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My aim for this project was is to educate and inform the western culture on of my discoveries in China of Chinese culture and the ignorance we have on the subject. The reason for this is because that I feel in our own culture, we are fairly closed minded to other cultures that are not close similar to our own.

Yet, after my visit, I realised they are more closed minded than us. But, I don’t think that is by choice. They seemed to be fascinated by us, especially by our facial features. So, my initial idea shifted a little from showing the ignorance of the western culture, to just simply showing and informing them on China of Chinese culture.

Originally, I wanted to show the inequality that woman had, and then in broadened to class and then the overall of China. Hence going back the the ‘Grass Mud Horse’ last minute, which a protest against internet censorship. This makes no sense whatsoever. I can't do anything to improve it because I don't know what you're talking about.

I chose illustration (with a slight bit of animation, which is not really prominent in this assignment) and animation since, first of all, it is a specialist an area I am comfortable with, both traditionally and digitally and, while I did focus more on statues and architect, illustration is a prominent art from in Chinese history, with their ink drawings as can been seen in traditional Chinese ink drawings. So I thought it was fitting to apply that to my own work.

I do feel their there was a strength in the media I chose, which was using digital drawings and flash : digital drawing and flash animation. Although, I do feel their there is a bit of a slight weakness in the digital drawings, specifically the ones that had a human form. I put that to fault of my lack of research in them and too much focus on the Guardian Lions.

The process to create of creating the final outcome was also a strength. It was a quick and efficient method that just took a few practices and trials (as seen in my experimentation) to get to know become familiar with the codes needed. The only downfall is saving it at a size that is too small, meaning that the .swf file won’t be that high of quality is played online. The only downfall is that creating the .swf file too small is that the quality when played online will be reduced.

The technique was using I used was a digital media, trying attempting to replicate traditional media slightly. It was digitally drawn so it was easier and cleaner to create buttons for the flash - which needed to be transparent. I felt I should have spent more time concentrating on trying to create this. But, despite that, I don’t think it looks terrible nor is it a major weakness in my work.

My key reference, on a whole, was China and my discoveries there of their culture and art. But I did put a lot of focus on mythological animals - especially the Chinese Guardian Lion. While I am impressed with my progression of feeling more comfortable drawing it, and getting a better idea on how to draw animals on a whole, in reflection, I do think I should of maybe have focused on humanity human anatomy as well. What struck me about the animals was a symbolism behind them, but they are out of my comfort zone. I should of have used a mixture of what I was comfortable with, and what I wasn’t - especially since I ended up using humanized forms in my final outcome.

Overall, I am pleased with the turnout of this project, despite that fact that my main weakness was focussing too much on one thing, and not enough on another, despite the fact that both would be equally represented in my final outcome. Though my strength has been in an improvement, and finding an efficient way to put together my final outcome.