Monday, January 19, 2009

Week4 Glass, Wood, and Chrome objects



















































































  • TRANSPARENT SHAPES - study transparent objects, high lights, reflections, and etc.
  • DEMO - glasses with pencil or automobile DLO (day light opening).
  • ASSIGNMENT - 3pages(8.5/11)- transparent objects w/chark and maker. bring wooden objects for next class
  • WOOD - study wooden surfaces, and grain
  • DEMO - sketch of wooden block w/marker and pastel, and prisimacolor pencils.
  • ASSIGNMENT - 3pages(8.5/11inch) - sketch wooden products. example - wooden toy, wooden furniture with grain. bring objects you want to draw next class (toy, diecast cars, and etc) - simple shapes are preferred

  • CHROME - reflection, study mirrored surfaces.
  • DEMO - marker and pastel cube and plot reflections, quick car sketch w/ reflections.
  • ASSIGNMENT - 30pages(8.5/11) design chrome objects with chalk and marker, reference demo. bring glass objects for next class.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Week5 altering geometric forms















  • FORM STUDY - study of form, altering geometric forms and combining them, emphasis on freehand quality and composition. 1,draw from observation of your objects. 2,break down to basic shapes. 3,combine them.





  • DEMO - sphere car or robot




  • ASSIGNMENT - 30pages - take your drawings from class and change designs to 3 different variations.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Week6 thumbnail and Ideation



















  • THUMBNAIL - sketching small, exploring your idea of final project.



  • DEMO - thumbnail sketch



  • ASSIGNMENT - 30pages(8.5/11inch) - thumbnail sketches of your final project. 20 supporting images (story board). propose your project.



























    • IDEATION - decide on project, sketch three proposal in any media (mixed)


    • DEMO - pen and marker quick ideation sketch


    • ASSIGNMENT - 30pages(letter size) ideation sketches - 1 proposal per page

Monday, January 12, 2009

Week7 refinement

















  • REFINEMENT - select final design and fine tune





  • DEMO - in class help




  • ASSIGNMENT - 30page(8.5/11 inch) - tight line drawing of your final design w/background (take your time, refine, fine tune, dial in!!)


















FINAL PRESENTATION

  • DESIGN LAYOUT - fine tune final design, study color comps in small scale.
  • DEMO - in class help
  • ASSIGNMENT - have fun!