Once the collections project had ended, the time came for the final project of Foundation to start. So long to fortnight-long projects and hello to extended briefs. For this project, I wanted to add to "The Legacy of Steve" and recreate them as a symbolic characterisation of emotion. This process has become a favourite and … Continue reading “Tabula Rasa” – The Final Project of Foundation
This essay explores the use of masks in digital media, focusing on the films "Eyes Without a Face" and the game "We Happy Few." Both showcase the removal of emotion from characters and the replacement with a neutral state of expression through masks. The comparison reveals insights related to the concept of Tabula Rasa.
When the 4 R's project was over and done with, we shot right into the next project known as the Collections project but has been later renamed to "The Legacy of Steve". Steve is a humanoid character who is created and adapts to its surroundings and is titled based on the adaption it chooses. This … Continue reading “Collections” Project
After completing my "Collections" Project, I was tasked with with the opportunity to take one of my Steve's outside of the studio and out into the open world for a week. This challenge was inspired by Ingrid Murphy's Ceramic Dog Project where one of the dogs travels around while the exhibit is active. During this … Continue reading Baby Steve’s Adventure: A Week In The Wild
Another year, another round of interesting projects. After assessments for the first semester were all set and done, A new group of topics came flying through for us to complete. These projects consisted of 2 two week long projects within one module and a large project spamming across 2 modules. This project was the first … Continue reading “The 4 R’s” Project
Now this is what I call specialism. I'm back in the realm of 3D and for good this time. Going from a 2D driven mindset to a 3D driven creative process is quite the change but it definitely is something for the better. Although I love illustration and developing my own narrative in my work, … Continue reading Packaging Project
Written Investigation When this project started, we were sent off into the world with a map and was told to just write about what we saw. This is what was described as Written Investigation and when that concept was introduced, I found myself soon enjoying what was to come due to my love of spies … Continue reading Process – Visual Communication
Looking back on this project, I can safely say this was the most crucial and eye-opening project I had done at the time. I learnt a lot about myself and how I view the world just by doing research into my subject matter and figuring out things I didn't even know about. This project will … Continue reading Process – Fine Art
Upon settling back into the realm of 3D, we were set the task of incorporating our previous 3D work but in a 2D way. This projects allowed us to see the practical process and idea generation most people in the 3D world have when creating products, objects and other 3D style entities. This led into … Continue reading Process – 3D
When going into the second round of the carousel, things were getting intense. Not only was the whole "One Week Project" thing still active but there was also the added element of contextual understanding. This meant extensive writing exercises that wanted 500 words per process segment of the carousel. Now at the beginning I thought … Continue reading Process – Textiles
Samuel Mathias 