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Issu - Online Book

https://issuu.com/nikosladedsdn101/docs/nikoslade_dsdn101_p1_book_export

The link I have attached takes you to my first version of my online book that showcases the drawings and exercises completed as part of DSDN 101′s Project ‘Identify and Transform’. I am quite pleased with how it is at the moment but recognize there are a few typos and layout issues in need of fixing. Taking inspiration from my research performed in a PBA (refer to earlier blog post), I have kept my book design simple, which compliments my drawing style well. 

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This exercise was titled ‘In the Style Of’ and required us to recreate our Analyse/Draw subject in one of four styles assigned to us by our tutors. I was given the ‘Lego TV Remote’ style (as shown in the first image) and had to draw my phone in this style. This is one of my favourite drawings I have completed as part of this project. It fits in well with my apparent drawing style which is simple, clean lines. As one can see, I have used straight geometry and an isometric view to draw this piece. I also got to experiment with colour for the first time which really helped to accurately reflect the style I was assigned.

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Here is my final version of the homework exercise titled ‘Just Do It’. For this exercise, we had to recreate Nike’s promotional poster (as shown in the first image) using things from our own lives. While this is not my favourite or best drawing from this project, I did learn about line consistency and its importance. Part of the exercise included taking note of possible strategies and elements Nike used in their promotional poster. What I noticed in their drawing is everything is balanced and in proportion. The drawings are simple and have the same line weights, making the poster appear very clean. Therefore, I tried to incorporate these things into my own drawing but am unsure as to how successful I was. 

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The above image is a scan of my Abstraction drawing. For the Abstraction exercise, I had to take my Analyse/Draw piece and abstract it using techniques covered in lectures and tutorials. My Abstraction drawing is greatly influenced by the neoplasticism style, using straight geometry and high contrast as abstraction elements. I played around with an ‘exploded’ view of the side profile of my phone and phone case, separating the case, phone and front cover in my drawing. I also incorporated a reflection type effect, with the mirror line being diagonal through the centre of my phone in the drawing, making my Abstraction appear balanced and harmonious. 

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The above image is a high quality scan of the ‘What Am I Drawing?’ exercise I did as part of DSDN 101. These images and their measurements are what I will use as a guide for drawing a more accurate and precise version of my Analyse/Draw piece. By having these measurements, I will be able to concentrate on scale and keeping everything in proportion to each other.

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The above images are high quality scans of my ‘Identity’ and ‘Parts Of My World’ drawings. I am pretty happy with how they turned out. I really tried taking into consideration the consistency of my lines and thought about where it made more sense to use thicker pigment liners to make my drawings pop. Both drawings are clean and simple which I like and incorporate the design principles of balance and contrast. However, my one criticism would be that my Identity drawing’s composition is a bit thoughtless but I must remember this was the first drawing I did as part of DSDN 101. Therefore, I hope that my future drawings show more thought and progression from my first drawings. 

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The images above are a few inspirations for potential book layouts. I really liked the simplicity of these layouts, particularly the black and white ones. These all keep Gestalt’s Rules for Grouping in mind, especially regarding alignment, similarity and consistency. As most of my drawings are black and white, I find the first two styles appropriate for a potential book layout. However, if I did want to add a bit of colour, I am particularly interested in the last style. There isn’t an overload of colour but the way the colours are placed over the black and white images creates a nice contrast.

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In The Style Of

I was given the “Lego TV Remote” style to recreate my Analyse/Draw drawing. The style is very simplistic, using mostly primary colours (red, yellow, blue), much like the colours of standard Lego bricks. The view is isometric and ‘exploded’ to show the different elements to the object and plays with the idea of adding/ removing these elements. Overall, the style has a very playful nature to it but at the same time is rather informative. 

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Scale/Abstract

For my abstraction drawing, I am going to use basic geometry and play around with the scale of my object. Much of my inspiration comes from the Neoplasticism style, but I may also look at incorporating elements of Orphism. I have had suggestions in regards to using shading to emphasize contrast which I should take into consideration in order to successfully complete my abstraction drawing.  

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Homework was to draw a 3 x 3 storyboard showing a change over time. I picked a candle melting as my observation. The drawing is rather simple but uses basic geometry for the candle shape, playing with symmetry and asymmetry as the candle changes form from frame to frame. I would like to try and add more detail to make the drawing a bit more exciting but believe it gets the point across regardless.

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Here is a higher quality scan of part two of Analyse/Draw. We were tasked with creating a more accurate and ‘to scale’ version of our chosen object based off the true dimensions. Made a few adjustments/ additions such as making the indent in my phone case more obvious through playing around with the concentration of dots. Overall, I think this drawing is an improvement from part one, even if the changes were rather minor.

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Got the opportunity to play around more with textures and using pigment liners as part of DSDN 101′s Analyse/Draw task. The above images are a before and after, demonstrating how simple lines and dots can be used to create textures. Pretty pleased with how it turned out!

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The photos above are the before and after of the two drawings I was tasked with as part of the DSDN 101 - Design Visualisation course (apologies for the low quality images - I plan on scanning and uploading the final drawings at a later date.) I am not especially experienced in drawing but found some enjoyment in seeing how a rather rough and bland pencil sketch can come to life with the use of pigment liners. Knowing which size liner to use and how to texturize an object is something I am still reasonably new to. However, I hope that the more drawings I complete, the better I will get. 

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First task as part of DSDN 101 - Design Visualisation! Each member of the class had to write down three ‘superpowers’: Something they are good at, something they enjoy doing and something they want to get better at. From there, these superpowers were shuffled and handed out and members of the class were challenged to create symbols to represent the three ‘superpowers’ of a fellow classmate. The final part of the task was to take someone’s three symbols and create a new language which would be used to spell their name. Using the symbols shown in image #2, I created a language that fused the English alphabet and symbols Otis provided together. With reference to image #3, the “T” in “Otis” and “Petersen” resembles that of a bare tree, symbolic of Sandra’s enjoyment of nature. The task goes to show the importance of design in regards to communicating an idea and emphasizes the developmental process of design.