Graphic Reflection

This poster depicts my journey in ID 197 Design Communication. Displayed on my poster are examples of my work in each project completed throughout the semester. This is a story of my experiences and it shows the ways in which I have grown as a designer over the last four months. It was a great project to end the semester with as it served as a reflection of my time here.

Sketch Journal

This was my first sketch of the semester in ID197 Design Communications. The objective of the sketch was to create silhouettes of people. This practice came in useful when drawing a silhouette in our drafting project.

This sketch is a portrayal of an actual picture taken somewhere in the Palouse region. It was created with a Wacom Tablet in Adobe Illustrator. This sketch provided a learning experience for me as I had never worked with a Tablet before. I found it to be an enjoyable alternative to regular sketching.

My next sketch objective was to mimic a tessellation found in nature. I decided to use a pinecone, snake and honey comb as my study matter.

This sketch represents a cross hatch image of fruit. Shown in this sketch is the cross hatch of shape, form and shadow. This is one of my favorite sketches I completed this semester because it shows contrast and definition through a cluster of simple lines.

This negative space sketch was done with inspiration from an actual chair. Instead of drawing the object, as one usually does, I drew the white space. This sketch brought to my attention the alternative ways of sketching and observing.

The purpose behind sketch six was to select an interesting chair and observe multiple views of it. I included annotations in my sketch denoting specific fabrics and other materials constructing the chair. I also included necessary heights and widths. This sketch was another one that I thoroughly enjoyed. I felt it was extremely relevant to what I would be sketching working in the interior design industry.

The floor plan of my room is depicted on this napkin sketch. Along with the floor plan is a small detail drawing of my desk/vanity area. Annotations were included to specify where my bed, fridge and closets are located relative to each other. This sketch was fun because it was on a napkin, and one never knows when it will be necessary to whip out a quick sketch at a restaurant.

This two-point perspective sketch is of an interesting interior corner. Specific material was created using different line techniques. Specific values were used to establish shade and shadow. The contrast between values and the use of highlights creates the necessary appearance of the room.

The room value study consists of two sketches that differ from each other in weight. Each sketch is a depiction of the same space but the first sketch was completed using line weights only. The second was constructed showing contrast and value change throughout the space.

My last sketch for the ID 197 Design Communications course was a interpretation of a bathroom door hinge. This sketch was done on black paper with color pencils as my media. I created texture and depth by overlapping and contrast.

Integrated Design Process- Lecture

The New Value of Design – An integrated Design Process

David Kutsunai - Principal and Design Director of IA Interior Architects of Seattle

                While listening to the presentation today I was thinking to myself how amazing it would be to have the chance to work under this knowledgeable and passionate man standing in front of me. The integrated process that he understands and employs is extremely effective and intriguing. To have experts of each sort in the design field, working coherently and simultaneously is genius. The process of integration while creating the four works he talked about truly inspired and reassured me that I am studying the right thing. Towards the end of his presentation when he talked about communication within the integration process and the idea of selling your ideas while selling designs brought forth what I want to do with a career in the Interior Design field. I want to be that woman that sells my ideas, my designs and my dreams with each project I work on.

Tessellation

This tessellation was created in Photoshop. My study for this project was the Victorian era. The tessellation is derived from three images I scanned from a Victorian book and four images I found on the internet from the Victorian period. I manipulated the images in many different ways, with many different layers. I worked with color and texture the most with each image. The color scheme I used was analogous. I used shades and tints of reds, oranges and yellows with accent colors of tan and brown. Although it took some time to figure out, I found Photoshop much more enjoyable to work with, compared to Adobe Illustrator.

Palouse Sketch with AI

This image of a farm house in the Palouse is the final sketch I created as part of preliminary work for our AI projects. The piece started as a picture taken by a local artist. It was my job to re-create the piece and make it my own, while also protraying the origional image. I feel that the piece I created has a lot of contrast worked into it. The different techniques that can be used to fulfill each task in AI really helps develop that contrast. I gained a lot of knowledge throughout the process work for this piece being it was my first time working with AI.