beautiful shoes, I need more lips to put on sexy lipsticks, I need more eyes to wear shiny eye shadows, There will never be enough. My House in a Dream
Acrylic painting, magazine paper collage 10 F 2010/06/05 Responding to the increasing property prices in Taiwan, I created this work that shows an imaginative floor plan decorated with fake money bills. 這個暑假去了幾個有趣的地方,終於有時間好好介紹了。其中,我最喜歡的一個地方,叫做Randy Land。 對我來說,相較於美術館,我更喜歡去探索像這樣深植在社區之中的藝術據點。在這些地方,你無可避免地需要與人互動、你可以碰觸這些作品,甚至可以參與其中;這些地方沒有冷冰冰的感覺,非常平易近人。 Randy Land 在Pittsburgh, PA的一個不算繁榮、甚至有些衰敗的社區。創造Randy Land的藝術家就是Randy本人。我去的當天,他人就在那裡,熱情的招呼每個光臨的旅客。他有著黃色的頭髮、微微的啤酒肚,戴著墨鏡,穿著隨性,衣服上全沾滿了顏料。他說話的嗓門很大聲,如果遇到3人以上的團體,他會自願幫大家拍照,並指揮他們擺出各種好笑的團體姿勢。也許一直和人交談的關係,他的聲音都沙啞了~ Randy的色感很好,他用色也很大膽,幾個色彩鮮明的顏色湊合在一起,也不顯得互相衝突。他在幾年前買下這棟房子,開始發揮自己的創意,用撿來的回收物將房子的後院佈置成一個像夢境一般的遊樂場。他起先的動機有兩個:一、揀拾回收物或別人丟棄的垃圾再利用,順便清理社區環境;二、提供社區居民自由活動和交流的空間。 Randy說,他以前在學校的表現不好,同學都笑他沒用,但他沒有放棄自己,總是用樂觀的態度去面對生活。他有段時間失業,便開始利用失業救助金從事藝術創作,並希望鼓勵像他一樣的孩子不要放棄自己。後來漸漸地有社區人士支持,也申請到補助,讓Randy Land慢慢形成,變成當地有名的地標之一。
如果有機會去Pittsburgh,一定要去拜訪這個充滿想像力的樂園,Randy會讓你知道,藝術可以是催化人與人互動的媒介;並且,透過藝術,社區是活的、持續的、並渴望與人互動的。 幾天前,我在一家二手店 (Goodwill*) 看到這些盤子。盤子上的圖案,是複製手繪的、仿銅版雕刻紋路的英格蘭風景,繁複且細膩的線條和構圖,深深吸引我的注意力。 我來來回回看了好幾遍,拿起來又放下,放下又拿起來,內心的小劇場不斷播放。 其實後來我已經離開這家店了,想了想,又折了回去。原本我只想選一個或兩個帶回家,但掙扎了許久,還是全部都帶走了。 我說服自己,這就是「緣分」。我和這些盤子的緣分。(笑) 這些盤子也不貴,就連現在網路上也可以找到賣家賣同樣的盤子。某些公司品牌,像Johnson Bros和 Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd. 現在都被在台灣曾經很有名氣的Wedgwood公司併購了,但Wedgwood輾轉也被芬蘭公司收購。現在,很多餐具工廠也移到中國製造了,這點讓我默默覺得這些盤子更加珍貴了。 這些盤子並不完全來自同一家公司,但全都是在英格蘭製造的(made in England),時間點大概是在1930-1960年間。當時青花盤子在美國大為流行。其中的Johnson Bros公司因為製造技術的改良,並擴展行銷版圖到美國,以價格低廉和耐用的特色,獲得許多美國人民的喜愛。 過去有錢人家喜歡將珍貴的盤子懸掛在牆上當做裝飾品,等貴賓來時,再取下來使用,添加用餐的樂趣。當中產階級出現之後,也喜歡模仿有錢人家的品味和生活習慣,因此當時這些盤子的暢銷,除了正中早期美國(白)人的懷舊(例如: Old Britain Castles系列)和愛國情懷(例如:Historic America系列)等行銷策略成功之外,多少也說明了中產階級的品味普遍反映上流社會的傾向。 現在這些盤子大概都有60年以上的歷史了。當這些盤子躺在二手店的架上時,還附著懸掛在牆上的吊鉤,盤子的表面和背面上緣仍沾滿了許多陳年灰塵,可是保存良好,一點破損也沒有。我想,這大概是某個老奶奶珍藏許久的寶貝吧!然而,也許因為某些理由,這些盤子被捐贈到標榜慈善的二手店,然後就讓我遇見了。 我喜歡這樣的故事,我也相信緣分。 20170817-補充 意外在去年的照片中,發現同樣由Johnson Bros公司製作的Blue Willow系列-中國風青花盤(右下角)。地點是在Torpedo Factory Art Center (Alexandria, VA)的教育中心。 *註一:Goodwill,專門回收個人或家庭不要的衣物、傢俱和用具等等,重新整理之後,再以低廉的價格販售,營利金額作為慈善事業用。
This illustration is an assignment for one of my course work. It presents my childhood experiences. I used to document the process of making an illustration because it shows how an drawing or painting develops from the beginning to completion. Records of drawing process always fascinate me. I especially like the texture of pencil drawing. It shows how an illustrator plans and designs their images. Living in the countryside throughout my childhood, rainy day is my favorite day. I like the fresh smell when it rains. I like the dripping sound when rain dropping on the roof. I like the clear sky after showering and sometimes rainbow hanging on the sky. That is fascinating! Several images in this drawing are what I saw in my childhood. I used to hang out with my neighbors and cousins in the farm. We picked flowers and big leaves. We climbed trees, or pulled up potatoes from the ground and baked them to eat. Sometimes, we played in a stream. We caught fishes and chased frogs or insects. Although I didn't live there anymore, I usually visit the village when I have a chance. 上一篇文章說到茱莉亞因女巫罪被逮捕,然後故事嘎然而止,好像有點吊胃口。這樣的「起承轉」接續後來的「合」,不但是故事小說的寫作技巧,同時也是漫畫故事鋪陳的技巧之一。在一篇短短的30頁漫畫中,因為篇幅不多,故事的節奏必須緊湊,所以通常在前5頁會交代人物和時空背景,再用10頁表現人物個性特徵並鋪陳故事主軸和「衝突事件」,剩下的15頁要處理如何解決「衝突事件」並收尾。最重要的是,在第15頁左右衝突就要出現,讓故事直接進入重點,才不會有拖拖拉拉的感覺。 Let's continue the story. If you haven't read the first half story, please click this link: My Work(Manga): Witch 1/2 (漫畫作品-女巫1/2) Creating some conflict in a story is a skill of creating an interesting or attractive story. It is often used by not only novelists but also comic illustrators. In terms of a short, only 30-page manga story, the rhythm has to be tense because we have very limited pages. Therefore, there is a suggestion for how to arrange a 30-page graphic story. First of all, you may introduce/present your main characters and story context in the first 5 pages. Very straightforward! The following 10 pages is for carving the theme of the story and conflict, and then the final 15 pages for showing how to solve the conflict and wrapping up. Again, most importantly, the conflict should appear no latter than the 15th page, so that the story won't seem tedious. 我喜歡有歷史根據的故事,雖然不一定要真人真事,但客觀的時空背景、時間順序、地理位置和特殊事件都要儘量與史實符合,因此創作前的研究和歷史考察就很重要。當我在構思「女巫」的故事時,除了歐洲狩獵女巫的事件本身很吸引我的注意力之外,為了加強當時科學思想與宗教信仰的衝突,因此安排了家庭教師布魯諾這個角色。然而,在一個宗教信仰遭受質疑與科學思想正萌芽的時代,知識家如何在大眾迷思與個人學識之間取得一個施力的點,也是「女巫」這篇漫畫的另一個重點。(文至於此,我才發現:「啊...其實這也不是一篇愛情故事啊...」) I particularly like stories that are based on history or evidence. These stories are unnecessary a real person's story or life, however the objective historical background, timeline, geography, and special events should be as correct as possible. Therefore, it is crucial, sometimes necessary for me, to conduct a study about the background knowledge before creating. When I was planning the “Witch" project, I spent a lot of time digging in the "witch hunting" history. In order to emphasize the conflict between religion and science, the tutor Bruner, who believes in science, was created. He plays an important role in the second half of the story. In addition to puppy love, the story is to show how a scientist uses his knowledge and wisdom to negotiate with the superstition in public life. 總之,我們來看看,到底布魯諾老師會怎麼利用科學知識和大眾迷信的心理來解救茱莉亞? Let's see how the teacher Bruner is going to rescue Juliet from fire. 是不是真的有那麼神奇的一陣風雨?這一點滿值得探究的。當然,風的名字是我取的,但是自然現象是真的。熱對流旺盛,引發及時雨,是不是聽起來很耳熟?就是一個炎炎夏日午後的「西北雨」或稱「午後雷陣雨」的概念。當發生在關鍵時刻,就如同「神風」一樣,在過去不但幫助了古代日本人擊退了蒙古人的入侵,也給了我靈感,呵呵。
Bruner was expecting rain to come while he was negotiating with the crowed. A severe thunder storm extinguished the fire! Bruner manipulated his knowledge of meteorology and people's beliefs of superstition to find the right moment and save Juliet's life. How likely is it that the weather condition happens? Is it based on science or imagination? Behind the scene, I named the wind, but the weather phenomenon is based on science --- It is sever thunder storm and is likely to happen in the afternoon in a summer day. Hope you find this article interesting and thanks for reading. :-) 這次要來和大家分享的是我的漫畫作品。 I would like to share with you one of my manga works: "The Witch". 我一直苦思如何用英文翻譯「漫畫」這兩個字,才能將日式漫畫的意思表現出來:comics比較像是在報紙上常見的那種諷刺漫畫;animation/anime好像比較偏動畫;graphic novel又好像是指長篇的漫畫(美國圖書館可以看到許多翻譯成英文的日本長篇漫畫或美式長篇漫畫,他們就稱graphic novel);最後,我決定直接用日文發音的「漫畫」-「manga」來表示具日式風格的短篇漫畫作品,這個詞其實現在也被美國人普遍認識和接受了。 I had been wondering for a while how to translate the word "漫畫/まんが" into English and still keep the meaning of something like Japanese-style "comics". It seems to me that the word "comics" is associated more with sarcastic or ironic story-drawings that we usually could find them in an newspaper; Animation/anime is more like a digital story on a screen, instead of a story on paper; Graphic novels usually refer to long stories that come with several consequent albums as what we could find in a U.S. public library. Finally, I decided to use the English word "manga" of Japanese pronunciation of "漫畫/まんが" to refer to a short, Japanese-style graphic story. 這次要分享的是我第一篇30頁短篇漫畫作品-「女巫」,這是在高中畢業聯考後創作的,很幸運地獲得東立漫畫新人獎入選。 "Witch" is my first 30-page manga completed a month after my college entrance exam. This work earned the award of the "Selected Young Illustrator" from the manga publication company, Tong-Li. 這個短篇故事主要描述在十六、十七世紀時,歐洲經歷黑死病流行、宗教敗壞和科學革命,在當時社會崩解、人心惶惶的氛圍中,女巫成為了被社會獵殺的代罪羔羊。 This is a story about "witch hunting" - violence related to accusations of witchcraft - during the 16th to 17th century in Europe. One of the most devastating pandemics, the Black Death, resulted in the crisis of church system and caused trepidation in society. People accused some women as witches of bringing this disaster to them by evil magic. 不過,從畫風看來,這當然不是一篇恐怖驚悚的故事,而是一篇帶有點浪漫青澀的、兩小無猜的愛情故事,完完全全就是為了抒發聯考的苦悶,以及將我對愛情的浪漫想像寄情於故事之中。 However, according to my drawing style, this work is obviously not a horrific story, but a love story instead. I was inspired by my western history class and developed this story. Drawing and creating a story helped me release my pressure from taking the entrance exam and to project my imagination of romantic love into the characters. So, this have to be a puppy love story. 故事從貴族男主角提羅和家庭教師布魯諾開始,頑皮的提羅用了巧妙的方法逃了課,跑去和平民階級的茱莉亞約會,沒想到提羅的表妹對茱莉亞心生嫉妒,因此設下一連串陷阱,想將茱莉亞以女巫的罪名處死。 The story starts with a conflict between a aristocratic boy, Tino, and his tutor, Bruner. The naughty Tino skipped the class in order to meet his girl friend, Juliet. However, Tino's cousin, who likes Tino, is jealous of Juliet when she accidentally saw their dating. To interrupt the relationship between Tino and Juliet , Tino's cousin decides to accuse Juliet as a witch and put her into death. 處死?聽起來有點可怕....沒辦法,故事總是要有點極端,但總是有方法解套的,因為男女主角永遠不能死啊....。
Put into death!!??.... Sounds horrible....Well, humans are crazy sometimes... but a story always has some ways to solve the problem because the main actor and actress would never die. (雖然這不是一個學術性的部落格,但就讓我們用認真一點的語言分析一下這篇漫畫。)仔細看看上面的幻燈片,漫畫陳述故事的方式和小說或電影敘事最大不同的地方,就是能將新舊時空的許多片段併置在同一個畫面中,用視覺的方式同時出現,這是我覺得漫畫最迷人、而且是文字小說難以做到的部分,例如:在前幾張幻燈片當中,其實默默暗示了朱莉亞的母親也是在女巫迫害的浪潮中被處死的,以此將過去母親受難和現在朱莉亞的困境相呼應。 Browsing the slideshow above, do you notice that a manga story is able to visually put several events together on the same page, even though these events occurred at different time and different sites? In my opinion, this is the most prominent component of manga that is different from novel and movie narratives. For example, see the latter slides. While Juliet is caught by church authorities, there are several gray images shown side-by-side implying that Juliet's mother was also accused of witchcraft and burned in the past. This is one of manga drawing skills to indicate related incidents. 我想說的是,漫畫家呈現創作的思考邏輯其實和小說或純藝術創作者大相徑庭,也許和電影分鏡較相似。如果視覺化漫畫家的思維模式,大概就像一張網一樣,呈現畫面時是一張網的一大區塊,而不是線性的邏輯。 What I want to say is: Manga illustrators' thinking routes are very different from those of novel writers or fine art artists while creating. Manga may be more like movie shooting scripts. The thinking logic of manga illustrators could be visualized as a web, not linear. When they present a story, they present a chuck of the web at the same time. 回到故事內容,到底茱莉亞最後會如何?讓我們繼續看下去.... Back to our story, what are going to happen to Juliet? How to save her from burning? To be continued...Please click this link: My Work (Manga): Witch 2/2 (漫畫作品-女巫2/2) |
魏意雯(Yiwen Wei)作品分享。 Article (by title)
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