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Body parts that can be exaggerated include joints(red), main Introducing Creative
parts(blue) and secondary parts(green).

Multimedia Industry
In addition, different shapes give different feels to the Mecha.

Square, rectangle and cuboid designs feel blockish, heavy and slow.
Cones look normal while cylinders look fast. Triangle, diamonds and Kuen Cheng Cartoons Club organised

pyramids look aggressive, fast and threatening. Jointly reported by a webinar on introducing the creative
JR1Z(3) Ng Yi Phin multimedia industry from 2.00 p.m.
JR1Z(3) Lam Shao Hen
Keeping to the original design and shape flow can make the design to 3.05 p.m. on 8th June 2021. The

look clean. If not, it would look weird and incompatible. speaker, Mr. Damon Tan Chean Xiong,
is the Marketing Director of Claz’room
A G-Shock watch’s shape flow spreads out from the middle. College, one of the leading multimedia
arts colleges in Malaysia. There were
A good Mecha design is a design that looks like it will function approximately 130 participants. The

properly. The best part to highlight its practicality is through the joints, webinar was immensely useful as he
hydraulic tubes and real-life equipment. “Art is inspired by real-life,” gave important pieces of information
reiterated Ian. on the multimedia industry and how it
has evolved over the years following the

Finally, Mecha designs should be balanced as it needs proper footing improvisation of technology.
and foundation. “Whether your Mecha looks human or not, it must
have a ground footing that keeps the center of gravity,” he emphasized. Mr. Damon Tan explained that as
networks changed from 2G to 5G,

Before the webinar ended, there was a Q&A session where he shared several sectors were also affected, such
his experience as a Mecha designer. Overall, this was a helpful webinar as the advertising industry, and local
as Mr. Ian Tan explained the concepts of Mecha in an informative studio industries. As an example, during

manner. the olden days, advertisements were
printed and stuck to boards, whereas
Reported by
JR2Z(3) Rachel Koh Huey Shin now, animated LED advertisements are
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