This document contains the final project submission from Vinh Nguyen for a 2011 drawing course. It includes summaries and reflections on various exercises completed over the semester, including storyboarding, metamorphosis drawings, a visual timeline, reportage sketches, a storyboard, an exploded diagram of a suitcase, and a 10-drawing metamorphosis animation morphing a suitcase into a video game character. Vinh provides feedback on the challenges and successes of each exercise and is thankful for the skills and improvement gained over the semester.

1. KVB105 - Final Project - 2011
Vinh Nguyen
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2. Week 7 - Storyboard
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For this exercise, I thought about cartoons that I have watched over my
lifetime and tried to incorporate aspects of them into the exercise.
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I found that this exercise was fairly boring as it requires you to be
minimalistic in the way you draw each scene and try to convey as much
information as you can, whereas my style of drawing is to get lots of detail
and “eye-candy”

3. Week 8 - Metamorphosis
• I found that this exercise was
rather hard to get my head wrapped
around, but once I decided which
part of the first picture turned into
what part of the last, I found it was
easier.
• I am happy with the outcome and
it is evident that the animation
would be smoother if there were
more frames.
• Overall, the exercise was fun.

4. Week 8 - Metamorphosis
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For this exercise, I chose to manipulate my first life drawings into “Nyan
Cat”, a pop-tart cat which originated from an online video which became
viral.
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I chose to do this exercise with the same process I used for the last
exercise which was to figure out which parts of the first drawing turn into
what parts of the last but in this case, first to middle and middle to last. I
manipulated sections which I thought looked similar between the two
frames and thought about how it would be flipped, rotated and morphed in
order to turn it into the other shape.

5. 
Visual Concept Map/TimeLine
I chose to do a time-line and started off drawing a draft to figure out how I
would do the final drawing.
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After these drawings I thought that time-line’s were meant to have simple
drawings with plenty of meaning whereas these drawings were
complete, detailed drawings. As a result, I scrapped this work and started
on a new time-line.

6. 
Visual Concept Map/TimeLine
For the final drawing, I focused mainly on a suitcase when its first
purchased and it’s journey on a holiday. When I finished the basic drawings,
I found that it looked very bland so I decided to add some tone which I think
has helped it a lot, though the scanner light took away some of the lighter
shades.
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I didn’t want to include any text because I wanted the pictures to give all the
meaning needed to get the story across to the audience.

7. 4 x Hand-drawn Reportage
• This is the first sketch I did for the
reportage and my favourite.
• Being on the train, I had plenty of
time to get the surrounding drawn
because of the long trip to
university.
• At first I sketched basic shapes for
the 2 people around me quickly, as
well as the suitcase next to the
man, in case they decide to move or
had to go.
• I then went on to fill in the detail on
the chairs and decided to put myself
in the sketch as well.

8. 4 x Hand-drawn Reportage
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This is the second sketch I drew for the reportage. I don’t particularly like it
due to the blandness of the scene.
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I started with the basic shapes for the figure and suitcase and then moved
onto the table and chairs.
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I thought that if I left out all the other chairs, tables and people walking
around I would be able to focus more on the figure and his suitcase.

9. 4 x Hand-drawn Reportage
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This is the third sketch I drew for the reportage. I don’t particularly like this
one either but prefer it over the previous sketch.
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As with the previous sketch, I started with the basic shapes for the
figure, tree and suitcase and then the surrounding environment.
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This drawing was quite awkward as the person kept looking up at me so I
decided to leave add some touch-ups at home.

10. 4 x Hand-drawn Reportage
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This is the final sketch I drew for the reportage. I found that I liked this one
more than the last two.
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As with the previous sketches, I started with the basic shapes for the figure
and suitcase because he was moving and then the surrounding
environment because I could just stay there and add anything I wanted.

11. 
8 x Drawn panel storyboard
concept I decided the story would be of a man leaving
For the 8 panel storyboard,
his home to go on a trip on a plane.
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I think I have been successful with it but I think some detail could be toned
down.

12. Exploded diagram
This is the preliminary sketch I drew
beforehand to get a sense of how I
would do the final diagram.
I started with the complete suitcase
first and then extended the parts
which I believe helped with the final
diagram.

13. Exploded diagram
• This is the final drawing which I
drew freehand while trying to keep
lines parallel.
• A lot of the dotted lines I used to
line up pieces of the suitcase
disappeared during the scan due to
the lightness of the lines and the
light intensity of my scanner, but I
tried to darken the lines anyway.
• I’m fairly happy with the final
results but feel that if I had chosen
to use a isometric grid, it would look
a little better.

14. 8-10 drawing animated
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For the metamorphosis animation, I decided to morph the suitcase
into a raving rabbid, a character from a popular video game called
Raving Rabbids.
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I chose to do the maximum number of drawings (10) in order to
make sure that it would look smooth in an animation, which I believe
has been a success.

15. THANK YOU
Thank you for the wonderful semester.
 I hope you enjoyed viewing my final
project.
 I learnt quite a lot of new techniques
and believe I have improved on
drawing vastly.
 I look forward to continuing drawing in
the future with my newfound skills.
 It was definitely my most favourite
class to attend.
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