celebrity kitchen composition

This is a final composition of my celebrity kitchen project for client, William McDonough. For this assignment, we were to provide elevations, a floor plan with section cuts and elevation tags, an axonometric view, sections of cabinet walls (or in my case, my custom shelving unit), and an exploded structural detail (custom shelving unit). Each image was to be placed in a thoughtful manner, with the final board conveying a sense creative risk, readability, consistency, good representation of materials and textures, and show care and quality. I feel my composition is a great example of each of these design elements. My favorite part about the overall design is my creative risk, of creating a circle pattern super-graphic.

SYTYCD : cd cover

For our last "So You Think You Can('t) Draw" assignment, we were to create a cd of all our SYTYCD projects from the semester and create a cover for the cd. This is the cover that I created in Illustrator. It is a digital composition of my work, so I thought titling the project "Kristen Sylvia : a drawing experience" was an appropriate title, along with the artist photo of myself.

kitchen axonometric view

This is a hand-drawn and rendered axonometric view of my celebrity kitchen that I designed. Along with my other hand-rendered drawings, I wanted to capture the essence of the material used and how the light would interact with the space by providing spading. This view was used only for my Visual Communication kitchen composition.

kitchen detail explosion.

This is a model that I created using Sketchup. It is an "explosion" of my custom shelving unit that is designed for my celebrity kitchen project. The purpose for this model is to show all the individual pieces that make up a buildable structure. Each set of pieces is spread out or "exploded" from its connecting pieces. This image was needed for my Visual Communication celebrity kitchen composition.

concept composition

For this Visual Communication assignment, we were to take our concept from our Design Studio "Celebrity Kitchen" Project and create a composition without titling it with our concept. We were to include two hand-produced images, two pictures taken from the internet or other resources, and provide 4 descriptive words about the project or concept. My concept was a cherry tree, with which I created a silhouette of a cherry tree branch, a set of pendant lighting that I originally was going to use in my space that I designed, graphic images of a cherry and a painting of a cherry tree. The words I used to describe my ideas were reuse, nature, diversity, and light. These words were used very much in my original design. Everyone was able to guess my concept from looking at my composition!

rendered material board

The materials I decided to render were bamboo ring ecoresin, reclaimed wood, glass from a light fixture, and fabric. I rendered each material three times: one pen, one pencil, and one markers and colored pencil. According to scale: one full scale, one 1/4'' scale, and one 1/8'' scale.

SYTYCD : celebrity kitchen detail

For this week's "So You Think You Can('t) Draw", we were to create a detail of something that is in our Studio celebrity kitchen project. This could be either a furniture, fixture or electrical element. I chose to draw my custom shelving system that has two sliding doors on a track. The doors are made of a somewhat see-through resin material, which I captured in my rendering. I used markers and colored pencils.

SYTYCD : kitchen logo

I tried to create a very active, vibrant, dynamic logo that represents my client for our celebrity kitchen project, William McDonough, completely. I designed it with three circular rings representing cyclical movement that captures the symbols of the three concepts McDonough lives by : solar income, diversity, and waste = food. Each of these three concepts are activities that are meant to be continuous, which will improve the quality of our Earth and ourselves. The colors I chose are eye-catching and work well together, which represent the reaction McDonough gives creates and the benefits of his ideas. McDonough says that "design is intention". Every part of this logo has intention and represents my kitchen design and McDonough very well.

SYTYCD : recreate a week

This was a unique "So You Think You Can('t) Draw" contest week because we were to recreate one of the previous weeks' contests. I chose to draw another joint composition. For this drawing, I reminisced to summer memories and drew a man fishing in a lake, hoping to catch that one fish! I focused on line and form the most in this joint composition with minimal shading. Adding an element of depth with the bobber being close and the fisher in the boat being further away creates visual interest. I think this drawing is fun and I'm pleased with how it turned out!

SYTYCD : haunted house

For this "So You Think You Can('t) Draw" contest submission, we were to create a well-composed rendered elevation of the front of a spooky haunted house that we design. To go along with the drawing, we were to form a story that went along with our spooky place. I envisioned my haunted house to be a place where little trick-or-treaters found themselves going to far down the street...to where they did not want to end up. My narrative describes the adventure the three children on the bottom of the page had on their Halloween trick-or-treating night. I provided grand, dark gates with gargoyles perching on top as my super-graphic. By drawing the three children at the base of the page, it provided distance to my drawing and also moves the viewers eyes from the children through the gates to the story to the house (the climax of the drawing). I decided to render this image using graphite instead of more complex, bold colors that markers create because I wanted to create a dramatic black and white composition and I simply wanted to experiment with pencil rendering for a change. I had a lot of fun being able to be completely creative and not have many guidelines with this project. I love how my drawing came out!

case study : case study [composition]

To wrap-up the case study : case study project, we were to take a piece from various steps of the process and create a complete composition of our hard work. I chose to represent my creations in a simple but well-read grid format. In the composition, I was to include a floor plan, axonometric view, elevation, section, and perspective. Although each of the pieces are equally important and well-drawn, I decided to create my floor plan as a super-graphic because it shows a complete view of everything in the entire case study : case study house. The way I arranged all of my items highlights consistency, care and quality. The title is located on the datum line that adds interest and contrast, leading the reader across and down the page. I feel the composition is creative, easily read and visually appealing while still focusing on the actual work.

case study : case study [perspective]

After weeks of collecting bits and pieces of the "case study : case study" house, I was able to put all the elements together and create a composed perspective of the space. The perspective is a combination of pen, marker and pencil. There were two ways to approach this perspective : either create the space on a basic level on Sketchup and then draw in all details or create the space from a handmade grid for perspective. I chose to take the Sketchup approach to improve both drawing and computer-based skills. After creating the basic forms on the computer, I payed close attention to detail and created a more life-like atmosphere with furnishings, decorations and home features, like the fire and wood in the fireplace. To create depth with light and shadow, I used shadowing techniques with my markers, really transforming the image. To enforce texture, I incorporated dotting techniques for my rug and used colored pencil to create a wood style for the floors. I am very pleased with the colors and techniques that I used to create my perspective of the sleek and modern space.

case study : case study [rendered axonometric views]

On these two axonometric views, I took the pencil axonometric and created two black-lined views that I would further render. For these views, I chose to "ghost" the exterior walls to make more of the interior visible, making the views stronger.


For this axonometric view, I rendered it using colored pencils and markers to create shadows, depth, level change, and proximity for the viewer. Reference to the relationship between inside and outside has been made with creation of trees and bushes.
For my second axonometric view, I used pen to outline and pencil to shade and create depth, level change and proximity. It was a challenge to create textures and different shades from the same pencil for every objects value.

case study : case study [axonometric view]

This is an axonometric view of my case study : case study house. I used a 30/60 triangle to create my view using only pencil. On the left side of the composition, I created a value study using pencil that will help in my next step of rendering using pencil.

case study : case study [section elevation exploration]

FIRST DRAFTED INTERIOR ELEVATION:

The first copy of our drafted interior elevation is loosely rendered using pen and maker. The purpose of this "practice" elevation was to experiment with color, technique, form and composition.


SECOND DRAFTED INTERIOR ELEVATION:

For the second drafted interior elevation , I used pen and rendered with care for detail and completeness. I paid close attention to line weight and color shadowing on surfaces and showing material quality.


THIRD DRAFTED INTERIOR ELEVATION:

For the third and final drafted interior elevation, we were to draft the elevation in pen, paying close attention to line weight. This elevation was to be render as our midterm assignment in class, using the first and second elevations as models. I used pen, marker, and colored pencil to create light, shadow and depth in my space.

SYTYCD : scale figures

For this week's "So you think you can('t) draw", we were to draw three compositions of scale figures. Our compositions were to be unique, show a good amount of creativity and convey different styles of drawing scale figures. I chose to capture my scale figures in three different scales : (left to right) normal, far away, close up to a body part. From left to right, I drew a woman sitting a coconut chair, a man rock climbing and a hand painting creating a masterpiece. I considered line weight, shading and detail in my three figures. I tried to convey these drawing elements into three overall interesting compositions. With these images I created, I won this week's SYTYCD drawing contest!

case study : case study ["fixed" floor plan]

This is a revised floor plan for the case study : case study project. I paid close attention to line weight, prevented smudging and developing the original designers drafting style better. This style was brought out through the trees and landscaping around the house. I am extremely pleased with the way this floor plan turned out and glad I chose to take the time to make improvements.

case study : case study [elevation]

This is an elevation that I created from a diagram. I used my case study : case study floor plan to find the points of the pieces and walls in the space and their thicknesses. From there, I used a scale to find all the heights.

case study : case study [rendered floor plan]

I used a variety of markers and colored pencils to render this case study : case study floor plan. My use of rendering materials created light, shadow and depth to my images. I chose blues, greens, oranges, reds, and numerous shades of gray to complete my composition.

daily drawing exercise : rainy day

One rainy day last week, our daily-beginning-class exercise for visual communications was to draw a group of umbrellas as a contour drawing in about five minutes, focusing on the lines created by the figures.