Design & Art Theory: Final Project

Finally! I’ve discovered an awesome name for my production company! It’s called “WeAreTheLight.” The logo is a conglomeration of doodles in my sketch book that I scanned into Illustrator for cleanup and then Photoshop for layout. I ended up turning the final composition 90 degrees to the left before it was finished… I thought it looked better.

Digital Story Telling: The Final Product

This is a short film I did for my digital story telling class. The idea was to sell a product using story and emotion, as opposed to the traditional thirty second television format. I developed the concept and saw it through to fruition over one month’s time. It’s not a perfect product, however the point was to tell a story and not to get the production value perfect. Enjoy!

Digital Story Telling: Pre-Production

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve produced videos before but I’ve almost always, to my own detriment, been able to get away with flying by the seat of my pants. It’s been an interesting process writing the script, sketching the story boards, working up a shot list and finally assembling a production check list… There’s a lot of work to do before you get boots on the ground so to speak. I think the thing that always hindered me from taking these preparatory measures was that I thought it would stifle my creative process, but what I’ve found is that I’m able to visualize the story in my mind and come up with cool ideas during the pre-pro process. I’ve posted some images of what pre-production looks like. Enjoy and stay tuned for the final product.

Design & Art Theory: Perspective

So there are several different types of perspective. The first is seen on the bottom left, and is characterized by the fact that every thing in the image aims towards one point on the page. This, interestingly enough, is called one point perspective. The second type, aptly named two point perspective (we creative types are so creative), is on the bottom right and is typically used when looking down the corner of an object or more commonly a building. In order to draw each of the buildings sides, you would have to use two points. Last but not least there’s (can you guess) three point perspective, seen on the top of the page. It’s similar to two point, in that you’re looking at an object down it’s corner, but you’re also looking up or down at the same time. For instance, when standing at the base of a sky scraper and looking straight up, the shape of the building begins to look triangular. This effect is duplicated using three point perspective. Well that’s that.

Design & Art Theory: More Work With Values

This is just another try at using shading to create depth. The reason I chose to use a woman’s face in conjunction with rigid metallic structures was mainly to challenge myself, as they both require different processes when shading.

Design & Art Theory: Values of Light and Dark

These are just charcoal sketches I did during class. I’m trying to develop my ability to identify shape using different values of light and dark. Neither of these images are meant to make a statement of any kind. They’re simply shapes that I thought would be interesting to draw at the time. In the image above I was attempting to make the shape highly reflective, while the image below diffuses the light much more, giving it a much softer texture.

Design & Art Theory: Proportion, Gesturing & Memory

First off, let me just say that these images are just reproductions and not originals. The point of our last Design and Art Theory class was to learn proportion and gesturing. Gesturing is the act of making a quick sixty second sketch of your subject, no matter what it is. Essentially we are being trained to break down each image into it’s essential shapes and lines rather than first focusing on little details. Within the art of gesturing it’s very important to nail proportion, which is what we really look for to identify people and things. The first piece was actually the last one I completed during class that day, but I like how it turned out, so I’m listing it first… ha ha. It was drawn from an image chosen for me from a magazine. The second image of the weird looking bearded guy who slightly resembles the grinch, was made from someone’s verbal description of a photograph they were holding. I’m really not happy with the second image but (as I’ve stated before), I’m interested in keeping an accurate record of my design work here, and whether I like it or not, this is part of it.