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Design Portfolio /

24.04.2026 - 0.0.2026 / Week 1 - Week 8 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Design Portfolio INSTRUCTIONS Week 1

Art Direction /

24.04.2026 - 0.0.2026 / Week 1 - Week 8 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Art Direction INSTRUCTIONS Week 1

UX Design /

  24.04.2026 - 0.0.2026 / Week 1 - Week 8 GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media UX Design INSTRUCTIONS Week 1

Design Exploration /

GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Design Exploration LECTURES Week 2 Design & Playful Experiences / Visual Communication as persuasive playful medium Visual are powerful persuasive medium to provide most of our information about the world. Visual are Everything that can be seen  - Wide, all-inclusive including nature Everything produced or created by humans that can be seen  - Producrd or created by humans for the purpose of visual representations. Design as persuasive provocative visuals to disrupt the usual unconscious thought process Shock, Shame, Fear and Anger are four emotions that often portrayed in provocative visuals. Design sensitivity Cultural sensitivity Economic Instability Polarization and Divison Social Justice Movements Playful design Playfulness is often the result of increasing both engagement and fun by guiding asprects taht lead to desired actions and behaviors. INSTRUCTIONS Portfolio Blog Entry 1 - Potential ideas so far...

Information Design / Final Project

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24.02.2026 - 22.3.2026 / Week 1 - Week 7 GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Information Design Final P roject Animated Instructable Poster INSTRUCTIONS Final P roject Animated Instructable Poster We need to use the assets from Project 1 Instructable Infographic poster into a 60 secs motion graphic also capture the aesthetics and narrative  of the poster with movements, SFX and music. Requirement: Max 60 seconds infographic video 720p: 1280x720  pixels (H26/mp4) published on YouTube (set to  Unlisted) This is a tutorial I found online before I even started creating writing animations in After Effects. I found it very useful and think I can use it in my project . https://youtu.be/8K0i8odwA9Q?si=XCHekTrr0rDaF3-I I decided to use the music from an animal crossing game I found on YouTube because I felt it matched my video and had a calm and cute style.  Music source:  https://youtu.be/ZJZX0AzS6WA?si=cBgK76JoFc6pp-7p Mr. Martin al...

Information Design / Project 1

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24.02.2026 - 10.3.2026 / Week 1 - Week 6 GAN YI KIAN / 0374572 Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Information Design P roject 1 Instructable Infographics Poster INSTRUCTIONS Project 1- Instructable Infographics Poster https://youtu.be/cVeBQWxvijw?si=oOilMlkJVatexZnI Proposal Before I started designing, I did some research on the theme I wanted to work on, and I found the chalkboard style interesting, so I searched for references online. project1-proposal by GAN YI KIAN I first set aside the colors and fonts I had previously selected in my moodboard for later use. So I first used existing line patterns in Illustrator to draw the lines of the blackboard, and then used those lines to distinguish them. Then, based on the previous steps, simply divide it into 6 steps and fill in all the information, including ingredients, steps, etc. I simply hand-draw the entire pattern and then use Effect - Distort and Transform - Roughen to achieve the Chalkboard style I want....