Check out who's that gal on the cover!!

To replicate a magazine with a twist, me on the cover!!! Never in my wildest dream for this to happen, but hey...i'm on the cover ;) so the first task is to replicate a Masscomm Magazine during class and i managed to finish it on time. Here is the end product:

Mr Khai surprised us with an instant 'photoshoot' during class and yes, most of us are unprepared especially me. Please excuse my messy hair and the no makeup face... Although, I am thankful that this class is in the morning, may it be in the afternoon...i might look worst! Haha!

The second assignment is to replicate any magazine cover. I chose the Harper's Bazaar magazine with Ein Tan & Ling Tan on the cover :

 And here's my version:

I chose that magazine because I find the cover is not too complicated to replicate and, the pose is also not very complicated to copy. I decided to wear a Kebaya for this shot because I would like to introduce the Malay heritage costume while me and my 'twin' takes on the world. I haven't master the art of photoshop yet, but perhaps one day, I will be able to create my 'real twin'. InsyaAllah.

Assignment 4: Yunalised

This week's assignment is to duplicate Yuna's latest album cover entitled Decorate. Replacing Yuna's picture with my own and with a concept of "less is more", this is what I came up with:

And this is Yuna's album cover :

Assignment 3 ; Poster

This week's assignment is the first assignment that requires some designing skills. I think that the purpose of this assignment is rather catchy. The purpose of this assignment is to determine weather we (the students) are able to adapt to the specified design and style and also to see our sense of style.

I manage to come up with this super simple poster;

Fonts that portrays my characteristics

Salam, this week's assignment requires us ( Mr Khai's students ) to choose some fonts that can describe our characteristics.

It wasn't easy to pick up one since i myself know that I am undefineable yet uncomplicated. There's a few side of me that people can see, depending on who I am with at the moment.

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This first font that i chose is Abbeyline font. I chose this font because it did  portrays my sensual, mysterious, gentle and polite, classy and elegant with a hint of introvert-ish personality.

The second font is called Topsy Turvy, is all about me being simple, cheerful but quiet, laid back and rather playful at times.

And this last font that i chose; Brushed. Sometimes when everything seems wrong, i turn out to be this super sensitive, stubborn and a cold person. Harsh looking and rather violent, especially when i am terribly hurt.

As you can slowly tell that i am not that kind of person whom you can get or be just one thing. There are many sides of me but i am always transparent. Choosing and deciding has always been the issue between me, myself and i.

Are zebras black with white stripes OR white with black stripes?

                 
Zebras are wild african horses or equids which are generally social animals that live in a small harems to large herds. Zebras are large, long-lived mammals. Their teeth are made for grinding and cropping grass. The physical features of a zebra is that they have a horse like body with their manes made of short, erect hair and their tails tufted at the tip and with a striped coat.

The great zebra debate; are zebras white with black stripes or vice versa?


 I recall watching the National Geographic and reading various encyclopedias about the zebras. According to these reputable sources, zebras are black African horses with white stripes. The logic behind this reasoning are; most zebras have darker coloured skin underneath its coat and, it is impossible for these equids to survive the scorching hot African climate with its fair skin.

I did ask around for opinions from my families and friends. Most of them told me that they see zebras as white with black stripes with various reasonings. My favourite and one that i can relate to the most is the one that my mum, Robiah Ab Karim told me. She said, " Well my dear daughter, to me, zebras are white with black stripes. As for why i see it that way, it is because most backgrounds started with white, then comes the colours or the patterns...in this particular case, black and stripes. It totally depends on the person that is looking at the zebra. Like me, i try to always see things the positive way. The colour white is always associated with purity, gentleness and space or freedom. Then comes the strong, beautiful, striking stripes of black. The combination of these two very distinct colours makes a zebra beautiful and strong yet delicate, although it is hard to find a domestic zebra, they are not the predators. These combinations of plain coloured background and a bold coloured stripes helps these creature to camouflage, saving them from the predators, subhanallah." I nodded with a mutual agreement.

I sat and gave myself some time to think about this. Finally, i came to my own conclusion. From my point of view, they are none. It totally depends on the zebra as they have patterns that is unique to each individual. Not one zebra is the same with another zebra. so, it can be a black zebra with white stripes, or black zebras with white stripes. Either way, they are still beautiful zebras.