Group run through creative environment design week 1 art and feedback

[Erin.Cortese]

Here is my second attempt at the thumbnails, I managed to loosen up. It really does seem counterintuitive though, I had to fight the urge to draw familiar structures, through all of them.

Thank you @Braden-Hallett @JerrySketchyArt, brilliant advice to just put a mark on the page or draw some random shapes, it really worked for me!

[braden H]

@ErinCortese Nice! Just wingin' shapes and lines around can really help to shake out of a design rut

I'm seeing a lot of nice thirds goin' on!

[Erin.Cortese]

Here is my Exercise 4. I was drawn to this thumbnail because it is outside what I would usually do...loose and not overly structural. I am finding that I feel more relaxed working on things that are more stylized and less structural, but it still feels strange.

[JerrySketchyArt]

Exercise 4

[JerrySketchyArt]

@murielle I was going for a mix of "boring" and "interesting" in those thumbnails. They mention in the class that sometimes you want boring, and since I often need to make background elements that blend in the boring stuff is important for me too.

I don't disagree on the trees. I probably could have made more of those interesting. I tend to try and make my distinctions on the vertical shapes for those. I think the problem is that trees tend to be pretty evenly distributed (at least horizontally) in real life.

I went for a walk after reading your comment and took a good look at all of the trees. Noticed that they are amazingly symmetrical in general. Pretty much all of the asymmetrical ones I spotted were forced that way by cutting. I guess being different would be what makes those one's interesting though.

[demotlj]

@JerrySketchyArt Do you live in a residential area? I think it’s true that trees in a residential area will be more symmetrical whereas in a woods, they are rarely symmetrical because of crowding and wind damage. I took these pictures on a walk down my road lined by State forest. Even the trees in the open have damage from winds. Thinking about this is helpful because the shape of the trees in a drawing then could help signal the setting.

[braden H]

Remember ladies and gents that the intention of this course is not necessarily to design things that are real (though that's fine ) it's to design things that look good.

[braden H]

Also (watching Jake's exaples in the 'reference' video at about 50 minutes) a great way to make sure that you keep the awesome silhouette for your building/tree is to take the black silhouette, resize it (and lower the opacity) then draw overtop of it on a new layer. I've found that if I don't do that I tend to de-exaggerate my silhouette.

[Heather Boyd]

1-3 Exercises completed this week. Just squeezed in. I loved doing these. But houses were the hardest -master perspective class after this.

[braden H]

@Heather-Boyd Perspective is haaaaaard! But i do find it easier in thumbnail form It's a lot easier to extend those imaginary lines waaaaaaay off the page when what you're drawing is tiny

[Heather Boyd]

@Braden-Hallett

You make it look easy.

[demotlj]

@Heather-Boyd These are great! Very creative.

[demotlj]

Here is my third silhouette page which I don’t love but it’s done and my objective view of one of my silhouettes. At least, I think it’s the objective view if I’m understanding what that means.

[braden H]

@demotlj Neat design!

Which silhouette were you using for it?

[demotlj]

@Braden-Hallett it was my first set of building silhouettes second row farthest right.

[braden H]

@demotlj Oh nice! I missed that page You stayed nice and true to the silhouette!

[MichaelaH]

So I think I am finished, not perfect. It was very difficult, because I never do such perspective. It is only one raw sketch, would like to do one clean sketch with better perspective (after it is finished I see many parts lacking..but as Jake said, it is good to go some more times over the design after time passes), but after 2 hours doing this exercise, I need some break. But I am proud of me, that I did some environment and one I never usually do...

[demotlj]

@MichaelaH Very intricate! The different perspective is very nice and well done. That's something I have real problems doing -- turning my creation (or anything) around in space and imagining how it would like from another angle. Yours is great.

[MichaelaH]

@demotlj Thank You. I know what You mean, I also never turn my objects, because I don't know how and am afraid of it. Now I know it takes also a lot of time and work. I think my ship looks longer than it is in frontal sketch, but it is ok for the first try.

[demotlj]

@MichaelaH I've started making clay models of my characters so that I can turn them around but it would be a lot faster and easier if I could just get my brain to do it without aids