Sketchbook

I swear I did this before the iPad is out. Its a design assignment that requires us to design either a PC Tower (or something related) or Game Console. I went through a lot of the design process but decided that, they are not what I will want. Being a designer, my idea pops up at moments you least expected. It could be while you are on your way to work. Thus I designed this portable PC device, "Sketchbook". Well, the level of technology is somewhere 5 to 10 years down the road. Some of the technology is already available and some are just waiting for miniaturizing. Since I posted this up so late, you can say its has the same function as an iPad but with the added function of the Wacom tablet.

Perspective

I believe one of the reasons why many artists avoid drawing environments and especially those with a lot of hard lines is perspective. Actually, perspective are not hard as long as you understand the fundamentals. What hurts me the most is committing tangent errors. Two lines or angles overlapping each others which creates a weird visual illusion. Feng's suggestion to these is to use a bit of 'artist's license'.

Near the end of my term 1, I am task to use Chinatown reference to create a Chinatown scene applying all the knowledge I got from the perspective lessons. Being a sci-fi geek, I love to add a bit (or more) of sci-fi to it.

Value Practice

In FZD School of Design, we are trained to paint quick and accurate. Here are some of the in class exercises to train us to see value. Color is always secondary.

Chrome balls studies and painting objects with irregular shapes or metals with irregular specular surfaces.

Greyscale studies of films. A great way to study composition in a movie frame. Later on, we are required to paint each frame within 15mins using the movie frame but adding our own elements into it. Its fun!

Sketch Blog

Finally set my personal design/sketch blog up. I have always wanted to set one up but time is definitely not on my side. Since its my term break before my term 3 starts, this is a perfect chance for me to set it up. I have replace my original portfolio website which was all outdated works with this blog. So keep a look out for my new stuffs here.