Illustrator Rendering

This next rendering is from Illustrator. On this time around, I thought it would be fun to try something completely out of the box. Literally. I took the walls down and left nothing but the stairs from the wire frame. I throughly enjoyed this working on this rendering more so than the other because it has a whimsy and fantastical atmosphere surrounding it. The things I can improve on are the light rays. I have not figured out how to get them to have the streaks like the background does, but I still think they turned out fairly well. I really enjoy the hanging flower pods. I think they add much depth to the scene, though I need to continue (yet again) to work on the shadows of the pods, specifically where they would fall.

Photoshop Rendering

In my digital design class we are working with various programs to produce renderings from only a wireframe. We are to include entourage: color, texture, scale figures, etc. We could manipulate the wire frame into anything we wanted. With this first one rendered within Photoshop, I decided to take a more artistic approach instead of photo realistic. I turned out quite interesting. I think something I will continue to work on is shadows and light sources as well as the context. What is behind the windows? I kind of took the easy way out and put a gradient of blue with that area.

Jenga 5.0 Charrette

The charrette we engaged in on Monday was quite illuminating. It was revealed to me (whilst in the process) that lack of time is not a crutch; it is, in reality, sometimes an unavoidable obstacle and greater help. You are able to exert your brain to go, and even exceed that extra mile. The first group (Beaucoup) that we conversed with allowed the flexibility and balance that our group needed to thrive in order to produce an optimum result. We all proposed some intriguing ‘seed’ ideas, ones that could take off and grow big. You might think ‘wow; she came up with that opinion pretty quickly’. In reality, I realized this after we met with the second group (Jive). I could see, subtly at first, that we weren’t jiving (no pun intended!) with this group. None of us were truly enthusiastic about the joining of our groups. Whether it was from really diverse concepts or that we were tuckered out from the previous hour charrette, who knows. Regardless, when we came together, the attitudes seemed focused on just completing the assignment. Do not confuse this with believing it is not a good outlook; on the contrary. It is the best stance to have, however, in this case it was done with hardly any flourish; and I like flourish (it’s more fun)! We all jumped into our individual assignments and worked, completing them in a timely manner, but not actually doing our best design work (at least in my opinion).

The deliverables I completed were the following:

Beaucoup parley - concept sketches

Jive stint- statement (but really a paragraph) of approach

Jenga 4.0

This is Jenga 4.0. We were required to have only one deliverable; we could choose what that could be. Do not let the ONE deliverable allow you to think this was by any means easy. Our focus? To showcase one thing that best demonstrates the key design idea. In thinking about feasibility, one photo or model would (most likely) not do our design justice. Our group decided to put together ONE board. We included as many things as we possibly could, as you can see. I have to say that I am extremely proud of this board. I think the layout is great; everything is alined in a grid format, making it easy to follow the progression of our 'powers of ten ' theme. It is divided here into two parts by the thin vertical line. On the left are the drawings that showcase the complete composition of the structure. You then move to the other side of the line and it begins on top with the four exterior shots. Each of these continue down the board, further into the building, looking at the sections and then the perspectives. Beneath these are the diagrams of individual concepts included within the structure. Even though each one of us was working on different parts of the board, the colors flowed together well. At the beginning, I had some difficulties of really putting my heart into this project but, towards the end, things came together nicely.