Journal

Over the course of this semester, I've created a lot of sketches. Now I'm finally putting it all together in a sketch journal. My cover for the journal is below. I chose one of my favorite sketches, of the Seattle Public Library as my cover. It may look a little sloppy, but that's the point when it comes to drawing for interior design. It's a simplistic drawing because it was only meant to study the perspective of the exterior of a building. So, that means it was perfect for a cover about interior design!

Below is my final reflection of the journal. It is included in my journal, as shown below. If you're curious, the sort of writing shown below is called drafting lettering. We use it for almost everything in interior design, so I've gotten used to writing like this. If you know me, you'd know that this looks absolutely nothing like my actual handwriting though!

"Over the semester, I believe my drawings have seriously improved. I really enjoyed branching out with new mediums and paper types. One of my favorite sketches was #8, the hardware on black. Not only did I enjoy the challenge of making the drawing visible, but I also enjoyed identifying all the hardware in my dorm before I started sketching. The sketch assignments really helped me start to see more things around me. Now I pay more attention to lights and shadows, positive and negative space, and forms and textures. I can now appreciate almost everything in my built environment. I feel that my drawings reflect this awareness as they became more detailed."

A Lot of Sketches!

A quick sketch of my dorm room. A plan view and perspective view. On a napkin with ballpoint.

Multiple views of a chair in my study lounge.

Didn't scan very well, but a light study of shadows in the corner of a room.

Dissection of fruit. A whole orange in the back with a sliced orange and apple leaning against it. Also didn't scan very well....

A drawing of Shadows, from A7X.  I took this picture at a concert and proceeded to try studying human figures from it. However, a good portion of his legs are all made up because he was standing behind a speaker.

This scanned surprisingly well! I did a study of a door handle in colored pencil on black paper.

Sorry, you can barely see this one. It is the negative space around a chair. I should have drawn it darker though.

A study of the same corner, twice. One with line weights to establish values, the second one colored in tones to express values.

Process Poster

  The accumulation of all my work so far! Finally I have put it all together. From the very basic box sketches to my very own concept model. It's taken a lot of work and I've almost felt like giving up, but it was worth it in the end. It was interesting seeing how it all ties together. The first part of this was, of course, to pick my artist. Michael Parkes has been one of my favorite artists since the very first time I walked into my best friends house! One of Parkes' paintings was hung in the entryway and I've been captivated by it since.
  After I picked my artist and did a little research on him I picked a nature object that reflected his work. But of course his work is only people and animals. Plus any nature that falls under the category of earth, stone, water, or wind. How could I choose from that? So I picked a swan feather in the end. He uses a lot of swans in his artwork.
  Now I had to put it together! All my previous research and other projects I've posted (particularly the line project) had to be compiled into one idea. My 2-D Concept Sketch is what I came up with. (There are also a few other ideas on the poster).
  Lastly, I finally made it 3-D. This was the part that made me really want to give up. I have never been very good with any 3-D artwork from what I've experience. 2-D is my comfort zone! So building this model gave me a lot of difficulty. I feel a little disappointed with it because I wanted it to be more abstract and creative, but in the end I think it's a great display of my artist and my past work. It really wraps it all up, even if it isn't the crazy project I expected.
  Hope you enjoy!

My First Resume

My very own resume! I'm very proud of this and yet upset with it at the same time. I personally love the design and I think it expresses who I am fairly well. The background is a stretched version of a thumbnail sketch I posted earlier, if you recognize it. I also incorporated the logo from my latest post. Because the logo is so large and catches the eye so well I thought it would be best to make my name smaller so as not to crowd the page. I'm a fan of negative space. The colors I thought were particularly great for representing who I am since I use those colors regularly and also wear them regularly. The yellow made me nervous so I chose it for the section with the darkest background. I'm hoping it isn't too painful to read. I kept the colors and the unusual font for the least important information. I want the body of the sections to be read more clearly than the headings of course!

My only fear for this was that it may not look professional or serious enough. Although my style is bold contrast and bright colors and angular forms, it may not be the usual prim and proper resume in the professional world. Granted, that could help my resume stand out among others, but it may stand out in a bad way. We'll see how it goes!

My New Logo!

 So I've been working on a few logos for my design and I came up with one that I think does a particularly good job of representing me, my style, and my design. Bright bold colors and a simplistic design are really what I'm all about, as you see above.

And these last few were just extras. I liked the design but couldn't quite figure out how to finalize it. So they're just for looks. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

 These are just a few sketch ideas that I had to begin with. Clearly I didn't deviate very far from the originals to create my final logo.