Week 5 Day 1 Graphics

Today i learnt that graphics can start from a very simple drawing, and be developed numerous times, the process to the final piece can go on and on and on, going from drawing on paper, scanning to be drawn on computer to printing etc.
Also, i realised how most people think that a drawing that's the most identical to the original is the best drawing, this is not the fact, there are lots of styles we do things in and we purposely change the effects and way we draw it in order to stand out.
I have drawn and practised drawing with my non dominant hand and continuous line drawing before, however i have not tried drawing with the pen in my mouth, and never drew something quite small to a much larger size e.g an ear. It was a good experiment day.
As well as this, i learnt a little bit about the business side - that client may always change their mind and deadline can sometimes be very urgent. to overcome the problem is to send the client an e-mail confirming their brief at the start in order to make the project easier and more organised.

                     

 

Using charcoal, markers, graphite pens, biro with different ways of physically drawing it. I drew a figure with pen with my mouth, with my eyes closed, using non dominant hand and continuous drawing.







an ear on A1 size piece of paper, doing larger scale suited me well as i am use to big sketch books. By doing things in much larger scale i find it more expressive and more detailed when the picture is then minimised to the smaller scale.
I tried making the ear more phiysical, different and the corners more critical and sharp to create a different feel as we always see an ear round and soft.



                                 

                   

I then made a collage to form a face, i concentrated on the outside shape of a face first and then going into facial feaatres and shadow darker areas on the face.
In surprise during the collaging i used the negative space in the background and created some bird or chicken alike feature.
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using a view finder to capture intersting parts. here i capture emotions, and facial expressins whihc contrastes eachother as well as colour. 

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Kemistry gallery at Old Street

I love this title due to the amount of contrast going on. The scale, texture and colours varies a lot but at the same time it is kept moderate so that the viewer can read it. 

Unknown artist, I like the technical and this kind of breaks the barriers a little bit, The lines and curves make it unique, obviously an owl are not shaped this way, this is way it makes it different and rather surreal. The use of lines are thoughtful too for example the heart beat and pulse. 

This is i like the fragile and delicate feel of it, it is very soft and lightly coloured nearly fading away from us. 

Seymour Chwast & Milton Glaser. I like how the words stand out, the facial definition is very strong here by the white coloured lines, the words stand out due to colour contrast and they all seem to be related to design and business. 

Old street had lots of design offices and nice unique boutiques, this was one of the door front of a graphic printing company, the range of typography, it sets a positive image to the customers. i like how the black font writing was on a very slight tinted window which the light inside the shop contrast with it.

Image : All authors own by the Kemistry gallery (Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser show

3DD Review/Evaluation

During the 3D Design week, i felt it was more practical and more model making, working more physically. This way i learnt to see things and actually building an object in 3D can help me see it in a different perspective. Usually i start 2D, if i were to design a product, i always start drawing and then building it into 3D. This was the opposite, i was told to build a 3D structure first than manipulate it in different forms and then using these objects to influence my sketches and ideas. It was different, not sure if i particularly liked it, it might be a case of getting use to it or i just find it more difficult to work that way. I find it sometimes difficult to think 3D therefore doing something on sketchbooks helps me build the 3D prototype later on.

Although i found it more difficult it was something different, i like trying new techniques and new things as this helps my designing in the future, this way of working may help me in designing particular products such as figurative or ergonomic. 

Working in a group was fun, we all had lots of good different ideas to work on and develop, learnt the importance of collaboration here, some of us was better at structural and functionality and others the aesthetics side. As a team we made the bridge work and aesthectially intersting. Our group worked at a rather fast pace, i see how working as a group can solve problems rather quick due to amount of ideas around you, whereas some groups may lack this because of disagreements etc. 

While making the small models of the bridge, i mainly only used folding and not really experimented with ripping and twisting etc - lots of other ways to make the model more interesting. I think i was not as creative because it was a new environment for me and my mind set was different to how i normally work.  

I reckon this was one was one of my weaker subject. Having said that i learnt most importantly a different way for a starting point and enjoyed the group work in particular. 

One of the most interesting work was in day 1 where we drew a random squiggle for example and we had to turn it into a product of some sort. this was very new to me and i understand how products have lots of starting points and refining before a polished final product. This activity gave me lots of different ways to work if i was stuck with ideas. This technique can help me gain more ideas and ultimately a better finished product. "There are no reasons why a kettle can not look like an elephant" as Geoff my tutor says. : )  

3DD day 3 Spagheettttiiiiii and Balllsssss

The last day we had to form a structure using spaghetti in order to hold 3 balls above the surface. This time  however i planned a little bit more. we worked differently than the other day, this time i used my sketchbook to plan the structure first unlike the models of the bridge where i went straight into 3D work. I prefer this way  because it gives me more of an idea, i tend to be more creative on paper first as well.

In my sketchbook i done a series of really quick rough sketches, seeing shapes, scale, pattern, support and more then slowly refining them to a more realistic structure for holding the balls.

Quick sketching allows me to experiment, go more crazy in the beginning and refine it down. Even coming up with unrealistic impossible ideas helps me think of the final result, for example i may like a specific part of a design which may be added to the final idea.  

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During the making of this structure, i didn't realise how fragile and weak the spaghetti was and some changes were made to the design. i developed platforms to be cross hatched and layered so that the support is much more stronger and stable for the balls to sit on. Also by combining 3 or 4 spaghetti helped the strength of he structure, i did this to those who are connected to the ground which then gave the it a much stronger base and better rigidity. 

To try and stand out, i tried to make this model more slanted and unrealistic looking, kind of bringing in the idea of breaking laws of physics as structure and building are usually symmetrical due to the centre of gravity etc.

I chose to create a strucutre that the balls will be on a level, so there are 3 levels on my structure, this cretes a better centre of gravity eventhough the building is slanted.

Having built the structure, i tried turning upside down and on its side, and this has worked rather well. The structure looks rather nicely quite geometric on its side.
By placing a figure it show thje scale of the sturcuture or building, it automatically is refered as something architectual.

After making this, we were to provide this structure with protection to stop it from being destryoed later on by a basketball. The material allowed was only paper. My initial idea was to fold them into quite rigid stiff paper and slot them in between joints of the spaghetti. This didnt turn out well - my strucutre collapsed as the paper was pushing against the spaghetti with to much force. I only ended up with this....................

This was poor, but i have learnt from this mistake.

It is always good to find a function, instead of placing balls on the structure which isnt very commercially effective, by placing different items onto my structure i can discover what it can potential be. eg. a phone stand. This structure can then be refined to a much smaller scale which would be more propiate for it to sell in the market.

I like the amount of contrast the room had with all other strucutres. The bright colour balls contrast and for some part they seem like they are floating in mid air. The colours clash give a rather dramactic effect in my views. 

3DD Day 2

As a group we decided that function was most important here as it has to deliver the car to the other end otherwise it would be a fail, therefore we concentrated on functionality and the stable structure first then aesthetics. We considered the main platform to be a large curve which stretched from one end to the other, at first we were going to just use tape, and soon realised it would be too fragile too support the car. Therefore i came up with the idea of building a structure within the cardboard, by using bamboo and creating a cross internal structure with create a much solid surface for the car to run on. This worked.

After we built the platform, we began to think about aesthetics, having the platform being a curve, we thought of something more angular for a slight contrast. the main support its in the middle of the bridge where 2 bamboo poles are attached to the bridge. We then slowly build the angular shapes on top and sides. for the barrier so the car doesn't fall off, we used tape as this gave more suspension and less rigidity than bamboo, the tension that the tape gives will allow the car to drive through more smoothly.

       

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3DD Day 2

Today after a talk on 3D design, i learnt how so many parts of design overlap each other and the importance of collaboration. Lots of design subjects are sometimes needed in order to create a product, for example a 3D designer may require a graphic designer for packaging advertisement etc. I also learnt how designers may have done fine art for a degree and end up doing something rather different, e.g. some architect may have came from a fine art background. i think this helps the conceptual of a building and the mind set of a fine artist can bring a unique look for a building - thinking outside the box.

Afterwards we were to make small models of bridges and see how they can be structured formed or shaped,  this may help my group in the afternoon forming a bridge that a remote control car will have to get across a 2.5 metres gap.
We therefore have lots of small models which we can pick maybe certain parts out which are more interesting for the bigger scale bridge, so that the bridge will have a combination of good ideas from the group. (Collaborate)


Theses are my conceptional, rather abstracted small models.



Conceptual ideas of bridges, using folds and score lines to create sharp, unusual shape for a bridge. Bridges doesn't have to be straight !

 
Experimenting with curves and cylindrical structure, bridges can be as very simple and functions well, however for me its about aesthetics, also being different and standing out as well as functioning.


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3DD day 1

In the afternoon, we created a structure or a form of anything really - something we can sit, stand, lean on. In the beginning i didn't take these into mind, i created shapes i liked and refined them later on. It was not till the last minute when we nearly finished i decided what to do, and it turn out to be a rather strong supportive structure.

This was the first idea, the person will sit or lean on the straight side with 2 legs, however this didn't work a it was rather fragile, i took all apart and re-rolled the legs to a much neater, tighter in order to make it stronger. Also i added an extra leg so that the pressure are less on the cardboard.

Really the pressure is only at the back of this structure, the front doesn't really play a part in its functions, but improves the aesthetics - it complete the shapes.

The feeling was rather solid and supportive due to the neatly rolled triangular prism. influenced by the chocolate packaging Tomblerone.
It was a good structure to lean on similar to the ones on the tube. This is the final product >










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3DD day 1

after the drawing a sketching session, we were to make a platform or stand to hold a water bottle 20cm above surface, we were given 1 piece of A1 paper, and masking tape.

Fist i wanted to make it look more exciting , i concentrated on the graphics and aesthetic of this stand first. because we are doing structures and similar to architect, triangles are very popular as it is one of the strongest shapes therefore i was influenced by this on the graphics.

Experimenting the mixture of blue and orange markers contrast with shot of greens. 

Building the inside to provide suspension and suport for the structure, this increases the chance of holding th bottle. Using cone shaped create bounce effect and the the bottle's weight will be more evenly distruputed throughtout the structure. The outside layer contains graphics which imporves the aethectics of this holder, and the inside provides functionalilty. 

The Momment Of Truth ...................................................................................................

Success ! : D : ) : P

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