In the next few weeks, the main objective is improving on the rendering and presentation techniques you’ve been exploring
Orientation
What you need to know about the project objectives (specific requirements on following pages):
§ Develop greater proficiency with 2-point perspective layout
§ Practice and improve on various quick sketch color rendering techniques
§ Document the design / visualization process via portfolio assembly
§ Your final presentation will be in portfolio format instead of on boards
Portfolio Requirements
Because the following list will make the portfolio look more complicated than it is, I recommend that you do a quick thumbnail of each cover sheet (three, including the title page), and each sheet required for the final project (only three sheets). Write anything you need to do for each sheet alongside this thumbnail view. This will allow you to work out the contents of each sheet and imagine what you need to accomplish; a kind of “visual checklist” of what needs to be done. Believe me, this makes the task seem so much easier to visualize, and visualization is key to accomplishment. The rest of the sheets should be thought of as categories, or stacks of sheets, because the number of sheets will depend on your choices.
Format:
11 x 17 sheet size
Sheet material:
regular 11 x 17 copy/bond paper or other 11 x 17 paper of your choosing
Cover material:
11 x 17 copy/bond paper or other 11 x 17 paper of your choosing (diazo paper, card stock, illustration board, etc.)
Binding:
staple, rivet, spiral, etc.; anything but binder clips or paper clips; in other words, all sheets fastened together
Contents
Two-parts: 1) Interior Design Presentation, 2) Process Portfolio & 3) Doyle Exercises
Cover pages
1. a title page on the front sheet containing the following lines of text:
§ Visual Presentations Portfolio
§ Perspective Drawing and Color Rendering
§ Your name
§ INDES 165
§ Winter 2006
2. on the following page, to announce the final project drawings
§ Interior Design Presentation (title)
§ Description of project: brief synopsis sentence or phrase describing/listing client, location, concept/design goals
§ May include a small copy of the floor plan as a graphic
3. on the page AFTER the interior design illustration
§ Color Drawing Exercises (Doyle exercises go in this section)
4. on the page AFTER the Doyle exercises
§ Process Portfolio (title)
§ Whatever you want to say or list about the drawings to follow, or nothing but the title
§ Process Portfolio (title)
Interior Design Presentation
(1) rendered line drawing of your chosen interior
You have seen several varieties of line drawing styles, from loose freehand to more detailed hard-line drawings that used a straightedge. Use the handouts and the online images (KGF Exhibit JPEGs, too), or other similar drawings you may find as examples. Remember the focus of INDES 160 was to help you develop confidence in your freehand drawing abilities, and to help you develop your own unique style of freehand drawing. Continue practicing it here. It will serve you well in future classes – and in practice – to develop confidence and competency in this skill.
Paper: Once the final freehand line drawing is completed on tracing paper, you can do one or any combination of these options:
1. reduce or enlarge the line drawing to fit an entire 11 x 17 sheet
2.
reduce or enlarge
the line drawing to fit a portion of the 11 x 17
(possibly on letter or legal size sheet, mounted on 11 x 17)
3.
transfer the
image to any paper you choose and render it
AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ANY PHOTOSHOP:
4. scan the image for color application in Photoshop and either print on 11 x 17 paper or print on smaller size and mount on 11 x 17 backing sheet
5. Or, apply base color in Photoshop, print out and continue rendering by hand
Title: Depending on your interior, “Central Park West Apartment” or “(House for One, or Orcas Island Retreat)” or appropriate description of your choosing
Drawing Tips
§ In two-point perspective, all lines that are parallel in plan or elevation will converge on either the near vanishing point or far vanishing point, OR they will be EXACTLY vertical.
§ Lines or planes that are not parallel to the main walls, floor or ceiling planes (such as chairs sitting at an angle) will have two vanishing points of their own.
§ Use the horizon line height of 5 feet high to scale your furniture. Objects in the foreground WILL obscure those in the background. That’s the way it is in real life. If you don’t like it, change your perspective view. Don’t shrink the foreground items to reveal what’s behind them.
§ Don’t rely on the measuring planes that you see in the perspective grid. I’ve found most students use these improperly. It’s hard to mistake a line drawn vertically from any point on the floor to the horizon line as anything other than 5’ high. You can extend the line above the horizon line, double the height, and that will be 10’ high. Estimate distances between these 5’ increments to find other heights from that point on the floor.
Floor Plan
(1) freehand drawing of floor plan
§ As above, rendering instructions for perspective view
§ Try using only 2 or 3 key colors (may be monochromatic: grays and tans)
§ PLACE THIS ON THE FACING PAGE across from a perspective view so that when opened the viewer can see both the plan (on left page) and one interior illustration (on the right).
Materials
(1) page containing representative samples of Materials and Clippings
§ the barest minimum is required, but this will depend on how much material you want to show
§ Scan material samples, place in PowerPoint or Word file with page size set to 11 x 17
§ OR print images separately and paste on 11 x 17 sheet
§ OR fix actual material samples on a thick backing such as poster or illustration board
§ LABEL
Color Drawing Exercises
Mount Doyle exercises onto 11x17 sheets, one per page. Include any additional exercises you may have completed, in addition to the assigned exercises.
Process Portfolio
This will contain samples of work produced for your projects, as well as any work done as part of class demonstrations:
§ represents work of final project
§ represents methods tried in class throughout the quarter, including previous assignments
§ include any exercises you did in class, not matter how complete: retrocolor, rendered blueline, (Photoshop rendering if we do it), quick trace exercises, etc.
§ may include process work from midterm project as well
§ work trimmed to fit 11 x 17 sheet format
§ securely mounted: neatly taped, glue stick, or similar so that work sits flat
§ folded work: only if necessary: if excess paper trimmed and it still does not fit; only one folded sheet per page
§ choice of materials illustrates your process, including only informative pieces (be selective)
§
labeling: better
work will include some descriptive titles or notes
(freehand block lettering is great, if you do it well)
§ cover pages: better work will separate process work into categories of some sort
Grading Criteria and % of Final Grade
15% Process
Portfolio Work and Color Drawing Layout:
represents the assignments, class exercises, and – most importantly – your
experiments
Criteria:
§ Following instructions: see portfolio arrangement and content described above
§ Quality of personal exploration: generativity in trying multiple color studies / techniques
§ Quality of selections: contents are informative and tell something about how you work
§ Quality of portfolio graphics: color, font and graphic elements
§ Quality of portfolio layout: composition of page and overall organization
§ Quality of portfolio binding: professional appearance and ease of use
25% Final Rendered Line Drawings (plan and perspective)
Criteria, roughly in order of importance:
§ accuracy of perspective and plan drawings
§ line quality
§ value structure
§ effectiveness of color selection and application
§ design
§ inclusion & quality of entourage (scale figure, accessories, plants, exterior view)
§ floor plan rendering
Due Tuesday March 21 4:30 PM Sharp L113 If you cannot be there, make sure someone can deliver it for you.