Since 2020, the dramatic and tragic events caused by the epidemic will not only have an objective impact on our lives, but also inevitably cause strong fluctuations in students' emotions. Facing this year's application season, which is about half of the "competition schedule", and in order to prevent the possible "PTSD" in special periods, students need more professional and systematic suggestions. Therefore, the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center has given targeted suggestions on the creation methods of the collection of works corresponding to the six major departments, helping students avoid risks in the process of learning and creation, and find the creation method that doubles the application success rate!

Creation method of professional works of six major departments

Department of Pure Art Illustration

01. Make full use of the opportunity to make full investigation

Research is crucial to the creation of art works, and for the pure art illustration profession, full research is an essential link. However, the research methods and the accumulation of theoretical knowledge are also the shortcomings and weaknesses of most students studying art in China.

During this period, students have had relatively free and sufficient time for independent learning. It is just the right time to take advantage of this opportunity, fully combine online resource supplement, systematically sort out, summarize and summarize according to their own project themes, and purposefully learn the theoretical basis to broaden and deepen the theme dimension.

02. Combining the innovative combination of materials around

Most works in the direction of pure art are large in size, and have more requirements for materials and venues. At this stage, everyone may only create at home. The Teaching and Research Center also suggests that students can expand their thinking on materials and choose materials that are easily available in their own environment.

It includes making use of the smart combination of waste articles in life, online shopping of some easy materials with special texture, and creating by combining digital media. Creativity, theme and techniques are the key, and the selection of materials can be combined with the needs of the works to develop brain holes.

03. Opportunities for interdisciplinary creation

Pure art is a relatively free art carrier. At present, the boundaries of pure art majors in various colleges and universities are also widening. Students can also take this opportunity to open up creative ideas, combine knowledge and methods used by different disciplines, and enrich creative content.

In this process, teachers should also guide students to develop diversified creative thinking and imagination, grasp the basic characteristics of this major, improve their understanding of the creative process, integrate it into different subject dimensions, and learn to use artistic creation techniques to gradually improve.

04. Close and emotional communication with tutors

　　 Studying Abroad in Pure Art Major Our study has always encouraged us to attach importance to personal emotional expression, but rational guidance is also essential. In the process of face-to-face teaching before, students may exchange their personal feelings with teachers because of the shyness of the class form, but online classes can well broaden the channels of communication, making the communication between teachers and students closer and more emotional.

By taking this opportunity, students can more actively exchange their views and experiences with the teacher, and the teacher can also share the experience of the creation method of the collection of works, magnify the perceptual things through text or language. Students also have a lot of time to communicate one-on-one with the teacher, and control the theme and creation more comprehensively.

Department of Visual Design

01. Avoid the disadvantages of manual operation

The visual design specialty is relatively less affected in the creation process, because most of the works are small in size, and in recent years, people have also paid more attention to the use of digital media tools, so many students are very skilful in software, but still have some deficiencies in their skills.

But in the process of creation, students can try to return to the essence of visual art, combine hand-painted, comprehensive materials, or some new technical materials to build, and from the perspective of visual communication, attach importance to the multi-dimensional expression of works.

02. Structured and accurate content

One of the biggest advantages of online classes is that students can leave exact traces in the course of class. Teachers also need to prepare more detailed and organized courseware than those under the front line. When using the courseware, students' creative process will also be assessed on the basis of physical objects.

So in this process, students should also follow the rhythm of online classes, sort out their own creation process, and make the structure of works more reasonable and content more comprehensive as far as possible according to the time plan.

03. Emphasis on color matching and typesetting

Although this is a clich é, it is a key point that cannot be ignored for visual art works. At present, many print shops are not open, and some special materials are also in short supply. There will be some obstacles to the production of physical works, including communication with teachers.

In view of this situation, students need to spend more energy on color matching and composition of works, including color processing, image recording, and trying some new matching, so as to achieve high visual completion as far as possible.

Digital media system

01. New topics in the context of the times

Affected by the epidemic, the digital media industry has also faced new challenges. On the one hand, the traditional creation mode and communication platform have been impacted, and on the other hand, the development of information technology has also inspired some new topics.

Under the background of this era, students can combine the trend to extend their own creative direction. In this process, touching the original system, logic, and even business model may trigger new thinking. Combining these new topics to create, discussing the future feasibility and sustainable development of the industry is the direction we can focus on.

02. Online channel survey of user groups

Whether it's movies, animations, videos, games Disciplines in the field of digital media are closely linked to the market audience. How to observe users' needs and investigate the direction of interest in a special period is an indispensable link.

Students can use the network channels around them, such as the click rate of video websites, online questionnaires, user feedback of existing products, etc., which can be our reference materials. Guided by target users, students can comprehensively refer to various data to build a more solid logical framework for their works.

03. Construction or collection of supporting materials

　　 Studying abroad in digital media The more special point is that the completion of a work usually requires the collection of supporting materials, such as the team building of the film profession, the soundtrack of the animation profession, the site inspection of the photography profession, etc. Different links need different forms of cooperation.

Generally speaking, the creation cycle of works will be longer, and students will also be subject to more restrictions during the epidemic. Therefore, students must properly reserve more sufficient time, plan the materials and cooperation personnel required in each link in advance, and ensure the smooth development of the creation process.

Department of Design Innovation

01. Creation of "New Discipline"

We often say that interdisciplinary creation has two forms, one is A+B=AB, that is, combining two or more disciplines to create a work with multiple professional characteristics; The other is to create a new C based on A and B, and students can create a new field of art works based on existing professional theoretical knowledge.

The second kind of high-level version is more suitable for students with solid professional foundation to carry out breakthrough research at this stage, regardless of the professional characteristics of design innovation discipline and the training mode encouraged by colleges.

Through in-depth learning of some software, including code, computer, programming language and other fields of knowledge, students who apply for cross majors can also fully use the original professional knowledge, integrate innovation, and develop new fields of creation.

02. Focus on technology and sustainable development

Objectively speaking, the online learning and creation mode can better reflect the characteristics of design innovation and is more direct. Disciplines in the field of design innovation usually focus on "innovation" and "the future", which is very different from traditional art disciplines in terms of expression language.

The development of technology and the current situation of comprehensive informatization also bring more courses to students' creative subjects, including creative methods, research topics, communication methods, visual language effects and some technical applications. Students can explore some new social functions defined by "design" according to the current professional structure and college requirements.

Architectural Space Department

01. Data based research instead of field investigation

During the epidemic, it was not very convenient for everyone to go out. We originally suggested that we try to choose the field survey method for the creation of works with real site selection. At present, we have encountered many obstacles, especially in places where we need to work by long-distance transportation. We also hope that students can travel carefully and safety first.

At this stage, students can take the online data research instead of field investigation, use some network maps, existing literature, historical background, household survey, etc., sort out the site background, conduct precise calculation in the data way, and thus extend the deep understanding of space.

02. Reduce model dimensions and deepen form details

"Modeling" is a daily necessity for students majoring in space. Considering time and space, it is not convenient for students to build large-scale physical models or even elaborate them. Instead, we can use simple, simple and abstract conceptual models to explore the theme of works behind the form.

It includes using some existing software, Ipad vector tools, etc., or using common materials in daily life, breaking through the restrictions of materials and tools to stimulate the thinking and expression of concepts, and cultivating students' multi-dimensional design perspectives and ideas.

03. Return to the origin and touch the essence of "space"

As a macro multi-dimensional creation, architectural space design not only has a visual expression level, but also includes time, humanity, emotion, function and other aspects.

Network and image technology played an important role during the epidemic. Students can also use the advantages of knowledge integration in the network to build space from different sensory dimensions by combining image and entity conceptual models.

Fashion Art Department

01. Adequate preliminary preparation to ensure the achievement of works

Most fashion professional works belong to the practical profession, and the fault tolerance rate of later work construction is low, so accurate and sufficient preliminary preparations need to be made, including collecting enough comprehensive theoretical data and accurate experiments, to ensure the final work results.

In addition, through the intervention of the network, technology and other modes, the media and themes of fashion professional creation also have a wider development space and choice. We can make good use of tools to make up for many possible mistakes in traditional creation, such as errors in the collage process, stains of cloth, color matching, etc.

02. Reasonably plan the creation progress and arrange the presentation of works in advance

The fashion design department needs to involve in the later stage of ready to wear presentation, including factory production, model appointment, venue layout, etc. This year's special situation, many venues and factories also have many restrictions.

Therefore, students must reasonably plan the creation progress, make an appointment for the site in advance, purchase the required materials, etc., including planning the number of people present, time, and lease of tools, and do the preparatory work as comprehensively as possible.

03. Select an appropriate number of projects to synchronize

Jewelry design in fashion major includes some technological and functional clothing creation, which involves the cooperation of some machines and personnel, including the unsolvable obstacles of some hand to hand skills taught by remote teachers. At this time, we also suggest that students can select a number of projects at the same time under the guidance of old teachers, and promote them in parallel.

In addition to speeding up the progress, opening multiple projects at the same time can also force students to expand the amount of reading and the accumulation of theoretical knowledge. Training starts with different observation methods and ways of thinking to carry out different modeling training, so as to achieve the purpose of improving professional ability.

However, since multiple projects are carried out at the same time, there are certain requirements for students' independent learning ability and professional reserve of multi line content, it is also suggested that students can try to carry out under the control of professional teachers.

In addition to the above problems in the creation methods of professional works in different disciplines of the six major departments, the Teaching and Research Center has some other suggestions for students on learning methods, including the turbulent situation of studying abroad in the recent stage. Students also need to pay real-time attention to the policies of the target university and the country, reasonably plan the time for study and life Try to avoid the phenomenon of "software crashes before people" caused by staying up too late

Compared with the students' difficulties in professional learning, we have also seen the changes in their mentality, anxiety about the unknown future and time, how to overcome their inner emotions, and calm thinking these may be more students' current problems. In fact, being at home behind closed doors is also a good opportunity to look at yourself. It is a special way to exercise the creative ability of improvisation in limited conditions. During this period, the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center will also bring more "security" to students and parents as much as possible through the dual control of the teacher team and teaching content, so as to achieve substantial and long-term gains!

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