Durian season is still on-going, at the same time other fruit started to bloom. It’s time for us to enjoy ‘rambutan’ (i may call it ‘hairy fruit’), mangosteen (in Malay, we call it ‘Manggis’) and ‘langsat’ (I can’t find an English word for this). These fruits normally ripe in June and we started picking it […]
Drawing as formal artistic creation might be defined as the primarily linear rendition of objects in the visible world, as well as of concepts, thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and fantasies given visual form, of symbols and even of abstract forms (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.) Some useful tips for you to produce a good drawing is as shown in […]
Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works of art (Wikpedia, 2018) 3D animation created by Zahari Hamidon, 2010 Character design is a visual that reflects the character to grab the attention of an audience. It’s usually presented in an enchanting and unique way to create […]
Sometimes its hard to determine the meaning of visual elements in images created by the artist. This article attempt to analyze a drawing created by an autistic child through visual analysis. The purpose of the visual analysis is to recognize and understand the visual choices the artist made in creating the artwork. By observing and writing […]
While browsing the Internet looking for the latest news on gamification in teaching and learning, I found a useful site at Education Executive on the article entitled: The prominence of gamification in education. The growth of gamification is profoundly emerged due to the capability of the software that can easily embrace gamification in its design. Gamification has […]
Image: Illustration, Title: ‘Hungry”, Artist: Zahari Hamidon, 2018, Media Ink and Pen on paper An illustration is a drawing, painting or printed work of art which explains, clarifies, illuminates, visually represents, or merely decorates a written text, which may be of a literary or commercial nature (Encylopedia of Art, n.d.). The image shows an illustration […]
Image 1: The City of Nature by Zahari Hamidon, 2018 The images show the additional ideas attached to the original photo. Imagine, we live in this environment. Do you believe that it will shape our lifestyle that might imitate the actual life happen to live in this environment? Do you believe in anthropomorphic? Being an animal that […]
Image 1: The process of stylization of the “Bird and Nest”(2018) by Zahari Hamidon Stylization and stylized (or “stylisation” and “stylised” in (non-Oxford) British English, respectively) have a more specific meaning, referring to visual depictions that use simplified ways of representing objects or scenes that do not attempt a full, precise and accurate […]
Image 1: Ideas on Concept Art by Zahari Hamdon Concept art is a form of illustration used to convey an idea for use in films, video games, animation, comic books, or other media before it is put into the final product (Wikipedia, 2018). The process of producing the concept art started from ideas that reflect […]
Is it true that most of the images such as brush strokes, patches of colour organised in a composition depict artist’s mental images? Images: Series of drawing by an autistic child age 18 years old. Dewey (2011) defined mental imagery as pictures in the mind or a visual representation in the absence of environmental input. […]
Do you know that in online learning, two main factors that will affect their learning activities is a time spend and skill? Justification of the study Learning time can be established through time allocated to the student and their willingness to spend the time for their learning activity. Instructors should consider two critical factors; 1) […]
What is art? Do you believe that art is always by your side? Or sometimes it is hiding in your heart and mind? Art can be the most essential representation that portrays human beings through the ages. It can be on your dress, it can be anything that surrounds you. A picture […]
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