How to start and what to practice for CEED exam

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By Bhanu Chander V

CEED Exam

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Topics covered

CEED Process

Which topics to start for CEED 2015 ?

Which part of the sketching should I start ?

When to start preparing for other topics ?

What to skip (what not to practice) ?

How to schedule my time everyday ?

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1. PART – A preparation

CEED Exam Pattern

Topics related to :

Visual Communication

Animation Design

Product Design

Automobile Design

Digital

Observation

Architecture

General awareness

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1. PART – B preparation

CEED Exam Pattern

Basic and visual sketching

Observation, problem Identification

and problem solving

Design think-ability and Creativity

User Interface Design

Visual communication design

Animation design

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3. Portfolio preparation

CEED Exam Pattern

4. Interview facing

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What topics to start for CEED ?

Start with basic sketching work

Don’t Jump to detailing, shading and

coloring X

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1. Basic geometry figures

2. Simple outline drawing

3. Completing all the parts of the drawing

4. Giving line details

5. Shading or detailing

Sketching stages

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Examples 1

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Example 2

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1. Shape of the sketch

Factors to remember

2. Proportions of the sketch

3. Line quality

4. Alignment

Am I looking Good ?

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1. Sketching

Right from beginning

2. Creativity and design thinking

3. Geometrical aptitude questions

General Awareness can be taken care later !

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Illusions

Isometric views and projections

Hidden words and image findings

Patterns

Picture puzzles and

Mechanical and pictorial

reasoning

Observation, visualization & geo questions

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>> 2 months,

>> 45 days (or even)

>> 1 month

before the CEED exam

When to start

General Awareness …???

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Interview . . . ?

Portfolio . . . ? ?

Save all your

practice

exercises

Sketches,

designs &

creative works

>> Gives you bunch of Ideas <<

>>>

Design thinking &

Creative Idea generation

>> Start Parallel preparation

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Thumb rules

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The current design – why it is so ?

Problems with existing design

What changes can be made ?

Any new-alternate ideas ?

Alternate uses ?

What can be included in the design ?

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1. Make a note

2. Put your thoughts in paper

3. Simple rough sketches

Example

Design analysis for everyday objects

Everyday do

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“What not to be done” Sharing with Friends

Family

Facebook groups

Children

Understand …..

by …..

Learn from the mistakes of

1. Self 2. Others

↗ My sketching work is average . . .

. . . Can I clear CEED Exam ???

> There is no zero sketching level !

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1. Practice initially simple sketching

2. Give last preference to shading

3. Skip GA from the beginning

4. Improve your Creativity

5. Practice geometrical aptitude exercises

6. Everyday - observe and analyze for

problems

7. Assume/Create problems

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8. Evaluate alternate uses

9. Look everything in perceptive

10. Think crazily and do mistakes

11. Think like a child but act like an adult 12. Try to avoid similar mistakes day-by-day

13. Analyze others works

14. Practice everyday design and creative

exercises 15. Skip portfolio and interview preparations

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Get more . . . . .

1. Resources

2. Suggestions – tips

3. Solutions to CEED papers

4. M.Des, Design streams overview

5. Design mistakes

6. Creativity development

7. Ideas !