Introduction to Prop Design - Looking for fellow 'classmates'

PieterVanDerBeek · 28 Oct 2020, 08:17

@Heather-Boyd Yeah sure! Love to see what you come up with :-]

PieterVanDerBeek · 28 Oct 2020, 08:25

Love the colors! And the patterns and different materials! :-] Really like how they are all unique on it’s own but also related and connected to eachother...

Jacy13 · 28 Oct 2020, 15:53

@PieterVanDerBeek The chair is awesome. It definitely goes along with the lamp!

Jacy13 · 28 Oct 2020, 15:55

@PieterVanDerBeek Thank you so much!

PieterVanDerBeek · 29 Oct 2020, 14:37

Rendered! :-]

Giuliana Pappalardo · 12 Nov 2020, 09:20

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 · 17 Dec 2020, 19:07

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

robbery · 18 Dec 2020, 05:43

Great work. This is awesome.

granger49 · 18 Dec 2020, 14:28

@robbery thanks

DaveLeekArt · 18 Dec 2020, 17:24

@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 · 21 Dec 2020, 10:56

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

PieterVanDerBeek · 21 Dec 2020, 11:01

@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 · 23 Dec 2020, 17:38

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 · 28 Dec 2020, 19:08

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 · 31 Dec 2020, 13:49

@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 · 31 Dec 2020, 14:44

@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 · 5 Jan 2021, 19:48

cant say its great but here is finished thing

Shane Lees · 31 Dec 2020, 17:42

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

Heather Boyd · 5 Jan 2021, 19:48

@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 · 5 Jan 2021, 19:53

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,