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Introduction
What is design?
That was the one question we were asked as new
students within the design eld. Design is many things; it
is creative, it is innovation--a process and a way of
thining.
There were many times where we came accross the
contention between art and design. What maes themdifferent? Art is subjective and for its creator. Design, on
the other hand, is for the users.
This boo documents most of my projects and my
process as a design student from the rst day I waled into
Ashays studio. It also serves as the nal project. I would
also lie to note that this is my rst time using InDesign to
create any sort of boo. Ashay showed us how to do the
basic formats for pages and margins but other than that
everybody was pretty much on their own.
I am proud and thanful, especially to Ashay and my peers
for teaching me so much and showing me that the cognitive
and design process is sometimes more important than what
may result from it.
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Table of Contents
Projects
Paper
Color
Clay
Abstract Composition
Platonic Solids
Sewers & the X, Y, and Z Planes
Interaction
Poster Compositions
Charcoal Setches
Pen & Marer Setches
Setching Shadows
Team Setches
Natural Pattern
Collage
Plaster
Photography
Screen Printing
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PAPER
Project I
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Paper Study
As we progressed through the study A-
shay wanted us to learn different shad-
ing techniques. In order to do so, we
used acrylic paint and the primary colors.
I tried different shading techniques lie
cross-hatching and lightly brushing the
paint on. I thin the red and blue are most
successful as yellow was way too bright.
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Paper Study
This study was assigned to us at the very beginning of the year. The as-
signment was to tae a sheet of regular paper and explore its proper-
ties. What I wanted to explore was the exibility of the paper and curves.
Ashay also wanted us to setch what we made from a birds
eye view with pencil and shading on an 8 x 8 bristol board.
The most challenging part in the project was getting the dimensions of the
object accurately onto the paper and getting the shading dar enough.
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Paper Study
After having more ex-
perience in shading andcolor, Ashay wanted
us to paint what we
had sketched in three
colors instead of one.
I chose green and yellow
on a magenta bacground
because they contrast-
ed each other nicely.
Green and purple are
complementary colors.
For this second painting
the study was to explore
another aspect of the
composition. I was inter-
ested in seeing how the
shadows would appear
if they were inversed.
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Project II
COLOR
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Color
A color cube seems more interesting to me than a regular color wheel.
This particular project was to help us understand the harmony of color bet-
ter. We were to recreate the color wheel with acrylics. This was per-
haps one of the most challenging assignments because blending was very
difcult. I had to redo much of the cube and even now it is not perfect.
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Color
For these two, the assign-ment was to create a color
illusion, using two contrast-
ing colors and a mid-range
color to create the false im-
age that the mid-range color
is two different colors, when
in fact they are the same.
I made two because I felt
that the rst one was not
clear enough because I
made the mistae of add-
ing a bacground of orange.That taes away from the or-
ange within the red and yel-
low. The second one I feel
is more successful as the
pins stand out more as two
seemingly different colors.
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Project III
CLAY
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Clay
I did not have much experience in woring with clay so this project really helped me under-
stand the properties of clay. It too some time for me to get used to the texture of clay. I new
that it was important to wor with the qualities of the material, so what I wanted to explore
was movement and uidity as it seemed to be a natural tendency of clay to curve and bend.
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Clay
Above is a poster we did re-garding the idea behind our
tile. Mine was movement
so waves portrayed it well.
Below is a second clay
object where the fo-
cus was on simplicity.
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Project IV
ABSTRACT COMPOSITION
The following are photographs I too of a clay mod-
el I made. The purpose of these photographs is to
demonstrate a woring nowledge of abstract pho-tography within natural or manmade settings. Most
of the photographs were taen in common settings.
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Abstract Composition
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Project V
PLATONIC SOLIDS
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Platonic Solids
We started learning about the platonic
solids which form the foundation for all
shapes. Our assignment was to create the
solids from chipboard. Each edge had to be
2. This was difcult because we had to ac-
count for the thicness of the chipboard.
Our abstract cube assignment was to force us
to thin of structure and space differently.
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Project VI
SkEWERS
&
THE X, Y & Z PLANES
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Sewers
For this project we had to explore the different dimensions
of space, such as the x, y and z planes. We were given bam-
boo sewers and no glue was allowed. I placed my origin in
the center because i felt that would give it the most balance.
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Sewers
After maing my object I made an interpretive setch of it.
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Interactive Toy
After exploring the x, y and z planes our next project was to create an inter-
active toy that consisted of those planes. I struggled with an idea for days,
and after coming up with unsuccessful ideas I decided to go bac on previ-
ous wors for inspiration. After much thought I discovered that the octahedron,
if rearranged, can form two tetrahedrons. This became the basis for my object.
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Interactive Toy
The completed octahedron made from wood
and metal rods held together by nuts and bolts.
Each side is 6 long with eye screws holding the rods in place.
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Interactive Toy
Besides breaing into two tetrahedrons the octahedron can form many other shapes.
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Interactive Toy
Setches of the toy
Computer models created using Setch Up
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POSTER COMPOSITION OF
INTERACTION
Project VIII
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Composition
For this project our assignment was to mae a poster representation of our in-
teractive toy. The poster composition had to show interaction and had to por-
tray the idea behind the toy. It could not be a literal translation. What I noticed
about my object was how the planes interacted. I wanted to portray that so I
drew two planes crossing each on a axis, which on my toy represented an edge.
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Composition
I was unsure of how I wanted to color it soby recommendation I made some tests rsts.
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Composition
This was a second interpretation of my toy. I wanted to portray move-
ment in this one. The bars going down represent that movement.
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Project IX
SkETCHING:
CHARCOAL
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Charcoal
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Charcoal
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Charcoal
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Charcoal
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Charcoal
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Project X
SkETCHING:
PEN & MARkER
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Pen & Marer
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Project XI
SHADOW SkETCHING
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Shadows
For this excercise we learned about shadows and creating them porportion-
ally to the object rather than just simply coloring in a random dar spot.
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Shadows
We were taught how to draw thehorizon lines and our light source to
accurately measure the shadows.
Ashay also mention that
adding a dark background
to the lighter shades mae
them stand out more.
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Shadows
We also drew shadows for different objects such
as this cylinder. This was more difcult as the el-
lipses were more challenging than simple squares.
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Shadows
In addition with cylinders, we wored with
cones. I did not nd these as challengiing
as the cylinders. I also learned that there
is a slight reection along the edge of
the cone because it has a curved surface.
We were also encouraged to
explore other shapes. I de-
cided to combine a cone
with a sphere to see if I can
shade a more complex shape.
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Shadows
At the beginning of this excercise I did not now how to nd the shad-
ow of a sphere but this excercise has taught me how to calculate it.
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Project XII
TEAM SkETCHES
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Setches
For this assignment we were to wor as a class to mae a large composition of a light shin-ing down on an object. Each person got a different cube on the grid and we had to all
wor together to gure out the same dimensions to use. It was hard because many peo-
ple had differing ideas and this project showed us how important team wor can be.
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Each person was given three strips of a piece of a photograph and we were to enlarge
them porportionally. At the end of the project we put all of our images together to
form a huge projection of the original photo. It was interesting to see how each per-
son interpreted their strips differently and how each person shaded things differently.
Setches
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Project XIII
NATURAL PATTERN
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Natural Pattern
Our assignment over the brea was to analyze how our thining has changed
and any examples of that. In my letter to Ashay I wrote that I noticed how
my thining is different since I began paying more attention to structures on
buildings and more detail to buildings at home that I had never noticed beforethis year. It really surprised me at rst but I am glad that I see things differ-
ently. In particular, when I was waling past a patio table on a rainy day in an
outside plaza, I stopped. What I saw on the table captured my attention. The
rain had formed water puddles and droplets on the table that was quite inter-
esting in pattern. I pointed it out to my friend who was with me and she did
not thin the same, and at that point I realized that my thining has changed.
For this composition I derived two words from my experience over winter brea:
natural pattern. At rst my instinct was to go with plant leaves or something
off of that, but then the assignment was not suppose to be a literal translation.
I began woring with curves and organic shapes and I came up with a topo-
graphic-lie composition. The gradation of color also gives it a tunnel-lie loo.
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Natural Pattern
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COLLAGE
Project XIV
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Collage
For this collage, I wanted to portray depth and perspective, so I used pictures
that had lines so that they can converge and create a focal point. I also want-
ed to give the collage a scenic feel, lie something youd see in a landscape por-
trait, so I went for trees and mountains. I lie how the people in the picture provide
a sense of direction for the collage, leading the viewers eye towards the focal point.
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Collage
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PLASTER
Project XV
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Plaster
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Plaster
This was one of my rst experiences with plaster.
It was very difcult at rst to get the consistency
of the mix right and wor quic enought so that
it doesnt harden on you too quicly. Another lim-
it I had was that there was no turning back once
the plaster thicened, and that adding water did
nothing to stop it. I thought this was interesting
as it forced me to actually wor within the time
limits and push myself. Plaster cannot form a
shape and structure on its own; it taes on what-
ever quality of the material you are using it with.
For this particular piece of plaster, I used burlap
and a triangular piece of cardboard. I wanted to
see if I could get the plaster and burlap to hold
the piece of cardboard upright. It was difcult
to get the shape to stand when it was wet, but
once dried, the object held its shape very well.
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Plaster
For this next piece, I was exploringstrength and dexterity of plaster
forms. Again, I used burlap. This
time, I wanted to create some-
thing that had volume, similar to
that of a tunnel. I wrapped the
burlap dipped in plaster around it-
self but found that it was difcult
to get it to stay in a cylindrical
shape, so I propped up the ends
with two cardboard toilet papers
rolls. It held the burlap up, creat-
ing a space between the two endsand an organic curvature shape,
which I thought was interesting.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Project XVI
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Photography
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SCREEN PRINTING
Project XVII
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Screen Printing
I had never wored with screen printing before, so I was very excit-
ed. At the same time, I new nothing about the screen printing pro-
cess, and all I new about scren printing was that they use it to mae shirts.
The rst part of this group project was to gure out a design. kyle cam
up with the slogan and I decided that the words should loo lie squirts of
glue to t with the theme. Ash did the cut out part, and I did the trac-
ing. It was nice to be able to wor as a group and come together with our ideas.
The most challenging aspect was getting the hang of screen printing, espe-
cially lining up all the words and pictures so that the match. There were manysteps and it was not something that we could rush on. Adding the paint was by
far the most nerve racing experience because if we mess up there was no
turning bac. Screen printing also taught me that little mistaes are oay,
and as long as you play it off lie it was intentional, people wont notice.
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