Posts

Research

Contour Line Weight

For this exercise, we had to make three different stencils using the outer contour of everyday items and made a composition with them using multiple different line weights. I used a keychain, carabiner, and my uniquely-shaped AirPods case. In my final product of the exercise, I tried experimenting with what compositions I could make with my stencils while also using different line weights to accentuate different things.

Planes, Curves, Layering

We practiced drawing different types of planes and layering them in this exercise. We also had to practice drawing curves. I had a hard time drawing curves at first because I didn’t quite understand how to make it look correct, but I definitely got better through practicing in this exercise.

Bottles & Shapes Diorama

In this exercise, we made vases using ellipses and perspective techniques. We learned that the ellipses in the vases grow thinner or thicker depending on where your eye level is. The ellipses get thinner the closer it is to your eye level and thicker the further up or down it is. This exercise was pretty fun and also helpful, introducing us to working with eye level and perspective techniques.

Mood/Inspiration Board

In my inspiration board, I put a lot of furniture and different items that I was inspired by or that I wanted to included in my space. I tried including pieces that were architecturally interesting but still in line with my personal style. However, I didn’t end up using everything that I included, like the coffee machine or arched door.

 

Iterations

Grid

I knew I wanted a room that was on the larger side, so I chose my dimensions to be 15×13 feet. Our studio spaces were allowed to have up to 200 square feet and my dimensions gave me 195 square feet. Also, I switched to a larger piece of drawing paper, which gave me more space to put my vanishing points further away to open up my space more.

Rough Draft #1

To start, I put a piece of tracing paper over my grid and started brainstorming a rough layout of my studio space. I did not put any detail in and just used blocks or rough sketches to map out where I wanted to put everything in my space. I was also focusing on the height and amount of space that each object would take up.

Rough Draft #2

With this draft, I began turning the rough shapes in the actual forms of the furniture that I was envisioning. I was still just sketching, but did enough to make each object distinguishable as it’s own.

 

Production

Final Draft

For my final draft, I cleaned up everything from my previous drafts by using a straight edge to straighten the lines. Also, I added in all the extra little details, like pencils or the loft railing. I made sure to either use pen or darken up my lines with pencil so I could still see everything when I use the light table to draw my final product.

Using the Light Table

In this photo, I am using the light table to complete final product. I layered my grid and final draft under the piece of drawing paper that I used for my final. I also made sure to tape all of the papers together so they wouldn’t shift while I was tracing.

 

Final Product

This is a photo of my final product. I decided to use a very thin Micron pen to draw the final, because I think it gives a cleaner look. Also, the drawing paper that I used was not completely white, so I edited the photo to make it look cleaner and more black and white.

 

Link to Portfolio Piece: Perspective

 

Research/Exercises

Point, Line, Plane

‘

During this exercise, we did multiple compositions focusing on one principle within a five minute time span. This exercise was very helpful, because I didn’t have time to overthink about how I was making the compositions and was able to practice focusing on multiple, different principles of design.

For this exercise, we had to find shapes within a composition that we made with circles, squares, and triangles. Then, we had to use a line and dot to make those shapes look dynamic or static. The photo to the far left shows what shapes and compositions made the unique shapes that I used for the final product of the exercise. The two photos next to it are my cardstock and digital compositions of the first part of this exercise. I made a mistake when creating my shapes, making concave shapes when we were supposed to make convex shapes. Also, I struggled a lot with my precision when cutting out the four 8×8 squares for this exercise. Learning what I needed to improve on from the critique and practicing my precision with cutting really helped me when redoing this exercise and even when making the final product.

These photos show the process and product of my redo of the previous exercise. When first doing this exercise, I thought the lines could only be straight. However, after challenging the definition of a line, I learned that the lines could be curved and even implied. I began by cutting out different shapes and types of lines, then pairing them together to see what makes my shapes either static or dynamic.

Iterations

To brainstorm for the final product, I created ten different compositions on tracing paper and three different ones on Adobe Illustrator. After going through and seeing with ones had a better composition and more unique shapes, I chose one of the iterations that I made on paper to use for my final.

 

Concept Statement

The title of my piece is “Conjoining.” The main principle of my piece is unity. I decided on this title and principle for my piece, because each shape needs each other to visualize the implied shapes within the composition. Also, I can see all of the shapes coming together towards the center, hence why I chose my title to be a verb about combining.

 

Production

To start the cardstock portion of the final product, I measured out my shapes in their original form and used those numbers to scale up the shapes double the size. I created my scaled-up composition on a piece of scrap paper and cut out all of the shapes to create stencils. After labeling which shapes were going to be black, I used the shapes to trace onto black cardstock, cut them out using a blade and a pair of scissors, and glued them onto white cardstock. I completed the digital composition beforehand and was able to use that as an additional reference when scaling up.

 

Final Product

 

These two photos are my final products, the digital on the left and cardstock version on the right. I decided to label my piece, “Conjoining,” and listed the principle as unity. I originally had the principle as variety when I was doing my iterations. In the iteration, I listed variety since all of the shapes are jumbled together in a cluster. However, I changed it after seeing how each shape in the composition needs each other to complete each other, a characteristic that I associate with unity.

Link to Portfolio Piece: Shape Grammar

“Good/Bad” Design Exercise

Three “Good Design” Articles 

1. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/bad-design-vs-good-design-5-examples-we-can-learn-frombad-design-vs-good-design-5-examples-we-can-learn-from-130706 -Examples of good and bad design  
2. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/dieter-rams-10-timeless-commandments-for-good-design –Explains the characteristics of good design (according to Dieter Rams) 
3. https://medium.com/nyc-design/good-design-vs-bad-design-decisions-1b95fb9deb7c –Compares good and bad design 

Good/ Bad Design Activity

Brainstorming

Body copy must contain (in any order you choose): 

1. short bio in a format that reflects you (paragraph, bullets, poem?) 
2. noteworthy information about you that you are willing to share 
3. A short reflection on design
4. What interests, excites, or sparks curiosity about the design process you hope to explore in this program

• name, background, inspiration
• majoring in Visual Communications Design 
• sophomore year 
• born in Edison, New Jersey  
• Indonesian American 
• Been in Ohio since kindergarten 
• Drawing since I was little  
• featured in school newspaper for art
• extracurricular activities: PERMIAS- former event coordinator, current Outreach & Service Officer, volleyball 
• Look for photos to include 

 

Draft

I am currently in my sophomore year at Ohio State University, majoring in Visual Communications Design. Furthermore, I am involved in PERMIAS, a student association here at OSU. I am the current Outreach & Service Officer and former Event Coordinator. Outside of college, I play volleyball for a local club. (added more detail after soft critique)

I was born in Edison, New Jersey, but moved to Canal Winchester, Ohio when I was five years old. Despite simply growing up in Ohio, I was raised bilingual. Both of my parents are from Manado, Indonesia, which in turn is why I was raised learning how to speak both Indonesian and English. I grew up learning both the American and Indonesian culture, which has exposed me to many different values and ways of living. 

(omitted the second paragraph in final draft to keep it centered on more relevant information)

As cliché as it sounds, I have been creating art and drawing for as long as I can remember. You may be wondering, “Then why did you choose design over art?” Despite still really enjoying art to this day, the problem-solving aspect of design is very intriguing to me. I love the idea of basically meshing art and engineering into one concept to create innovative and useful products or designs to help and guide people.  

I am excited to explore more about design as I progress through this program. Just in the first couple days of the first semester, I learned so many things about design that I was not aware of before. Despite being interested in design and art since I was a child, I have never decided to really put my full focus into my passion until now. I have always suppressed this passion of mine and thought of it as just a hobby. Finally embracing what I love to do is compelling and even more of a reason as to why I am excited to be here. 

Images

• insert photo of self, PERMIAS, previous work

(only included one photo in the final to keep the post more simple and sleek)

Welcome to u.osu.edu. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!