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Introduction

What is design?

That was the one question we were asked as new

students within the design eld. Design is many things; it

is creative, it is innovation--a process and a way of

thining.

There were many times where we came accross the

contention between art and design. What maes themdifferent? Art is subjective and for its creator. Design, on

the other hand, is for the users.

This boo documents most of my projects and my

process as a design student from the rst day I waled into

Ashays studio. It also serves as the nal project. I would

also lie to note that this is my rst time using InDesign to

create any sort of boo. Ashay showed us how to do the

basic formats for pages and margins but other than that

everybody was pretty much on their own.

I am proud and thanful, especially to Ashay and my peers

for teaching me so much and showing me that the cognitive

and design process is sometimes more important than what

may result from it.


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Table of Contents

Projects

Paper

Color

Clay

Abstract Composition

Platonic Solids

Sewers & the X, Y, and Z Planes

Interaction

Poster Compositions

Charcoal Setches

Pen & Marer Setches

Setching Shadows

Team Setches

Natural Pattern

Collage

Plaster

Photography

Screen Printing

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PAPER

Project I


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Paper Study

As we progressed through the study A-

shay wanted us to learn different shad-

ing techniques. In order to do so, we

used acrylic paint and the primary colors.

I tried different shading techniques lie

cross-hatching and lightly brushing the

paint on. I thin the red and blue are most

successful as yellow was way too bright.


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Paper Study

This study was assigned to us at the very beginning of the year. The as-

signment was to tae a sheet of regular paper and explore its proper-

ties. What I wanted to explore was the exibility of the paper and curves.

Ashay also wanted us to setch what we made from a birds

eye view with pencil and shading on an 8 x 8 bristol board.

The most challenging part in the project was getting the dimensions of the

object accurately onto the paper and getting the shading dar enough.


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Paper Study

After having more ex-

perience in shading andcolor, Ashay wanted

us to paint what we

had sketched in three

colors instead of one.

I chose green and yellow

on a magenta bacground

because they contrast-

ed each other nicely.

Green and purple are

complementary colors.

For this second painting

the study was to explore

another aspect of the

composition. I was inter-

ested in seeing how the

shadows would appear

if they were inversed.


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Project II

COLOR


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Color

A color cube seems more interesting to me than a regular color wheel.

This particular project was to help us understand the harmony of color bet-

ter. We were to recreate the color wheel with acrylics. This was per-

haps one of the most challenging assignments because blending was very

difcult. I had to redo much of the cube and even now it is not perfect.


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Color

For these two, the assign-ment was to create a color

illusion, using two contrast-

ing colors and a mid-range

color to create the false im-

age that the mid-range color

is two different colors, when

in fact they are the same.

I made two because I felt

that the rst one was not

clear enough because I

made the mistae of add-

ing a bacground of orange.That taes away from the or-

ange within the red and yel-

low. The second one I feel

is more successful as the

pins stand out more as two

seemingly different colors.


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Project III

CLAY


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Clay

I did not have much experience in woring with clay so this project really helped me under-

stand the properties of clay. It too some time for me to get used to the texture of clay. I new

that it was important to wor with the qualities of the material, so what I wanted to explore

was movement and uidity as it seemed to be a natural tendency of clay to curve and bend.


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Clay

Above is a poster we did re-garding the idea behind our

tile. Mine was movement

so waves portrayed it well.

Below is a second clay

object where the fo-

cus was on simplicity.


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Project IV

ABSTRACT COMPOSITION

The following are photographs I too of a clay mod-

el I made. The purpose of these photographs is to

demonstrate a woring nowledge of abstract pho-tography within natural or manmade settings. Most

of the photographs were taen in common settings.


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Project V

PLATONIC SOLIDS


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Platonic Solids

We started learning about the platonic

solids which form the foundation for all

shapes. Our assignment was to create the

solids from chipboard. Each edge had to be

2. This was difcult because we had to ac-

count for the thicness of the chipboard.

Our abstract cube assignment was to force us

to thin of structure and space differently.


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Project VI

SkEWERS

&

THE X, Y & Z PLANES


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Sewers

For this project we had to explore the different dimensions

of space, such as the x, y and z planes. We were given bam-

boo sewers and no glue was allowed. I placed my origin in

the center because i felt that would give it the most balance.


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Sewers

After maing my object I made an interpretive setch of it.


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Interactive Toy

After exploring the x, y and z planes our next project was to create an inter-

active toy that consisted of those planes. I struggled with an idea for days,

and after coming up with unsuccessful ideas I decided to go bac on previ-

ous wors for inspiration. After much thought I discovered that the octahedron,

if rearranged, can form two tetrahedrons. This became the basis for my object.


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Interactive Toy

The completed octahedron made from wood

and metal rods held together by nuts and bolts.

Each side is 6 long with eye screws holding the rods in place.


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Interactive Toy

Besides breaing into two tetrahedrons the octahedron can form many other shapes.


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Interactive Toy

Setches of the toy

Computer models created using Setch Up


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POSTER COMPOSITION OF

INTERACTION

Project VIII


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Composition

For this project our assignment was to mae a poster representation of our in-

teractive toy. The poster composition had to show interaction and had to por-

tray the idea behind the toy. It could not be a literal translation. What I noticed

about my object was how the planes interacted. I wanted to portray that so I

drew two planes crossing each on a axis, which on my toy represented an edge.


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Composition

I was unsure of how I wanted to color it soby recommendation I made some tests rsts.


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Composition

This was a second interpretation of my toy. I wanted to portray move-

ment in this one. The bars going down represent that movement.


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Project IX

SkETCHING:

CHARCOAL


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Charcoal


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Charcoal


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Charcoal


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Charcoal


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Charcoal


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Project X

SkETCHING:

PEN & MARkER


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Pen & Marer


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Pen & Marer


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Project XI

SHADOW SkETCHING


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Shadows

For this excercise we learned about shadows and creating them porportion-

ally to the object rather than just simply coloring in a random dar spot.


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Shadows

We were taught how to draw thehorizon lines and our light source to

accurately measure the shadows.

Ashay also mention that

adding a dark background

to the lighter shades mae

them stand out more.


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Shadows

We also drew shadows for different objects such

as this cylinder. This was more difcult as the el-

lipses were more challenging than simple squares.


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Shadows

In addition with cylinders, we wored with

cones. I did not nd these as challengiing

as the cylinders. I also learned that there

is a slight reection along the edge of

the cone because it has a curved surface.

We were also encouraged to

explore other shapes. I de-

cided to combine a cone

with a sphere to see if I can

shade a more complex shape.


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Shadows

At the beginning of this excercise I did not now how to nd the shad-

ow of a sphere but this excercise has taught me how to calculate it.


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Project XII

TEAM SkETCHES


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Setches

For this assignment we were to wor as a class to mae a large composition of a light shin-ing down on an object. Each person got a different cube on the grid and we had to all

wor together to gure out the same dimensions to use. It was hard because many peo-

ple had differing ideas and this project showed us how important team wor can be.


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Each person was given three strips of a piece of a photograph and we were to enlarge

them porportionally. At the end of the project we put all of our images together to

form a huge projection of the original photo. It was interesting to see how each per-

son interpreted their strips differently and how each person shaded things differently.

Setches


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Project XIII

NATURAL PATTERN


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Natural Pattern

Our assignment over the brea was to analyze how our thining has changed

and any examples of that. In my letter to Ashay I wrote that I noticed how

my thining is different since I began paying more attention to structures on

buildings and more detail to buildings at home that I had never noticed beforethis year. It really surprised me at rst but I am glad that I see things differ-

ently. In particular, when I was waling past a patio table on a rainy day in an

outside plaza, I stopped. What I saw on the table captured my attention. The

rain had formed water puddles and droplets on the table that was quite inter-

esting in pattern. I pointed it out to my friend who was with me and she did

not thin the same, and at that point I realized that my thining has changed.

For this composition I derived two words from my experience over winter brea:

natural pattern. At rst my instinct was to go with plant leaves or something

off of that, but then the assignment was not suppose to be a literal translation.

I began woring with curves and organic shapes and I came up with a topo-

graphic-lie composition. The gradation of color also gives it a tunnel-lie loo.


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Natural Pattern


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COLLAGE

Project XIV


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Collage

For this collage, I wanted to portray depth and perspective, so I used pictures

that had lines so that they can converge and create a focal point. I also want-

ed to give the collage a scenic feel, lie something youd see in a landscape por-

trait, so I went for trees and mountains. I lie how the people in the picture provide

a sense of direction for the collage, leading the viewers eye towards the focal point.


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Collage


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PLASTER

Project XV


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Plaster


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Plaster

This was one of my rst experiences with plaster.

It was very difcult at rst to get the consistency

of the mix right and wor quic enought so that

it doesnt harden on you too quicly. Another lim-

it I had was that there was no turning back once

the plaster thicened, and that adding water did

nothing to stop it. I thought this was interesting

as it forced me to actually wor within the time

limits and push myself. Plaster cannot form a

shape and structure on its own; it taes on what-

ever quality of the material you are using it with.

For this particular piece of plaster, I used burlap

and a triangular piece of cardboard. I wanted to

see if I could get the plaster and burlap to hold

the piece of cardboard upright. It was difcult

to get the shape to stand when it was wet, but

once dried, the object held its shape very well.


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Plaster

For this next piece, I was exploringstrength and dexterity of plaster

forms. Again, I used burlap. This

time, I wanted to create some-

thing that had volume, similar to

that of a tunnel. I wrapped the

burlap dipped in plaster around it-

self but found that it was difcult

to get it to stay in a cylindrical

shape, so I propped up the ends

with two cardboard toilet papers

rolls. It held the burlap up, creat-

ing a space between the two endsand an organic curvature shape,

which I thought was interesting.


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PHOTOGRAPHY

Project XVI


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Photography


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SCREEN PRINTING

Project XVII


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Screen Printing

I had never wored with screen printing before, so I was very excit-

ed. At the same time, I new nothing about the screen printing pro-

cess, and all I new about scren printing was that they use it to mae shirts.

The rst part of this group project was to gure out a design. kyle cam

up with the slogan and I decided that the words should loo lie squirts of

glue to t with the theme. Ash did the cut out part, and I did the trac-

ing. It was nice to be able to wor as a group and come together with our ideas.

The most challenging aspect was getting the hang of screen printing, espe-

cially lining up all the words and pictures so that the match. There were manysteps and it was not something that we could rush on. Adding the paint was by

far the most nerve racing experience because if we mess up there was no

turning bac. Screen printing also taught me that little mistaes are oay,

and as long as you play it off lie it was intentional, people wont notice.


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