Slacker Alert

   

Well I am such a slacker. I really have no excuses for not posting besides the fact that life took hold and well, you know how it is. So anyways, I'm going to do something real fun and do "Project Friday" (yeah I know SO original, it's a wonder how I'm in the ID program ;) ) every Friday in order to be caught up to all the projects I didn't post from winter semester. Hopefully I documented them...we shall see. Haha. The struggle sometimes is so real.
     Oh and I've actually done some pretty awesome things lately here in the great Salt Lake. Who knew right? I guess having a steady job helps with doing fun things. So I'll be trying to catch up on those fun times. Maybe an Awesome Monday (what an oxymoron), or something less lame than that...don't worry I'll work on that one.
     Ok people, yes I know that it's not Friday, but yolo ok? I'm sitting down and getting started because who knows, I might never start this thing again.
     My first project I'm posting was from my Drawing Techniques class. My favorite class by far. The teacher was fabulous and always there for her students. We started out learning about quick sketches and how if clients would want to see what we're explaining we would have to draw it out real quick. Yes, there are techniques to quick sketching. Who knew right? (I clearly have learned many things living here, if you haven't noticed.) Our first project was a perspective drawing of a kitchen. We could design it however we wanted (the best part!) as long as it followed the furnished floor plan.

Step 1: Draw a line. Then cry. haha no but sometimes... 

We basically had to build up from everything we were drawing, so line upon line. Everything was to scale and proportioned, as you can see the lovely architecture scale.

Step 2: Keep drawing lines. Like the boss you are. Keep measuring and think of the design. I was still drawing the basic forms of the appliances in this picture. And yes it may seem slanted but it's just the weird 3D look messing with you. ;)

Step 3: Start designing (or as I do, find awesome stuff on Pinterest and just copy away!). I was hoping for a more restorative look. I love old and historical pieces so I tried to incorporate that into the design by the side table leg. The handles are antique bronze, along with the refrigerator. The next picture shows more of the cabinets. 

Step 4: Just keep on keepin on. At this point I was almost done, so I added dimensions and made it look popped out and 3Dish. No creating shadows or anything like that yet. Just straight lines.

And voila! The finished product! YAY. As you could tell before, I drew on a type of tracing paper called foder. It's very transparent and helps when you want to draw more. Usually you would add many layers on top of each other to get the full effect. Then I went over it all with a pen, copied it, and printed. TY school for jumbo printers.

And my wonderful teacher's comments. She's so awesome. 

Well that concludes the first of many projects from winter semester. Hope you enjoyed it!

xoxo, 

Meagan