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1. Analyses of Mural
Paintings
Effective Public Communication
[COM30103]
MELVYN POH • CHLOE SIM • KAREN CHOO • RACHEL YEO • LEE ZHI ANG

2. SERI, KEMBANGAN, KL
1-3, Jalan Prima
Tropika Barat 2,
Taman Prima
Tropika, Seri
Kembangan
- Malaysia’s most diverse collection of
3D MURALS
- A group of 20 talented local and
international artists have teamed up
to paint 80 amazing murals (hence
20/8ty) to produce this masterpiece.

3. Hand With Apple Artist :
ANOKAYER
ACHIEVEMENTS
1ST PLACE @ Graffiti Competition by Super Sunday(2007)
1st PLACE @ Graffiti Competition by Hari Belia Avenue-Y
(2012)

4. Artist’s Profile : Anokayer
Name : Anokayer/ Mohd. Zulfadli
Ahmad Nawawi/ Akid One
Background Profile :
- A street and graffiti artist from
Malaysia in Melbourne 2013 &
2015
- painting portrait style mural
- 9 years of experience
- elements of pop culture,
people and energy into his graffiti
work
- Cool, calm & tranquil
- has numerous achievements
- talent extends beyond portrait
style as he also covers 3D
paintings.

5. THE HAND WITH APPLE
• a hand attempting to grab an apple from the tree. It shows how nature is facing
limited resources.
• human is still taking advantage of the nature despite knowing that we are
harming the nature
• a border between the plants and the hand grabbing the apple

6. EPC CONCEPTS
1 – Non-verbal Communication ( Hand Gestures )
 It shows that the human hand is attempting to reach out to pick
the apple.
 It is non verbal because it is communicating through hand
gestures and there is no need for words or audio.
2 – Public Communication
 This mural art allows people to stand outside the border of the
art to take a picture.
 Also, the art itself is trying to deliver a message to the public.
3 – Passive Perception
 The mural art shows that due to greed, human tend to go the
extra miles to obtain what they want. As shown in the art, a
human hand is trying to reach out to the apple that shows
human has the urge to destroy the nature because of our
wants and needs.

7. 4 – Connotation
 The apple on the tree will soon be plucked by the human
hand that is shown reaching towards the tree.
5 – Selective Attention
 People tend to get attracted to the mural art as the apple is
situated outside the border of the art. People are attracted
and tend to glance at it or take photos with it.

8. Saving Fire ARTIST :
ANGEL
NG
Artist’s background :
- Graduated with a Bachelor of Creative
Multimedia, Major in Film & Animation
- Was an employee of a Japanese studio
- a 3D Animation artist

9. Saving Fire
- shows that a girl is being trapped
on the second floor of a building,
calling out for help because there
is a fire.
- a boy noticing the girl
being trapped on the
second floor, and is
pointing out at her.
- a real fire hose reel
with fire extinguishers
and a fire alarm.
- the drawn fire hose is
aiming at the fire on the
second floor connected
to the real fire
extinguisher.

10. EPC CONCEPTS
1 – Non-Verbal Communication
 The artwork shows the fear expression on both the girl and
the boy as they are trapped in the fire.
 There is no need for words to describe that the situation is
panicky as the girl is calling out for help.
2 – Public Communication
 The real fire reel and the alarm beside the artwork is telling
people to be a good Samaritan and help put out the fire that
is slowly spreading throughout the building.
3 – Selective Attention
 The attention is on the girl who is in trouble getting caught
in the building. The attention is focused on the girl as she is
calling out for help.
 People are also attracted because the fire hose is drawn
connected to the real fire extinguisher.

11. 4 – Stereotype
 People are more likely to be saving the girl first.
5 – Space
 There is a fixed space and distance between the boy and
the girl.
 The girl is trying to call out for help. The boy heard her and
is trying to reach out to her.

12. Selling Drink Uncle
ARTIST : CHEKRI MANSOR

13. Artist’s Profile : Chekri Mansor
Artist : Chekri Mansor ( Mohd Rizal Mansor Din )
- Most of his artwork is based on his living experience
- His artwork is a reflection of the environment directly or
indirectly based on his experiences, thoughts & feelings
- The expression of his works in the form of storytelling on
the environment, culture, local or global issue
- Learned from folktales, proverbs and old Malay quatrains

14. Selling Drink Uncle
- An old uncle selling drinks and food
- Malaysian culture
- Street food is a part of the culture
- Uncle is happy when people
approach him to buy
- From the artist’s personal experience,
there are a lot of roadside food stalls
- Reflects the Malaysian culture though
it is illegal

15. EPC CONCEPTS
1 – Public Communication
This mural art allows people to stand
outside to interact with the mural art.
It tells people how when customers
approach the drink selling uncle, the uncle
becomes happy.
2 – Non-verbal Communication
The uncle’s expression shows that he is
happy selling his food and drink by the
roadside.
He gets happy whenever anyone wants to
buy food from him.

16. 3 – First Impression
 a selling uncle will develop first impression on his customers
 customers also will develop first impression on the uncle
 influenced by how the uncle treats the customers
4 – Face to Face Communication
 involves talking to each other in real life
 with body movements and hand gestures
 facial expressions
5 – Body Posture
 his body posture, movements and gesture shows that he is
selling something
 preparing drinks

17. Roti Uncle
Artist : Chekri Mansor

18. - An uncle who is
driving a
motorcycle with
lots of buns and
snacks hang
onto it
- Selling snacks
by driving the
motorcycle
around the
neighborhood
- In malaysia, food vendors on motorcycle
are friendly
- Food is always cheap and fresh
- This again, reflects the artist’s personal
experience as he used to buy food from
the roti uncle when he was younger
- nowadays, the artist
can no longer find the
roti uncle around
anymore

19. EPC CONCEPTS
1 – Public Communication
 allows people to stand outside the art to interact with it
 people how food vendors can sell food using their
motorcycle in Malaysia
2 – Selective Attention
 tend to stand at the coin there because it shows
interaction between the uncle and the people
 People get attracted to this art because it shows how
some people experienced this before by buying food
from the uncle in the past.
3 – Non Verbal Communication
 the uncle portrays a happy expression when people
approach him to buy food from him.
 happy as he gets to earn a little extra.

20. 4 – Face to Face Communication
 it is of face to face communication whereby the roti
uncle is directly talking to his customers instead of
through medias
 the roti uncle is shown to be speaking to his
customer, showing a happy expression by smiling
5 – First Impression
 usually a business situation involves a first
impression when one person encounters another
person and forms a mental image of that person
 the roti uncle would have a lot of first impressions of
all his customers that buy roti from him

21. Conclusion

22. References
 The Atmosphere (2013), Anokayer (Online),
http://theatmosphere.com.my/208ty/artist/anokayer/
viewed on November 1 2015
 TallyPress (n.d), Top 10 Malaysian Graffiti Artists
(Online),
http://www.tallypress.com/publishing/2015/5/14/top-
10-malaysian-graffiti-artists viewed on November 1
2015
 The Atmosphere (2013), Angel Ng (Online),
http://theatmosphere.com.my/208ty/artist/angelng/,
viewed on November 2 2015
 The Star (2014), Interactive 3D Murals a Hit (Online),
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/01/
09/Interactive-3D-murals-a-hit-Artists-showcase-
talent-skill-and-creativity/ viewed on November 4 2015