Introduction to Prop Design - Looking for fellow 'classmates'

[Giuliana Pappalardo]

I just finished the course and came up with a very very simple first prop idea, ‘cause is my very first time doing this and I wanted to start with a more simple structure to then do a more complicated project for my portfolio later on.

So my very simple idea was an Art Deco inspired lamp. I did 20 silhouettes and ended up choosing the more elongated lookin one.
I also tried to do the horto for an extra challenge, also because I have a lot of problems visualizing the objects in 3D so this helped a lot!
This is the final design, lights on and off. I am pretty happy with the result, structurally speaking, even if seeing all your super creative ideas made me want to try to realize a more complicated idea, so now I am even more motivated to do that ahaha

I am currently working on the rest of the prop ensemble, I’ll post that too as soon as I finish it!

[granger49]

Lots of great art here!
Here's where I ended up with this.

[robbery]

Great work. This is awesome.

[granger49]

@robbery thanks

[DaveLeekArt]

@PieterVanDerBeek I’m in love with your font haha. I need to add to my inventory in that department and I think I’ll start by stealing this one haha.

I assumed that since you were doing the vehicle design course that you had completed the prop design course already? Maybe you’re going at them in reverse or just a different order. I was looking forward to bringing a crew with me to the Character Design section of the Curriculum.

Have fun with the props! They were a bit challenging for me but beneficial for sure.

[PieterVanDerBeek]

@granger49 Really nice! Love the slickness and thin materials with the punched-out shapes! :-]

[PieterVanDerBeek]

@DaveLeekArt I finished my prop designs a while ago. Currently still occupied with the vehicle design class – going slow but steady. A little too early for me to start with character design already, but please go ahead, and I'll try and catch up! :-]

(FYI, the font is loosely based on a classic serif, Bodoni if I remember correctly...)

[Heather Boyd]

Prop Class finally started. So this collection will be around 1900s inspired but I still need to simplify it for children's picture books, which puzzles me a bit. But anyways,

[Heather Boyd]

Feedback requested!

I noticed my first step silhouettes had a bit more detail so I wasn't sure if I had actually made the second step thumbnail sketches with a few of them. So I added more detail and now I am unsure if this second step turned more into the third step.

Also I have a question for step 3 detailed sketch -I am working more with shape and less with outlines (lines -like comic/ Jake's style). Should I still follow Jake and make line art detailed sketch or stick to shape detailed sketch like below and let me know if I need to go deeper for this step 3??? Also I am trying to simplify my shapes to keep them in a children's picture book style that I like.

[PieterVanDerBeek]

@Heather-Boyd

I'm not sure if I remember all steps correctly, but I understand the dilemma – whether to go for a more comic-style render or to digitally paint the shapes with less emphasis on line work.

I think the gist of this assignment is in creating a set of props that have an obvious purpose / origin (who made it, where would you find it, how / when was it made, etc). I would choose a (rendering) style that fits you and/or the context for your lamp. :-]

[Heather Boyd]

@PieterVanDerBeek

Thank you,
that confirms my thoughts. I am now on the structure step and puzzling through how to draw my elongated sphere in perspective and on the diagonal arching down (post my attempts on Saturday).

I am also trying to figure out to what length (or how many parts in a scene) I want my work to be in 2d perspective, because I really like wonky perspective.

[Leah]

cant say its great but here is finished thing

[Shane Lees]

I just started posing. I'm not quite there yet.

[Heather Boyd]

@Leah "it's finished" is something I need to work on. I suppose I am a perfectionist in that way but also I want my best. Good job for finishing!

[Heather Boyd]

This is my progress. Still struggling with a titled lamp head, however I have learned a lot and these are still my 3/4 top view sketch/drawings.

I really had to brush up on my perspective homework (few months back). The light part in the middle one looks heavy vs the coil support but I got the ellipse perspective right. And then I struggled with the position of the last one (with a titled box). Out of the first three which do you prefer proportion wise? Also I wasn't sure how to draw the coil (middle support) in proper perspective -I sort winged it.

Thanks as always,

[PieterVanDerBeek]

@Heather-Boyd Nice sketches! I like the middle one - the head being a bit out of proportion gives it character. Maybe it's the 70-30 ratio on the 'weight' that makes it more interesting? The tilted one on the right seems like a hard nut to crack, perspective-wise... but the silhouette is way less interesting so maybe just skip it? :-]

[Heather Boyd]

@PieterVanDerBeek thank you so much. The middle one you like best, do you think it be able to stand by itself as a functional believable lamp, because the head lamp is heavy? I am also unsure how the light will project out of it. I need to find similar light sources.

[PieterVanDerBeek]

@Heather-Boyd I think the believability would depend on the context / world in which it lives. But you could still tilt the head down a little so it will have more of a projected beam directed downwards, if that makes figuring out the light / shadow of your scene easier... :-]