Bagel With an "N"

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Viscomm Side Views of Cars

Here's my first attempts at cars. Learned some interesting things from the previous assignment in busses that I tried to apply here to communicate form a bit more and get my sketches to become a bit more loose. I big thing in changing is being too conservative. I admire those that just let it go and dont think too much like I do. I think there's a definitely a balance, but it helps a lot to get some interesting shapes, lines, and form evolving out of a loose style.

Viscomm 3/4 Front Views of Busses

The simple fact is, a side view of a drawing only communicates so much. I found it interesting to try and communicate the same forms in 3/4 front views. The process was simple, but the forms in my humble opinion were difficult to figure out. In hindsight I think i could have explored these shapes more and done a much better job with showing the form via contour lines, etc. 1st attempt, and the future designs will take what i've learned and apply it better.

Viscomm Foam Forms

First attempt at getting a piece of foam and carving out what I thought looked like a cool form. It's an interesting process of using an exacto blade and then sanding it. What I learned was that dull blades add a cruddy looking surface. But it helps you when you create a drawing of a a shape and relate how the light hits it to describe the overall form.