CRUMBLING BOOK COVER 

Final Book Cover

I was born and raised in Hawaii. The ocean will always be part of me. On my book cover I wanted to show how my view of water changed after watching the tsunami in Japan. Peoples lives and homes were destroyed from the ocean that I thought was so peaceful and pure. I explores this idea through my book cover project. I put a picture of a pineapple that was sliced up on by book cover to represent my show how my view on the ocean at home was crushed. The title of my book is Crumbling and the font is something I created. The words are made out of pineapple pieces that appear to be crumbling down. I created the font and edited the picture using both Photoshop and Illustrator. 

PRODUCT LOGO AND PRODUCT POSTER PROCESS

My partner Sonia and I had another conquest to conquer. We started to brainstorm how we would manifest a powerful product poster. We started of this process with getting used to photoshop and illustrator. Sonia and I split the sketch we chose into half and we created the sketch using illustrator and photoshop. My analytical drawing was of the bottom half of our sketch.

We then enraptured ourselves in the task of constructing a logo and company name. We decided on the name Vita Arco which was Latin for Life Protect. After we figured out out name we played with fonts and chose a font that was well suited with our vision. We revisited photoshop and illustrator and started to create our logo. We wanted a wave in our logo, but more of a abstract wave than a literal wave.

We created many different versions of our logo and narrowed it to one that we both loved and thought matched our prototype.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM INSPIRATION

I visited the wonderful Metropolitan Museums and meandered in two exhibits, the Arms and Armor exhibit and the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibit. Both exhibits were very inspiring for my garment project. While indulging in all the detailed artifacts of both exhibits I took some pictures and drew some sketched of what I loved in both exhibits.

 

Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations 

Asian amor as the Arms and Armor Exhibit

Arms and Armor exhibition sketches 

PRODUCT POSTER

Final Product Poster

PRODUCT PROTOTYPE

Final Prototype

The product my partner Sonia and I came up with was a product that would help somebody stranded in the water. We were broth affected by the connection of water and tragedy. The Life Catcher is an inner tube that you could strap yourself in that would help you survive in the ocean until you were rescued. Our inner tube came with a GPS device, signal device, and a hook device. We created our prototype with drawing paper stuffed with newsprint and covered with ziploc bags. The head piece designed to protect your head and face from water is made out of wire and ziploc bags. 

ANATOMY PAINTING

Final Painting

The unarmored body painting was completing using a figure drawing that I sketched before. On top of my figure I painted radioactive isotopes to show what happen to an unprotected body during the tsunami. I sketched a radioactive isotope stretched along my figures body and painted my sketch. I painted radioactive isotopes on my figure, because of the radiation exposure Japan had after the Tsunami. 

PRODUCT AND PROTOTYPE PROCESS

My partner Sonia and I started to imagine a product that could be used to help somebody stranded in the water. We started with a Venn Diagram, we wrote down some emotions that both of our events had in common. We wrote down what our events had in common.

From the Venn diagram we concluded that we wanted to do a safety device that would help somebody be safe when they are stranded in the water and need help. Sonia and I started sketching down ideas of what we thought would be a affective product. Sonia and I thought of a low tech product that would be portable.

This was our first sketch, witch was a life jacket that was attached with a inner tube that would inflate. The tube had pockets for the signal signs which were a foldable and attachable large SOS sign. The life jacket would have a hood which would zip up an create a triangular helmet to protect the head from water. There would also be a GPS chip in the tube.

Our second sketch had the same concepts as our orignal idea. Instead of a life jacket, we thought of straps instead so it would be easier for the person to swim. The sketch had all the same components as the other original sketch had

The last sketch we cultivated was very similar to our second sketch. This sketch id not include the head piece, we thought maybe the head piece would be in the way and was not a necessity. In the end we decided that sketch number 2 would be the best fit and we started on the prototype.