FYP1 - Critique 2 - Idea Development 2

Have the idea to make a DIY touch table and DIY pen. Here the video I found related to my idea.

This video show how to build a IR pen by using very cheap and simply way.

 

In this video Wiimote is needed.

Wii Remote price...

RM 170 - RM 200

 Perhaps...  Have to brought this to proceed...

Here come a cheaper and easy way to DIY the touch table.

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Here is the price for the product that i might need to buy for proceed my project.

Wacom Tablet...

 

That actually it costly if i choose to use the Wacom tablet. Trying to find other way to replace it. DIY is one of the best way. Nowadays human like following trend and keep updating themselves. An interactive device might can help to encourage and motivate them to learn more about Chinese Calligraphy.

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Here is some video that related on how they present Chinese Calligraphy other than the formal writing.

Other than just using tablet, there are lots more creative way to present the Chinese Calligraphy.

Sound Calligraphy

 Kung Fu Calligraphy

Water Calligraphy

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The PENPOWER Diamond Jr. is ultra-modern design touch writing pad offers two models for you to choose from: stylish black, and stunning white; and can recognize traditional and simplified Chinese, Hong Kong characters, English, numbers, symbols, Japanese hiragana and katakana. Moreover, it has English-Chinese/Chinese-English real-time online translation and dictionary search functions and allows dial-up connection and e-mail receipt. When an e-mail is received, it notifies you with music/a flash of light.

This company actually have come out with lots of device that allow us to write on it. The size of the device usually is small which allow us to bring it everywhere and we can learn everywhere.

For more detail, please click here.

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Touchscreen calligraphy tablet concept gives linguists hope. 

 

 

Ah, now this is the spirit. Rather than concocting yet another handheld tablet that's good for nothing more than checking email and wowing onlookers, designers Soonkyu Jang, Chung Lee and Yonghuk Yim have come together to put linguists on the front burner once again. This here touchscreen concept is a calligraphy board that enables you to practice your stroke without ruining reams of paper and blasting through countless bottles of ink. Initially, at least, the board would only come loaded with teaching tools for the Korean language, but you know Leapfrog could hook this thing up with Lithuanian, Maltese and Slovak should it ever get involved.

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Chinese Calligraphy Tablet

A very similar idea and concept with my FYP title. It also is using tablet to teach those who don't know Chinese Calligraphy with the interaction between the device. And this device is actually fully build by the student while not just using the common tablet which can be found in the market.

It was developed by a design courses student called Daniel Yoon who currently now working as a product designer at LDA (www.lumdesign.com), which is a product design consultancy, located in Irvine California. This work shown is from the days he as a student at Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA.

The goal was to create a multi user interface device that was touch based. He decided to develop a system that would teach users how to write Chinese Calligraphy for Chinese Americans. The reason for this is that most of Chinese Americans he have met here in the USA, know how to speak mandarin/Cantonese, but did not know how to read or write.


The user can use the system in 2 ways. 
1. Learn from the device
2. Learn with another person (father, grandparent, or friend)

When learning with the device alone, one half of the screen would show a character being written with all of the proper brush strokes being illustrated. The second half of the screen(the user's half) would
then be for the user to copy the same brush strokes that was being written by the device. As the student becomes more advanced, they can then transition into learning sentences.

As for the actual device itself, it is basically a tablet PC with a touch based interface. Two brush tipped stylus' are included with the system.

The form itself was derived from "brush strokes" as the shape resembles the tapering line weight effect of written characters.



The device can be used either flat, or propped up.  In the up position it can display previous work that the user is proud of.

This is the final out come.

For more detail, please click here.

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FYP1 - Critique 2 - Research 2

Nowadays, iPhone and touch screen handphone is a trend. A statistic comparing actually prove that,human are getting bored with the 'die' screen of the handphone and wish to own a touch screen handphone to have more interaction. Maybe few years later, handphone will be replacing by those smart phone.

As hot a seller as Google Android phones are right now, its user base isn’t the most satisfied with their device. When surveying current Android device owners, Nielson found that 71 percent would buy an Android phone again. That sounds like a high loyalty rating, but it falls noticeably short when asking iPhone owners about their next handset — 89 percent are happy with iOS4 and plan to buy a future Apple handset.

Both the Android and iOS4 platforms still trail the 33 percent U.S. share held by Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices, but for many, BlackBerry needs an overhaul. One half of the current BlackBerry owners surveyed don’t want another RIM device when it comes time to upgrade, but instead are looking at replacements running either Google’s or Apple’s mobile platform. Even with the top market share spot in the U.S., RIM share has been trending down because the current devices are seen as inferior when it comes to browsing or offering apps. That should change tomorrow as RIM is holding a press event where it is widely expected the company will debut its new BlackBerry 6 operating system and potentially new devices, such as a tablet.

Given that the U.S. currently has the largest smartphone user base — Canalys estimates 14.7 million smartphones were purchased in the U.S. last quarter — it’s easy to overlook the current king of smartphone sales globally: Nokia. In the second quarter of 2010, the Finnish phone-maker sold 23.8 million handsets. Nokia saw a 41 percent growth rate over the prior year’s second quarter sales, which sounds positive, but when compared to Android’s 886 percent gain, Nokia’s growth pales in comparison. The overall smartphone market is growing, which is lifting sales of nearly all. But some — like Android — are clearly growing far faster than others.

Now have lots of software concept for user more utilize with their touch scree hand phone.

FYP1 - Critique 2 - Research 1

What is Chinese Calligraphy?

Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. According to legend, Chinese calligraphy had been found out at three thousand years ago while the Chinese character and writing was invented five thousand years ago. It is a traditional four arts, in the imperial era, it is a very important criterion for selection of executives to the Imperial court and now not only prevails in China but around the world as a unique art.

Unlike other visual art techniques, all calligraphy strokes are permanent and incorrigible, demanding careful planning and confident execution. Such are the skills required for an administrator / executive. While one has to conform to the defined structure of words, the expression can be extremely creative. To exercise humanistic imagination and touch under the faceless laws and regulations is also a virtue well appreciated. ( http://www.asiawind.com/art/callig/)

By controlling the focus of ink, the thickness and adsorption of the paper itself, and the agility of the brush, the artist is free to produce endless variations of a style and form. Calligraphers have to follow strict rules. Calligrapher has to follow the same rules for thousands of years. Each character requires a certain number of brush strokes written in order to write a particular stroke. However, as handwriting and drawing, everyone seemed to be some different.

Calligraphy is an appropriate way as to maintain a healthy and positive way and to consider either relaxation or self-entertainment. Historically, calligraphy artists were well-known longevity.

Four Treasures of Study

Four Treasures of Study or Four Jewels of the Study, the indispensable tools that need to be prepare before start writing. There are expressions used to denote the brush, ink, paper and ink slab.

Brush – Make from animal hair slide into wooden or bamboo tube. For soften, white goat hair and rabbit hair will be use while for a hard and precise tip, stiff wolf hair will be use. Different material will make the calligrapher’s brush strokes looks thick and heavy.

Ink – A liquid make by soot, animal glue, incense or medicines, and sometimes preservatives. A good ink should be ground so as to be refined black with luster.

Paper – The paper been use called Xuan Zhi, a type of paper which soft, fine textured, anti-moth, a high tensile strength, the remarkable longevity of such products -. "Millennium", so it has a lasting reputation for the quality of the file depends on the processing method used to make them. Nowadays, user has more choices on the types of paper while not limited to the Xuan Zhi only.

Ink slab – It usually makes by stone, but other materials such as pottery, brick and tile are also widely used. Nowadays it hard to be found, because most of the ink comes with a bottle while user just needs to use the brush dot into the ink, then can start writing.

The Basic Stroke

Basically you can say that all modern Chinese characters are drawn with a palette consisting of eight basic strokes. Generally all strokes are painted from top to bottom and left to right – with exceptions for characters number six, which is draw upwards. In the following overview each type of stroke is shown (drawn in black color) within actual characters (drawn in grey color):

 ( http://www.zein.se/patrick/chinen9p.html)

Technique and method

For complete the process in writing Chinese Calligraphy, there are certain step and technique need to be follow. There are many different methods of holding a Chinese calligraphy brush among Chinese calligraphers and common people. They may be different for various Chinese calligraphy styles in different sizes.

When started writing Chinese calligraphy, the first thing need to be do is conform yourself on sitting on the chair straight 90 degree. According to the spaces between you and the table, adjust it. Now is time to learn is how to hold the brush. Double Hook Method is the common way of writing. By stretch out the thumb, index finger and middle finger (like acting gun), kindly place the brush on top of index finger and middle finger. Then use the thumb firm it by placing the finger between the index finger and middle finger. At the same time, the brush can be slowly moved toward ring finger and little finger reinforcing the hold from behind. Be remain, the brush have to be vertical. Now, can start writing with the rules wrist need to rise and can’t touch the table surface. It might take some time to practice to write steady strokes.

Proper postures for writing while seated.                         Proper postures for writing while standing.   Holding the brush   Supported wrist method.    Raised wrist method.   Suspended wrist method.

(http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy/holdbrush.asp)

The video below shows different technique been used, the stroke of the text shows different way and feel.

Design Reserach Proposal

Today is our SRI proposal consultation day. Meet with Mr.Khong at the K-Space.

When i start tell him my FYP idea, he do give me some suggestion to make it more interesting. He claim that the way I doing by using tablet for Chinese Calligraphy is bit bored and it might can be presented by using movement like dancing, kung fu and etc. The interaction between is very important to make the user feel interset to play or use on it.

Mr.Khong have decide my SRI title as Reviewing the various artistic style, common trend, technique and method in creating Chinese Calligraphy. In this research project, the focus will be on the new artistic way of creating the Chinese Calligraphy. It is a form of art, the unique of the stroke have made the text become exquisite. In order to make it more attractive, human are getting more creative in order to transform it into an interactive and modern way. There are few main elements to follow in order to complete the writing of Chinese Calligraphy. By exploring on it, there are more creative method can be found to perform the Chinese Calligraphy in different way by not limited only writing. On doing this title, i will find out more about Chinese Calligraphy and the creative way on making it more interactive. To study the various artistic style, I will get know what is the element that will make human have more interesting on it.

As the title have settle down, i shall move forward and do my best on it.