Mechanical objects

Book Cover Project

Good Book covers don't necessarily require strong drawing skills:

Bold & legible titles and authors names are key factors!

Thumb-nailing your project is always

 the first and most important step!

Next, if appropriate color studies are a good way to help to set the overall tone.

Make sure you plan plenty of space in your design for the Title and Author's name as these are the most important aspects of the book cover!

Watch this excellent video by cover designer Chip Kidd: 

Chip Kidd TED talk

Lolita book cover contest and links: http://invertedblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/evolution-of-illustrator.html

Linear perspective for buildings

Ink Drawings

Modeling utilizing mark-making techniques: stippling, hatching, and cross hatching

Warning Signs

Danger, corrosive, and poison 

The challenge is to communicate boldly and clearly, thus quickly important warning ideas in a universal image, not reliant upon words.




For an great example look at Ron Cobb's concept design for  the movie Alien:

Student examples:

Drawing II Perceptual/Conceptual project

What is our IDEA of a color, versus what the color actually is:

Practice not Talent!

A great article I encourage you all to read:

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/06/01/479335421/practice-makes-possible-what-we-learn-by-studying-amazing-kids?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160601