Cubes & Squares

When shading and coloring, I emptied C4 marker, so everything got a bit darker after that.

The position of the backgrounds are very important, both to unify the sketches and to make something appear to be stationary or floating (like in the bottom-right sketch).

Unity in sketches

I started with blue pencil, just sketching away with different perspectives and shapes, not thinking at all about positioning, so I came pretty close to the edges of the paper, making it hard to use a border. Furthermore I used backgrounds which highlight the individual sketches, but don't unify the whole paper. Especially with the USB sticks, which are far apart, this is a big problem. Initially I tried to solve it with the positioning of the text, but as became apparent from the feedback in class, it is better to use a frame and/or bigger backgrounds. Also, I think that it might be wise to have an idea about where to place the different sketches beforehand.

Third Vanishing Point

In some of the sketches I used the third vanishing point a little more than in others, but I think that when the sketch is interesting enough and there is a lot going on, it is unnecessary to overcomplicate the sketch by adding the third vanishing point. In 'Boring' sketches with simple shapes and little detail, the third vanishing point can be a tool to make things a little more interesting. So maybe I should have used it a little stronger with the modems (top image).

product sketch try + feedback

After today's lecture I started working on product sketches from the brainstorms.

Ways of displaying data for the health club staff.

Close-Up

Feedback:
When sketching to compare products, shapes, forms etc. it is wise to not give the sketches color, because then the colors will make the decision biased (e.g., when someone's favorite color is used). I do feel that when the color is useful for the sketch or when it explains how something works (like with the color changing shoe in the first photo) it should be used. But for comparison it is better to give the best few sketches an outline and a background.

In the future (in fact, for the next homework assignment) I will use the outline/background method when sketching to find the right form, shape, interaction etc. When it is needed or when the color is specified beforehand (e.g., company colors) I will use the same color for all the sketches.


N.B.
As mentioned, I didn't use different colors for the next homework assignment, but my C4 Copic marker was empty just before finishing my first sketch, so I had to experiment with the shading a bit. Pictures will be posted after the lecture on May 22th, because I haven't had time to take (good, well-lit) photos.

Health Club Scene

First the Health Club scene I made in the first lecture. 

And below my second attempt, which was homework for the class of May 9th. I tried to keep the setup as similar as possible, to be able to compare the two. 

And some pictures of the process...

 

I had some trouble getting the feet and hands to work, but I learned that different types of sketches require different levels of quality. An exploratory sketch, which is not used to sell anything, can have these little imperfections, as long as it gets the message across.
So as much as it bothers me that a hand or foot is not perfect, the whole picture still communicates what I want to communicate, so it is OK. Plus, as practice makes perfect, I will one day be able to draw extremities with the best of them.

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