CTS - Idea Journal

For the subject Creative Thinking Skills, besides the two assignments we had we also need to do an ideal journal based on the topic given by lecturers every fortnight.

IDJ 1 - Imagine yourself as an daily object

For the first IDJ, I have chose to be a glass.
I like how it's versatile in anyway as it can be shaped into different designs for different usage.
Besides it's also glassy and crystal clear which represents a very pure and clean feeling.

IDJ 2 - Imagine how your object would be in the future?

As for this part, instead of writing story I chose to make it a more practical way.
We all know that glass can be recycled and reused, so for the first page I have drawn out how it could be recycled and shaped into different design again.
The second and third page are the ideas of how the glass can be transformed into in the future.
It can be a thermo-glass which can detect the temperature of the water in it, gives an alarm to the user if the water is hot. Or it can also be a blender and even coffee mixer. I also wish it can be made into a mobile one in the future.

IDJ 3 - Imagine your object as a superhero.

My glass which has then became a superhero and named "The Great Glass".
The superpower he has is to freeze water into glass.
This IDJ turned out to be a big disappointment as my tutor, Mr. Wan commented that the power is not relevant to my object which I also think it was true.

IDJ 4 - Process of making the cover.

IDJ 4 has included on how I generated the ideas and the steps I took in order to create a cover for my white file.

File Cover

IDJ has helped to boost up my creativity which I'm always lacking of. Besides it also helped to build up my confidence in drawing and giving ideas. I have learnt that sometimes we need to go beyond instead of playing safe and not standing at the same point without moving on.

CTS - Project 2 (Board Game)

For the final project of Creative Thinking Skills, we were required to create a board game.
The first thing that came into my mind was "omg how?" as I had really no idea how we could make our own board game. I'm not creative nor talented in this.

Individual 

So the first thing we got to was doing a proposal based on our own individual board game.
I took sometime to understand what exactly a board game is and how it could work in different ways.
There were alot of board games found online and I took them as a reference so that I could have a rough idea on what to do next.

Next step I moved on to drafting out my very own board game.
I started by the aim of my game, the concept that I wanted then slowly moved on to the details of it.
So finally I have decided to create an adventurous game related to the sea, the aim of the game is to overcome all the obstacles and get to the destination.

In the process of making this board game proposal on my own, I have learnt the lesson that I should have started it way more earlier. Time management is really important in working out something. I didn't really do well in this proposal, and my proposal was rather boring as it was a very simple kind of game with not much excitements.

But looking at the brighter side, at least through this I have came to know more about my own weaknesses so that I could then work on them later. Besides, I have also gain alot more knowledge about the art of board game and how to create a really good board game.

Group 

Task :
In a group of 4-6 members, we were to create a board game based on the best proposal chosen within the group members.

Ms. Sufina has selected two proposal which were from Angoline and Jia Yi. Both of them did really great job in making the proposal and we had a hard time deciding which one to work further on. In the end, we have all came to agree with choosing Angoline's proposal.

So her board game was initially about the adventures in island which was called "Island Escape".
We have then modified it to the adventures of soldiers on an island after the crashing of their plane, and the enemies they'd be fighting with will be the dinosaurs. The aim of it was to get to the boat at the end and escape!

With the guide of our tutor, Ms. Sufina we have decided on the materials we needed. We then went to shop for the materials and tools in Sunway Pyramid.

We started by cutting the broom into small pieces with different height as the base of the path.

Next, we proceeded to sticking all the pieces onto the wooden board using hot glue gun to create the path of the game.

We then started pasting and piling up newspapers and toilet papers as the base of the island.
Continued with coloring them layer by layer, bit by bit.
We even went to the carpark in school to collect sand and stones.

Our group member, the very talented Jia Yi did a great job in painting the packaging and designing the booster cards of our game. She spent whole day long doing the designs of the cards.

The booklet was designed and done by Ling Rong, and the cards were designed by Jia Yi!

After a week of struggling without sleep and studying for final exam, we made it through!

Successfully built everything up and completed it the night before submission day.

This shall be the best assignment in the whole module. No doubt, it was mad tiring staying up till 3 or 4am in the morning just to make this layer by layer. But I really enjoyed the time working with the group members, each of us were really cooperative and we worked together well. Everybody played their own roles in making this true, the feeling to get to see the final outcome was definitely indescribable. We have done our best and make it a near to perfect one. It was all worth the sleeping time we have sacrificed.
It was a really really good experience working with this awesome team! ^^
Even lecturers were impressed with our work, feel so good about it!!!

CTS - Project 1 (Musical Performance)

Group

Task :
As a group, we are to produce to a musical performance of 5-8minutes.
We are required to create music by only voices and musical instruments made by daily objects.
Every member has to have own instruments even if it's lead singer.
We were also required to use at least 2/3 of the song given by the lecturers.

Here is the musical performance presented by us, OUTSTATION!

After this musical performance, I have learnt that time management and cooperation within members are really important. It was really saddening as few members in our group weren't being cooperative when we were having practices, they only turned up a few times for practice. 

And we did this quite last minute so the outcome wasn't good enough. I shall take this as a lesson and learn how to communicate with other members better next time in other group assignments. 

Individual

Task :
We were required to create a documentation which shows the investigation, exploration and process in making the musical instrument and also the development of the band.
I have chosen tambourine as my musical instrument as I was inspired by a video clip I found on youtube, the tambourine was made by kid of 6 year old. So I was thinking, a kid can do that why can't I? HAHA
Of course I have modified it into a more mature and practical one.
Below are the pictures showing the process of how I make my instrument and also the development of our band.

The final outcome of my tambourine, the outlook wasn't attractive enough but the sound was good!
Maybe I should have enhanced on the look more but I was running out of time.
I enjoyed exploring the ideas of making our own instruments using daily objects, it was a great experience as we seldom encounter task like this.