FINAL!!!

6 11x17 computer laid out pages. These need to be super creative pages with great drawings. The final is worth 30% of your grade, so please focus on that before anything else. Please dress professional, and be prepared to present on Monday at 6:30 sharp!

1: cool cover
2: the story/inspiration/research
3: overview shot with call outs.
4: details page 1 (3-4 details)
5; details page 2, or exploded view
6: Dramatic final rendering.

Please print before monday to give you some backup time. All makeup work needs to be seen by the end of class. I will not accept anything after Monday.

Homework 22

You have 20 pages to totally figure out your design and concept. Wednesday will be a personal work day, and I will work with you monday april 13 to finalize your stuff. PLEASE BRING IN ALL MISSING WORK monday also for grading.

Homework 21

Use 18x24 newsprint. 3 pages, 1 concept per page. Do anything necessary to better flush out and describe what you project is all about. Use pictures, words, drawings anything. Do not design for this! I want the concept, not the solution. Be prepared to clearly articulate.

1. who are you designing this for?
2. What is the problems you are trying to solve.
3. Why is this interesting.

Homework 20

10 pages intial design exploration. 4 sketches per page.

5 pages of sketches in your sketchbook at the U of M museum of art. 4 sketches per page.

homewrk 19

5 11x17 with 10 referance images per page. make sure these images are inspirational and cool.

1 11x17 on the customer. find a picture and anwser 10 questions about him/her.

write a problem statement for your project.

Page 17

6 Pages in sketchbook. Please draw 6 pages of nature, 3 sketches per page.

Homework 16

REDO!!!!!

redo your 6 pages of music instruments. These better be exciting, and really study how the material will look on them.

redo your resume. Ignore working on your text for now and come up with 3 BOLD and SPICY concepts. Scare Me!

Come up with a list of 10 more concepts (20 total from inclass) for your final project.

Homework 15

Draw 6 Pages of music instruments. At least two pages must have glass incorporated. 4 instruments per page.

Redo your resume to reflect your personal style.

Homework 14

1. Inclass: Draw 5 Pages of your imaginary friends. 3 friends per page.

2. Draw materials. Go out and draw the following materials. (3 Pages per element, 3 sketches per page.) Wood, Metal, and Glass. Please observe the characteristics that make these materials look the way they do. Make sure you draw a variety of shapes from basic to organic.

3. Go and find 15 photos of materials. 5 wood, 5 glass and 5 metal.

4. Bring in a concept for your resume.

Homework 13

In class: 6 Pages of design refinement. Completely work out your shoe designs. When you are done, we will pick the final three designs to render.

Homework: 3 Final shoe renderings. (1 -2 hours a piece.) These should look as good as you can make it.

Homework 12

18 pages in your sketchbook, 4 sketches of shoes per page for 72 individual shoe sketches:

6 pages of athletic shoes divided equally between mens and womens shoes. (4 shoes per page) The first two, you should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens that are designed for a real shoe brand. The second two should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens are designed for a second shoe brand. The last set, one page of mens and one page of womens should be for your own brand.

6 pages of formal shoes divided equally between mens and womens shoes. (4 shoes per page) The first two, you should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens that are designed for a real shoe brand. The second two should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens are designed for a second shoe brand. The last set, one page of mens and one page of womens should be for your own brand.

6 pages of functional shoes divided equally between mens and womens shoes. (4 shoes per page) The first two, you should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens that are designed for a real shoe brand. The second two should have 1 page of mens and 1 page of womens are designed for a second shoe brand. The last set, one page of mens and one page of womens should be for your own brand.

Homework 11

Inclass: 6 Pages of sketchbook in the Media Union. 6 different locations, draw the environment. 20 minutes per page.

Homework: Shoe Company Presentation. Research and put together the following on your assigned Shoe Company.

1. One 11x17 designed page detailing the history of your company.
2. One 11x17 designed page on the current design philosophy of your company.

Be prepared to present your company to the class.

Homework 10

Your Homework: Finish your 10 Page story book in your sketchbook, with black prisma. This should be a finished, high quality piece and you should spend a minimum of 30 - 45 minutes per page.

Homework 9

1. Inclass. Draw your neighbors face. In your groups of 4, alternate every 20 minutes and draw your neighbors faces.

2. Do 1 page of your self portrait. 30-40 minutes.

3. Take 6 Pictures of feet. 3 women, and 3 men. PRINT 8.5 x 11 at 40% opacity. YOU WILL BE USING THEM IN CLASS

4. Bring in your 4 final table lamp and chair renderings for crit.

Homework 8

1. Inclass: Do 12 Pages of the Shadow excercises.
2. Homework: Do 3 Pages of comps of your design. (4 per page.) Setup your design, find a cool perspective, make sure it looks right, and figure out the shadows.
3. Do 4 PAGES of final renderings on newsprint. (1-2hours a piece.) 1 image of the lamp, 1 of the table, one of the chair, and one of a combination of all three. Make sure each is large on the page, dynamic, bold, and well drawn.

Homework 7

Inclass + Home. Do 9 pages of design refinement. 3 pages of lamps, 3 of tables, and 3 of chairs.

Find 12 photos of objects and their cast shadows.

Inclass: Do quick block drawings on 4 pages of newsprint of all 18 photos. I will demonstrate. You must get perspective, and lighting ball, and shading correct. Focus on developing FORM! This MUST be done before class lets out.

Homework:

1. Render 3 chairs on 18x24 news print. These need to be as good as you can render. (1+ hours each.) Make sure perspective is correct before you do anything.

2. Ideation: Draw 9 pages of lamp, table, and chair ideas. (4 ideas per page.) 30 minutes per page. Get creative. Really try to come up with some innovative ideas.

Homework 5

1. Get in groups of 4, and pick out each others 3 best autoshow images.

2. Draw those 3 images + 1 of your favorites and draw them on your 18x24 newsprint. Please spend 1 hour each.

3. Find 6 images of lamps, 6 images of tables, and 6 images of chairs. Please make sure that they are inspirational objects, and that you have great images.

Homework 4

ATTENTION, PLEASE NOTE HOMEWORK ADDITION AT THE BOTTOM!!!!!

Inclass:
1. Spend 40 minutes with your classmate to refine your design.
2. Spend the remanding class time designing your robots arch nemesis.

Out of Class.
1. Do 3 finished action renderings of your robots. One of your robot, one of your nemesis, and one of both battling each other. These should take 60 minutes each. Make sure you pick exciting and interesting perspectives. Also make sure you spend time to get quality line work and shading, articulating as much detail as you can.


2. Sketchbook: Goto the natural history museum and do 6 sketch pages. Two pages of environment, two page details (3 details per page) and two pages of people.

3. Goto the Detroit Autoshow and take 24 photos. Print, put in your book, and bring in.

4. ADDITION! Goto this website, complete instructions and enter!!!
http://www.core77.com/braunprize2009/

Homework 3

1. Do 3 (18x24 newsprint) "box" drawings from your reference. Please refer to the demo in class. You will draw 4 examples on each page for a grand total of 12 sketches. Ever single sketch needs to have a horizon line, the perspective points and lines, the location of the light source, and the location of the shadow. This should be done in class.

2. Do 8 pages on 18x24 newsprint of "r2" robot ideations. Each page needs to have 5 concepts sketches on it. Each page should take 30 - 40 minuets x 8 pages = 5 - 7 hours Focus on getting your perspectives, lines and shading right. Use Black Prisma Color.

3. Sketchbook assignment: Goto the Law Quad and goto 2 seperate locations and draw 2 pages of environments, and 3 pages of interesting details. The interesting detail page should have a minimum of 3 different sketches on it. Each page should take 20-30 minutes. 5 pages x 20-30 min = 1.5 - 3 hours. Use Ball Point Pen.

4. Goto the autoshow and take 24 photos of really cool stuff.

Saturday, January 17 - Saturday, January 24, 2009


9 a.m. - 10 p.m. (no admittance after 9 p.m.)

Sunday, January 25, 2009
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. (no admittance after 6 p.m.)

Friendly Reminders: Use your timers, and challenge yourself to draw as fast as possible. Use indication and efficient line work. Also after this week, if your assignment is not done, it will not recieve a grade.

Homework 2

Circles and Lines and Circles and Lines....

This is the wax on, wax off assignment. I will teach you the mechanics of holding a pencil and drawing strokes on a page. You will then start training your hands to do what your brain wants them to.

In class assignment: 5 Pages of Circles and 5 pages of lines.
(i.e. 30 lines per page, and 30 circles per page.) Please number each group. Once you are done, come get me to ok your page.

Homework assignment: Find 1 location where there are lines and 1 location where there are circles and sketch 3 pages of each in your sketch book. (6 pages x 20-30min each = 2-3 hours.)
Use Black Prisma Colors.

Reference Assignment: Boxes boxes boxes. Find 16 really good images of box like objects. (i.e. alarm clock, toaster, sculpture, building.) Take a really cool picture (or download jpeg) paying attention to really good lighting, dramatic perspective, and high resolution. Print these photos out in color, and bring them to class on Thursday.

Recomended Sharpners.

Homework 1

Homework 1: Due Monday September 8th.

Starting Materials:
1 good electric pencil sharpener
2 boxes of 24 black prisma color pencils (please only buy 2 pencils for now.)
2 pads of 18x24 newsprint (please buy only 1 pad for now.)
1 2 inch binder with a box of acrylic sleeves.
1 8x10 cheap spiral bound sketchbook.
1 box of push pins.

1 timer or stopwatch. (min 1 hour limit)
1 cheap clip light, or maglight.
Access to a digital camera.

Homework:

1. Buy Your Supplies. (North Campus Book store, Mich Book and Supply, Charrett, Dick Blick, Staples…)

2. I want you to draw 20 Pages in your 8x10 sketchbook.

I would like you to pick 4 different university buildings and sketch 5 pages of what you see. (i.e. people, objects, architecture, nature, animals, cars, etc… )

Spend a minimum of 20 - 30 minute a page with 4 separate sketches per page. (trust me, I can tell) This means this assignment should take you no more than 6 – 10 hours.

50% of the sketches must be done in black prisma color pencils.


Be sure to NUMBER every page as follows. HW 1, 1 (1/7/2009), as well as your signature. I will not count your work if either of this is missing.

Suggestion: Do not procrastinate on these assignments. They will require a lot of time to accomplish with quality.

BE SURE TO BRING SUPPLIES TO THE NEXT CLASS!!!!!!

Welcome to Sketching IDeas

Sketching Ideas : Syllabus:

Chiwei Lee : Senior Strategic Designer : Ford Motor Company
chiweijohnlee@yahoo.com
313-433-7423
Umsketchingideas.blogspot.com

Description
An artist's or designer's ability to sketch ideas is the cornerstone of all creative endeavors. With this set of tools a person will be enabled to successfully follow their creative passions. In addition, the ability to sketch ideas becomes critical to communicating and presenting yourself to both the creative and outside world.

This course will challenge you to understand the concepts and theories of communication from the creative mind into a variety of visual two-dimensional mediums. You will undergo a very intensive process where you will synthesize visual principals from the real world, into a specialized visual language to express your creative ideas. The best artists and designers from around the world utilize this same visual language. You will also develop a deep understanding of the process of how drawing influences creativity and how to harness this for your short-term projects, and long-term career.

Class Organizations:
This Class will be taught in 3 distinct sections. The first section will teach you the principals of drawing including lines and circles, 1 2 3 pt perspective, Light and Shadow, Materials, Form, and Environment. Section 2 will focus on utilizing these principals to draw your own ideas. The Final section will focus on a Personal Project that can be directly used in your portfolio.

Goals:
By the end of this class you should expect to have these three things.
1. Exceptional Drawing, Sketching, and Rendering Skills.
2. An in-depth understanding of Drawing Theory
3. Several smaller projects with very high quality examples of work.
4. 1 major project that will be "portfolio" ready.
5. A fully realized set of sketchbooks.
6. A book of inspiration.

EXPECTATIONS:

Attendance will be follow the UM art school policy. We will be covering A LOT of material, so I fully expect that you will make every class, unless there is valid excuse. If you do need to miss class, please make arrangements with me before hand.

Work: There will be significant homework in this class. Expect 5-10 hours of home work during the week and 10-15 over the weekends. Although the workload is heavy, the payoff is always big. In addition I will provide time in class to work on the assignments. I fully expect you to take advantage.

Grading:
I will be critiquing and give you a grade for your homework at every class. Your work needs to be up at 6:30. All homework assignments will be on the Blog.

50% homework: You will receive this grade everyday.
25% Big Projects
25% Sketch book. (Bring this to every class.)
Inspiration Book needs to be done. (10% deduction if not finished.)

10 points…………………………………………………………………………………
- The student has blown me away!
- The work is as good or better than the most highly skilled professional can accomplish.
- Both the idea conveyed and the techniques used to illustrate it are gripping in their intensity, and captivating in their execution.
9 points……………………………………………………………………………
- The work completely explains the ideas put forth or shows significant and comprehensible advancement of an idea or theory.
- The perspective, line quality, contrast, composition, and color used to create the work are beyond substantial criticism.
- The above factors are combined in such a way as to not only explain the idea, but also create a dynamism and excitement which in the professional environment, would help propel the idea on to further development.
8 points……………………………………………………………………………...
- The work completely explains the ideas put forth or shows
significant and comprehensible advancement of an idea or
theory.
- The perspective, line quality, contrast, and color use to create
the work are beyond substantial criticism.
7Points……………………………………………………………………………
- The work completely explains the ideas put forth or shows significant and comprehensible advancement of an idea or theory.
6points……………………………………………………………………………
- The idea is not fully discernable from the information provided in
the sketch, or is obscured by inaccuracies in perspective, lack
of value contrast, or messy sketching technique.
- The correct number of assigned drawings have been completed
5 points- failing……………………………………………………………….….
- The ideas illustrated cannot be understood based upon the drawings presented.
- The required number of assigned drawings has not been completed.



FYI : I will be taking in consideration for improvement, and skill level.