This week, we learned on how to make our own font using adobe illustrator.

Firstly, we were asked to type "happy" with the font provide then after resizing it, we had to make all the letters become a symbol. After that, we can edit each letter and also  the font design has to be related to the mood of the word. For the first word which is "Happy" I make it very simple by using a light blue color and I changed each individual letter using warp, pucker and bloat tool.  Then, we were asked to create another word and I decided to make : 

This is the first word that first came out in my mind when we were asked to create a new font with a new word. I am still using blue for this word because I love blue and it relates to the word itself. I used twirl, pucker, bloat and also warp and wrinkle tool to create a melt effect on each letter ( I relate it with the word "cold") and this is the final outcome of my font. I had so much time doing this, I did not find any difficulty while doing this and I am glad to gain new knowledge. 

This week, we were asked to bring 3 pieces of paper with 3 different colors, a tape and scissors to lecture class. I honestly had no idea what am I going to do. Turned out, it was a was all a class exercising that miss Ivy made to explain the concept of Visual Perception. I had no idea what it is about until I completed the exercise. Here are the steps :

We were asked to take 2 pieces of papers (I chose yellow and pink) and cut one of the papers to 4 small parts with same size and we had to attach it t the big square paper and it will turn into something as the picture below. 

Then we learned on how to fold a crane. Honestly, I have made this for several times but never remember on how to make it and I always have a hard time doing this.

Ms Ivy then started explaining the concept of "Visual Perception" by instructing us to write key pointers on different parts of our folded art-piece. 

Visual perception is a function of our eyes and brain. We see the images as a whole rather than in parts. However, images can be broken down into their visual elements: line, shape, texture, and color. These elements are two images as grammar is to language. Together they allow our eyes to see images and our brain to recognize them. There are two types of objects in this concept 3D and 2D . There are 3 concepts of 3D which are distance, depth and size or space.

There are 8 principles in visual perception:
1. Orientation
2. Illusions
3. Position
4. Light/ Brightness
5. Monocular Cues
6.  Binocular cues
7. Motion
8. Time


These are the explanation :

Orientation
- An object's orientation may be left, right, middle or justified. 
- 'Relative size' is the use of other, or nearby objects to judge size in relation to them. Objects that produce the largest image on the retina are perceived as closer and images that produce the smallest image are perceived to be further away. 

Illusions
The concept of 3D and 2D creates illusions. Time and motion together equal to illusions.

Position
- depends on the setting and theme, 2D, 3D. 
- 'Linear perspective' can be created by placing the parallel lines as they recede into the distance (thus provide information about depth and distance). The presence of a detail, aerial and linear point, all converging to meet at a V-point will create a linear perspective.
-An 'interposition' will occur when an object is obscured or blocked by one other object (close).

Light/Brightness
- The rules is Color = Value. So for example I used pink, yellow and green to make formy folded pieces to 'value' which comprises of 'texture gradient'. 
- Texture gradient : the distortion in size which closer objects have compared to objects farther away, and it is based on the blurriness and transparency of details. 

Monocular Cues
- The judgement of distance and depth using one eye (linear). 
- 'Partial overlap' happens when a 2D figure overlaps with  a 3D figure.

Binocular Cues
- Binocular cues are depth cue which results for both way of seeing (both eyes).
- Binocular cues allows us to have a 3-D object using  parallax dispirit and the convergence of the extra ocular muscles.

Motion
- The concept would be time plus motion equal illusions.
- It is human nature to perceive something in expected way and applying certain expected order as well.

Time
We read in chronological order. For example, since we were a kid, we had always been taught to read from left to right. Therefore, we perceive objects in the same way.


Hence, this method of learning is very easy and simple to understand, it does not take much time to do another things lie this. I could remember things faster and more sufficient, thanks for the knowledge miss Ivy.