tHe nExt cLue in tHe sCavenger hUnt..

OMG.. it was like a flashback of the sticks and cell phones nightmare from last semester!! haha.. but less.. We used the exercise to get inspiration. Out of a minimum of 25 thumbnails we chose 3 to be included into a perspective of a comfortable reading nook. I included mine as a painting on the wall and on some storage boxes. After drawing the perspective we had to copy it 3 time, choose ONLY 4 marker colors and render them using different proportions of each in each drawing ( i hope that makes sense :-o) but i enjoyed this assignment very much. I'm still trying to get the hang of this using color thing, it's not as easy as it looks to me. But in time, i'll be a pro..











ooOoh nOOooo!! you know what i just realized.. no scale figure :-/ CRAP

sCavenger hUnt..

The first part of the hunt was to draw two spaces that tell a story..

My first story is from back when i first started here at UNCG. Most of my time was spent in the Atrium and in the EUC (student center). I drew the upstairs in the EUC because that table to the far left was the table i spent most of my lunch times at with my friends. It's a significant place to me because a lot of stories, gossip and information was shared in that spot and it's hard to forget that.



Now, it's more about where i've ended up. I stay in Spring Garden Apartments (no stalkers please) right on the edge of campus. This is the outdoor space that's provided for us. I spend quite a bit of time out here just to clear my head and search for inspiration. It's pretty open even though it's in the center of the "U" shaped building.

FIiELD TRiP!! WoOOoo HoOOoo....

SOoo.... over the weekend we went to Monticello by Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, VA and Bear Run, PA to see FALLiNG WATER by Frank Lloyd Wright.. Seeing T.J.'s Monticello was fun but..... I've been wanting to see Falling Water for YEARS, so it was something like a dream come true :-)It was AMAZiNG!! Of course being an interior architecture student, i sketch.. so here's a few i came up with. They were done relatively fast, which is not how i usually work, but I'm proud of them...



That's a profile of Justin M.on the right.. hehe..



On the bus when we were coming back Patrick mentioned that Falling Water looked like open drawers on a dresser.. i took inspiration from that and tried to make it actually look that way.. here's the attempt..

My perspective of the fountain for extra credit.. None of the colors wanted to come out right for me :-( doesn't look the best, but it just motivates me to want to do a lot better!! RENDERiNG iS HARD!!

12 tHumbnails of Mossman..

Being the somewhat perfectionist that i am, really quick drawing comes a bit difficult for me. We weren't supposed to spend more than like 10 minutes on each thumbnails (which are only 2x3"). Proportions are a huge issue when drawing at a insanely small scale.

aRchitectural dEtaiLs..

These are five architectural details on a two-page spread of the Gatewood building and of my apartment complex. Floor to ceiling windows complimented with a large pillar, a sort of grid designed ceiling, a sculpture like piece made of wood and recessed lighting.

fiELd oF LiGht..

Concentrating on paths of light, we chose a window in studio to build a structure of some sort that would deliver two different experiences of light. I immediately thought back to grade school when i made a telescope out of cardboard and mirrors, since our main material was to be cardboard, i thought i could kind of recreate that idea. Of course i realized that the whole mirrors idea was making things a lot more complicated than they needed to be, so i tossed that. My creation was simple but effective, just not from every angle like i anticipated it to be, depending on the strength of light at least. Ultimately i was pleased and i received positive feedback.

Here's my structure at night:







And the full effect of the structure with light: