Graphic Reflection

While taking ID 205 the Visual Communication course I learned a lot that will help me improve my skills for my future in the Interior Design field. This course was a great way from me to improve my sketching skills and I learned a number of different techniques that have helped me understand and accomplish many of my renderings. When I first started this course my biggest challenge was sketching, it was difficult for me to add in shade and shadows, to understand the points of perspective drawings like the horizon lines and vanishing points, and to add value to our sketches. Each week for this course we were assigned three different sketches by doing this every week my sketches had improved because the consistent practice of this trait really developed my sketching skills. I was also able to grow in my rendering skills. When we first began rendering I just believed it to be a simple use of color but value, shade, and the stroke of the color is very important. By adding rendering to our projects and our weekly assignment I discovered different methods that allowed my 2D sketches to show depth and become a better representation of the space they were portraying. All our projects during this course first started out with the use of a grid, before this course I had never used a grid to draw out any of my past perspectives. By using these grids I am now able to accurately draw a one or two point perspective of an existing or non-existing space.  The grid really helped with making sure all furniture, fixtures, windows, doors, and other items in the space were angled and portioned correctly. I believe that my biggest success in this class was being able to improve my sketching skills and I was able to do this with simple techniques. Everything I learned throughout this course will be a great benefit to my interior design future.