Sketches (in class) -- Sept 21st

Attempts to express the idea of movement in a drawing by using only points and lines.
Comment : These drawings are rather explorations on the assigned theme than final compositions.

The idea of interruption
Comment : Here I tried to do a more accomplished composition. Maybe I should have explored the theme with sketches first. My points look more like planes (squares).

Assignment -- Sept 21st

Drawings of the same view point through our appartment, with a closer view each time (photos taken with a digital camera).

First view :


Second view :


Third view :


Comments : Although I, kind of, forget to pay attention to the quality of the lines, I like the impression of depth, which is produced by drawing darker lines in the foreground. Finally, even tough I have had difficulties drawing clear lines - definitely something I have realised with this exercise - I find the drawings rather realistic, they remind me of 2D animation.

Sketches (in class) -- Sept 14th

Blind and normal contour :


Cross contour :


Mechanical / analytical line :


Reduced line :

Readings -- Wucius Wong, "Principles of Two-Dimensional Design" -- Sept 14th

Quotations from chapters one and two of Wucius Wong, Principles of Two-Dimensional Design, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.

« A good design, in short, is the best possible visual expression of the essence of ' something, ' whether this be a message or a product [...] the designer should look for the best possible way this 'something' can be shaped, made, distributed, used, and related to the environment. »

« Design is practical. The designer is a practical man. »

The author considers four groups of elements of design, which together

« determine the ultimate appearance and contents of a design .»

Conceptual elements
Visual elements
Relational elements
Practical elements

In addition, the framal reference delimits a design and the picture plane is the support of a design.

« All the visual elements constitute whate we generally call ' form ', [...] The way form is created, constructed or organized along with other forms is often governed by a certain discipline which we call ' structure '. »

About form and structures in chapter 2 :

« The various kind of interrelationships should always be explored when forms are organized in a design. »

« Each kind of interrelationship produces differnet spatial effects »

Different forms interrelationships :
Overlapping
Penetration
Union
Substraction
Intersection
Coinciding

Personnal -- Link about interfaces

Last class we were discussing about interfaces. We took as an example the one in the movie Minority report.

I have come accross this video which showcase a similar kind of interface experimented at Sony Japan.
(originally posted on k10k)

Taking photos (in class) -- Sept 7th

Fasciné par la vue sur Montréal que l'on peut avoir du 7e étage du "Complexe intégré de génie, informatique et arts visuels de Concordia" (la photo est prise du 5e étage)

Me.
It is 9:43 PM the evening class is for warriors, time to go home.