Title: Colors of Mak Yong
The Art finalized work:
The sketch
The finished image
Project Brief for art:
Artist Statement:
The theme of this work is based on a local
traditional dance that I choose, Mak Yong from Kelantan and combined it with
the art style used by media artist, Gabriel Moreno.
From my own perspectives, I find Mak Yong is very colorful
in many ways. In my work, I want to portray the colorfulness of their costume.
In Mak Yong, their costume is the main identity and though it’s the main
identity, the colors are a freedom. It wasn’t limited to one and only color
which I find interesting.
Artwork Treatment:
I started by drawing roughly the image of
the Mak Yong dancer. Later on I scanned and color the costume part of the Mak
Yong dancer digitally. As the color isn’t limited, I try to combine the best
color I can. Yellow for majestic since this dance used to be an entertainment
for the royalties. Red for grabbing attention and violet since this dance is
mysterious. It’s not clear how the dance originally exist.
The Design finalized work:
The Sketch
The finalized image
Project Brief for design:
Target Audience: Children
Artist Statement:
The theme of this work is based on a local
traditional dance that I choose, Mak Yong from Kelantan and combined it with
the art style used by media artist, Gabriel Moreno.
I wanted the younger generations to learn and be interested
in knowing and understanding what is Mak Yong as one of the traditional dances
in Malaysia. So I manipulated the color usage from my Art work and put it in
Design. The aim to make Mak Yong appear colorful and interesting as well as
keeping it’s natural elements which the gracefulness of Mak Yong’s dance for
children.
Artwork Treatment:
the usage of color is the same as my Art,
Yellow for majestic since this dance used to be an entertainment for the
royalties. Red for grabbing attention and violet since this dance is
mysterious. It’s not clear how the dance originally exist.
I started by drawing the woman and her costumes. Later I
color it in Photoshop by using the reference of the media artist chosen,
Gabriel Moreno.
