Assignment 8 Presentation

After six weeks of gathering information about Gothic architecture I was content to finally put all of it together. It was neat to build a seat and shelter that was inspired by a flower that resembled Gothic architecture. By picking out the flower's main elements of design and abstracting them, I started to imagine ways to create a space of relaxation. I gathered the main elements of design and started brainstorming ways that a seat could come from it, I sketched out all my ideas and then started developing sample models believing that it was going to be easy... it wasn't. The hardest part was bringing 2D sketches to 3D models. Trying to find materials that would twist and turn and stay in place was challenging but I kept exploring different elements and principles of design. By making them super complex then striping them down to being simple and finally my model was created. During all this I learned a lot about elements and principles of design and how I will actually use them during my project.

Sketch Journals 1-10

The above sketches shows my improvement with my sketching skills. When I first started off with contour lines I had little to no understanding on what I was suppose to be doing and as you can see from above my first sketch was pretty off. During these six weeks I saw myself getting better, what had caused this was taking mini sketch trips. These mini sketch trips really helped with explaining one and two point perspective, contour lines, and shading which drastically bettered my sketches. After understanding different types of sketches and practicing I noticed  that I was improving. My best  sketch is the last two point perspective because I used different shading Technics to show depth, spent time focusing on my vanishing points, and making sure that each line was headed the right way.

3D Study Models

While making these 3D study models I had a very difficult time bringing to life 2D sketches. I thought it would be helpful to sketch out and brainstorm different ways to make them into 3D objects. My flower and star models are not too abstracted and still very flat which was disappointing but it did help me learn to stay away from objects that are similar to what I was doing before. After a few more tries I was very pleased with the other models I had created. I really enjoyed seeing how the elements of designs on a 2D sketch appeared on 3D models.

Realistic and Abstract Sketches

I spent a long time on realistically drawing this flower that resembles Gothic architecture because of all the small details and repetitive characteristics. I wanted this sketch to make people imagine how the flower looks without having to see it, which I believe I accomplished and really enjoyed doing so. I chose this flower to represent Gothic architecture because of the way it draws your eyes upwards which most of Gothic artwork seemed to do. I also depict this flower from all of its angles to create smaller abstract representations of it.There are some images in my abstract sketches that I could have been able to make more unrecognizable and would have like to done better. The hardest part of these sketches were getting out of my comfort zone and having these items look more abstract.

Tesselation of Gothic Inspiration

While working on this image I was trying to stay with a split complementary color scheme using red-orange,blue, and green, there are points of the image that show some other colors but most of it went well. My favorite part is that all the photos are distorted and no specific figures can be pulled out of them but they all come together very nicely with the help of the color scheme. There are some white spots where all the photos did not connect correctly which is disappointing but the rest I am very pleased with. I distorted the images by using many different processes on Photoshop like filter gallery, puppet warp, and image adjustment to make the end product resemble Gothic architecture with sharp edges and different shades of blue,green, and red-orange. I arranged all images on InDesign, it was tough to find a good way to arrange all photos so that they were not overwhelming each other, this is my final product hope you enjoy.

Palouse Sketch

This photo of a barn in the Palouse area was interesting with the natural use of complimentary colors with the blue sky and orange field which makes it a beautiful image. I used Wacom on Illustrator to add in some fun components that bring out some important elements of design. The curved lines on the field and in the sky are outlined to be more visible that also helps to show rhythm through repetition and the add color shows asymmetrical balance in the image. Accomplishing these elements of design was what I did best in this piece of work and I enjoyed being able to show the elements. Next time I would like to see how this image looks if use the Wacom throughout the whole photo.