Reflection on my CTB

DISCOVER TAIWAN, DISCOVER LIJUAN



I chose to do illustration on my "imagination of living in Taiwan" which Taiwan is my favorite place. Simply excited to do this assignment because I have some knowledge of the places in Taiwan (even though I have never visited Taiwan before). In the meantime of discovering Taiwan, you will discover what lifestyle that lijuan liked.

The USP of my coffeetable book is that there is a box at the back cover of the book which contains my "MEMORIES FROM TAIWAN". Besides, the illustration in the book is usually B&W and the illustrations get simpler page by page because I want to show that the everything was fresh when I arrived in Taiwan, but when time goes by, I actually got used to the life and missing out the small details in life.


This is the first illustration in the book - My arrival in Taiwan


My product






The box at the back of the cover

All the memories - Movie tickets, Photos, Receipt, Birthday cards, Notes

Photos

I enjoyed making this photos most because the photos reveal the true self of me - a crazy girl (just that I never show it out in class)

I like to do all those weird things as seen in those photos. I was hoping to have this kind of photos during the Korea study trip but it somehow does not work. Sad =(

Anyway, got to thanks my friends - Maegan and Zhane for helping me out in this mini photoshoot.













My reflection

Really had a hard time doing this assignment because time was tight. I was really hoping for more time so that I can tried on the watercolor technique on my illustration (a different style which I want to learn).


This watercolor illustration style

I actually tried on 1 illustration but I failed, therefore, I discarded the idea of doing this style due to the time constraint (i promise that I never procrastinate for this assignment). Luckily, I get to know this girl named Lixian from behance and she even replied to my question on how to do this style. She is so good!!!


Problems

Okay, so I spend most of the time thinking of how can I make the hard cover because the challenge for me is the box at the back of the cover. I have to think of how to bind my paper to the cover, how to wrap the cloth to the cover. This required a lot of planning and calculation to make the whole binding perfect.


Did a small mock- up to have a over look on how my book will look like

The process of wrapping the cloth to the cover

How the box will look like at the end (just a mock-up)

Luckily, with perseverance and determination of completing this assignment, I was able to come out with a solution of making this cover. And also, to finish my illustration on time.

However, I wanted to consult Azhar on Mon but he was busy, so have to push the meeting day to Tue (which was 3 days before submission). After consulting him, changes are to be make for the illustration and everything went chaotic because I have already planned the events to do during the next 4 days.


Timeplan

4th sep - Finish illustration + buy paper
5th & 6th sep - Copywrite part + make my cover
7th sep - go sch & test print, align and print at peace center, buy screw and CD stopper
8th sep - Do the souviner, final book, report
9th sep - Photoshoot, report, print, mount (OFFICIALLY DONE FOR CTB)

However, I met Azhar on the 8th sep and everything went chaotic. Besides, Student agency is still on and I really wish that I can skip agency to do my work. But, I still went to agency. But luckily, I managed to finish everything on time except that I did not sleep on the night before submission to rush my report. I actually plan to finish everything 2 days before submission so that I can rest.

The plan failed anyway but then at least, I followed my timeplan closely or else I will be procrastinationg.


My motivation

Is my timeplan and the desire to see my end product.


Determination lead to success