Introducing Yourself through Type

As with the beginning of Design Visualization 111, for our first assignment of 112 we were asked to design a label.  For this label we were asked to explain ourselves as a designer in a creative manner.  I do not know a lot about working with graphics on the computer so I stuck to drawing my label and adding font after.  I also choose to draw my label because drawing is not a strong point of mine, and something as a designer that I wish to improve. My design depics my my goals as a designer.  My love for historical architecture was my motivation to wanting to study architecture and desgin.  As a desinger I really want to combined some of the old world of design into the new world of modern design.

Most Successful Drawing/ Reflection

I feel like this is my most successful drawing of the whole semester.  I have had a lot of drawings I have posted that have represented my progress in shading, line quality, and detail.  I like this drawing because I used line strokes and the darkening of line to represent all these important aspects we have been focusing on in class.  This is a different technique that I used in this drawing and I feel it was successful in capturing my features.

Reflection:

Coming in to this major I had never had any type of drafting or understanding of the concept of drafting.  I was also never a drawer.  Yeah of course I doodled and sketched on the side of my papers during boring lecture classes but I never really felt like I could grasp what it took to draw well.  I stressed out a lot this semester because it seemed as if nothing was ever turning out like I wanted or that everyone else seemed to be understanding and excelling when I wasn't.  I had to keep reminding myself that this was all new to me! Looking back I am really pleased with the progress that I have made throughout the semester.  I have learned a lot about drafting, drawing, and composition and although it takes a lot of work and time commitment, I am really looking forward to what we will be learning next semester.

Drawing Contest

Thursday was our last class day so in celebration we had a drawing contest!  Through our class period we had models pose and in groups of 6 went up to draw the models for 10 to 15 minutes.  The things that we were to focus on was our line quality, expressions, movement, and just show off what we have learned this semester.  The drawings that were the most successful represented all these qualities very well. This was my drawing of Molly.

Although I did not win I feel like this drawing had some positive qualities such as every line on the page gave her motion and her clothes movement.  My shadowing was successful although I feel I could have used shadows in  more of the drawing.  I also could have used less sketchy lines to represent Molly.  Overall I feel very positive about this piece.  People are very difficult to draw but I have came a long way since we started. Now the only thing to get out there and do is draw!

Powers of Ten

The weeks theme during drafting class was the powers of ten.  This focused on how things look or how we observe things to the 10th power. For this special themed week we all took 2 squares 1'' x 1'', of a picture and trasnfered what we saw on a 10'' x 10'' square.  When all the squares were complete they would peice together to equal a 100 x 100 picture.  This project helped us to understand scale and also techniques in using different leads to shade and the right gradation of shading.

This is what our final product looked like

This image is from the movie The Powers of 10

my scale figures

I find drawing people quite difficult but this excercise helped me to focus on learning to sketch people and to practice techniques.  Although I need a lot more practice I feel this excercise was successful.

 This sketch was at 3/4'' : 1' scale. It was a regular contour just drawing the outline of the person sitting indian style on the floor.

This sketch was at 1 1/2'' : 1' scale.  In this sketch I added a little more detail than the previous. 

Self-portrait

Self-portraits are so complicated! It took a couple of bad sketches and many studio laughs as I shared them with my classmates for me to finally begin to develop techniques of drawing myself.  I still find it difficult to completely replicate myself but I guess that is why self-portriats are some complex and complicated.

This was my most successful sketch.  The techniques I focused on in this sketch was shadowing.  I focused on the outline of my face and shadows cast without focusing on definite lines

This is my cartoon masquerade me! Although this drawing does not look like me I still feel like I did a good job with transitioning my lines and shading to represent my face.

Exploring Classmates Observational Sketches

Kristy Stroud

I really liked Kristy's usage of shading and detail.  I have trouble drawing shadows and making them look like the actual shadows of the objects but through observing Kristy's techniques I can use her sketch to improve on my shading.


Kendra

I find it hard to show detail of 2x4's and wood but here Kendra has represented detail well.  Her usage of shading is also very helpful to look at when adding detail to drawings.

More Sketches!

All three of these sketches where representing sunlight through water and sunlight of objects. 

In drawing this image I focused on light and shadows off the object

For this image I places a full bottled water under a table lamp and focuced on the way the light hit the water.

This image was drawn during an inclass assignment.  I placed the coffee pot infront of my window and drew the light through the water in the coffee pot.

Shadow Drawing

Twig and Stick drawings

I feel like these two sketches show a lot of improvement in my drawing techniques.  I represent good shading and also details within both peices that make the sticks look more realistic in character. Im learning how to draw! YAY!

This drawing was during an inclass drawing excerise

This drawing was composed while I was at Wilmington.  I was basking in the sun and observing my surroundings.

Drafting Assignments

Amazing Leaf Drawing

I chose this drawing  because it has the best line quality and shows my progress in drawing.  Many of my previous pieces were vere elementary with little thought and design but when drawing this leaf I tried to focus on its shadows and true shape.  I found this leaf on the sidewalk while walking to class one day and chose it because it was curved all around itself and I felt that it would be the perfect leaf for me to draw.  I took it to my studio of creation and begin observing and delicately sketching this leaf.  I really like my usage of shading in this peice and the curvature of lines so that it represents the leafs true form.

Insperation

Q: Where do you find insperation?

I find insperation in the things that I enjoy.  My hobbies and my interests are enviroments in which i surround myself so that I might be inspired from the people I am around and the activities in which I participate.  I also find insperation in my "me time" where I allow my imagination to take over.