1. Lines, Triangles, Planes in perspective and a sketches of Alarm clocks Assignment Prompt - Turn in one great page of light to dark line, One page of triangles, One page of Planes in perspective, A sketch of each one of the three clocks in this video.
Learning Objectives - All great sketching start form good construction lines Once the Straight Line is mastered the rest will come much easier. Sketching an hour a day will improve skills immensely. Sketching well is not something you are born with but something that must be practiced.
Tools Used - Pencil for under-sketch then applied pen over the pencil.
Improvements - straightness of lines, sketching a good plane in perspective with less effort.
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2. Plane modulation Assignment Prompt - Five pages of plane modulation and a sketch of the Braun Radio.
Learning Objectives - One and two point perspective. Translating forms into different perspectives. This was super valuable in speeding up ideation phase on studio projects.
Tools Used - Pencil Pen and forPencil under-sketch then applied pen over the pencil.
Improvements - Straigwhter lines leading to vanishing point.
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3. Rocking chair Assignment Prompt - Construct three view of the Charles and Ray Eames fiber glass rocking chair.
Learning Objectives - How to construct a underlying form to then sketch a chair (or any other product) over the form. Also a huge help in speeding up sketching and ideation phase.
Tools Used - Pencil for under-sketch then applied pen over the pencil.
Improvements - Getting consistent proportions at different angles and viewpoints.
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4. DashCam Assignment Prompt - Your deliverables for both the N2 Pro and X3 models will be as follows: Front three quarter perspective, back three quarter perspective, Orthographic View of Front or Back of product.
Learning Objectives - Constructing ellipses and integrating them into a product.
Tools Used - Pen and Pencil.
Improvements - Better Scans and keep track of sketches incase a rescan is needed.
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5. Structural Packaging Sketching Assignment Prompt - Your deliverables will be a refined version of the Similac Packaging, the Head-n-Shoulder bottle, plus one other package of your choice from the files posted in the file folder Packaging Objects Sketch Reference.
Learning Objectives - Understanding how curved forms come together to make a user friendly product. Great opportunity to combine all the previous techniques we learned to use, sketching and shading ellipses, cones, spheres, and other objects with curves remembering to darken contour liens.
Tools Used - Pen and trace paper.
Improvements - More defined contour lines.
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6. Portable Cooler Assignment Prompt - Your assignment is to draw the Trailmate Cooler. You will analyze the product taking note of the various features and functions to enhance your understanding of the products geometry architecture. Identify the foundational shapes that make up the object. For example, the main storage volume, wheel size and placement, lids, and handle.
Learning Objectives - Studying the geometry of a complex object with many moving parts. Good to practice sketching these parts and seeing the care-fullness of designing a product like this.
Tools Used - Pen and trace paper.
Improvements - More time on thumbnail sketches to better understand each part of the product.
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7. TC 100 Assignment Prompt - Construct ONE cup from the set in perspective. Do an orthographic set of one tea cup (Top ,Front ,Side) Have one shaded view in pencil. Do a Photoshop render of one side view of the TEACUP. In addition, have a shaded cone, cube, cylinder and a sphere (one page total).
Learning Objectives - Sketching all the circular properties of the teat cup at different perspectives.
Tools Used - Pen and pencil and Photoshop to render.
Improvements - Ellipses, keeping proportions correct when the perspective skews what is visible to the eye.
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In Class Assignment - Hiking Boot Assignment Prompt - Create a Photoshop rendering of the attached image. Make as photorealistic as you can. Use brush presets to create stitching. Use custom texture to simulate material Add branding. Add the context in the background.
Learning Objectives - Applying textures and using the warp tool to make rends much more realistic. Also good to get to know the dodge and burn tool .
Tools Used - Photoshop: warp, dodge, burn, pen, and paths.
Improvements - Integration of product and background.
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8. Pantone chair Assignment Prompt - Constructed sketch of Pantone Chair, Shaded view, one above eye level and one below eye level, Constructed planer curved surface (three examples), Constructed compound curved surface (Two examples), Photoshop render of the Pantone chair.
Learning Objectives - Sketching abrupt and drastic curves and then applying them into a render.
Tools Used - Pen and pencil and Photoshop to render.
Improvements - Better understanding value change when shading in a sketch.
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9. Exploded view of a small appliance Assignment Prompt - Headphones: Shaded view with proper use of contour lines, One exploded view that shows how the object actually comes together, this should be a contour line drawing only. Do a version of exploded view using illustrator.
Learning Objectives - Understanding how to explain ideas to others through an exploded view, hand drawn and rendered.
Tools Used - Pen, pencil, and Illustrator.
Improvements - More detailed exploded view.
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10. Exploring IDEATION using illustrator Assignment Prompt - Create an ideation page for an object. Have the whole page full of “welldrawn” versions of the object. Think about it as a real project, where you have been assigned the task of designing this object. It can be a walkie talkie, travel mug, sewing machine, action CAM...or an object of your choice. This is not different views of one single object, but different variations of a product. Explore and be creative in designing these new iterations.
Learning Objectives - Going from ideation phase to a ‘mock’ production and advertisement was a fun experience and put lots of design thinking to work.
Tools Used - Pen, pencil, and Illustrator.
Improvements - More Ideation before going into the render.
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11. Rendering of a Backpack in Illustrator AND in Photoshop Assignment Prompt - Recreate this image of a backpack in illustrator and Photoshop.
Learning Objectives - Pros and cons of doing a render in Photoshop and Illustrator. Photoshop has the doge and burn tool which makes it easy to add value, but Illustrator had endless textures to make the render come to life.
Tools Used - Photoshop and Illustrator
Improvements - Choosing colors and textures that flow together better.
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12. Walkie Talkie rendering Assignment Prompt - Recreate a conceptual version of the image in Photoshop AND Illustrator.
Learning Objectives - Loosing up and creating a free form object which suggests the form of an object. Accomplishing this was difficult at first but a very good exercise in the end.
Tools Used - Photoshop and Illustrator.
Improvements - More throughout and consistent line weights.
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9. Practice Sketches Assignment Prompt - Sketching practice outside of class.
Learning Objectives - Sketching practice, 1 hour a day recommended. t
Tools Used - Pen and Pencil
Improvements - Sketch Mroe!
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1. Avocado Packaging Project Assignment Prompt - Design packaging for avocados to be shipped and displayed in a store.
Learning Objectives - Understanding the consideration and designing that must go into package and display design.
Material Restriction - paper.
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2. Cherry Tomato Packaging Project Assignment Prompt - Design packaging for cherry tomatoes for Plenty Food Bank.
Learning Objectives - Understanding the consideration and designing that must go into package and display design.
Material Restriction - Paper.
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3. Desk Assistant Assignment Prompt - Designing an organizer for you desk tailored to your needs.
Learning Objectives - Having fun designing for yourself for the last time in studio.
Material Restriction - Birch Ply Wood and sheet metal.
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4. Luminary Project Assignment Prompt - Design a luminary to be hung form the sealing for residential or commercial use.
Learning Objectives - Understating light, curves, material and how all their properties intermingle when creating a lighting fixture.
Material Restriction - LED strips, Birch veneer, and White Acrylic.
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1. BLANK AT VT Prompt - Design a logo for an art community at Virgina Tech.
Learning Objectives - All the ideation and iteration that go into making a logo.
Client - BLANK art club at Virgnia Tech
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2. SPARK AT VT Prompt - BLANK re-brands to Spark.
Learning Objectives - All the ideation and iteration that go into making a logo. This one was hard but really fun.
Client - Spark art club at Virgnia Tech
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3. Other logos Prompt - Logos that have yet to be finished.
Learning Objectives - All the ideation and iteration that go into making a logo.
Client - Street Dreams - Club at Virginia Tech, Noodle Head TV - YouTube Page, Taekwondo Club Logo
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4. Promotional Content Prompt - Logos Promo for different events like shirts, flayers, album covers etc.
Learning Objectives - Designing a wide range of products.
Client - Undiagnosed Tees, Zappy LLC, Deray, Mosich, Spark.
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