digital journal part 1

Vinh Nguyen – n8292213

Digital Journal

Week 1 - Studio 1Mobile from memory

This task got us to sit down and think about an every day object which we use and to redraw it from memory.

I thought this was going to be far too easy seeing as the iPhone 4 is a very simple device when almost all of it’s entire user interface is in the touch screen, but then I began to realise the other small features such as the camera and ear speaker which at first went straight through my mind.

Week 1 - Studio 1Mobile from observation

I took more time with this one to try to get it as close to the actual object as possible.

Week 1 - Studio 1Drawing exercise right hand

I think this exercise was to try and get us to stop being so perfect with our drawings

Week 1 - Studio 1Drawing exercise left hand

Being right handed made this task rather awkward as the circles begun to turn square-like and uncoordinated.

Week 1 - Studio 1Cylinder shape to draw bike from

memory

(Though I didn’t realise this is what the cylinder was for in the first place)

Week 1 - Studio 1First attempt at drawing bike from

memory

Second attempt at drawing bike from memory

(After realising what cylinder was for)

I found this task to be quite fun and yet mind-boggling at the same time as I don’t see bikes very often at all. My second attempt seemed better but still doesn’t look right.

Week 1 - Studio 1Scanned drawing of bike from

observation not working...

REMEMBER TO FIX ASAP !

Week 1 - Studio 1Drawing finger through breaking

down into simple shapes

I found that breaking down objects into simple shapes does help with the final drawing and is not how I usually draw because I see the markings left over at the end as errors.

They are also a pain to get rid of without ruining the final drawing.

Week 1 - Studio 1Drawing entire hand through

breaking down into simple shapes

Week 1 - Studio 1Break up of 7 part hand animation

First frame and last frame;Middle frame;2 frames between first and middle;2 frames between middle and last.

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 1 of 7 Hand animation

When I finished all 7 frames, I found that this frame did not go smoothly with the frames between 1 and 7

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 2 of 7 Hand animation

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 3 of 7 Hand animation

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 4 of 7 Hand animation

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 5 of 7 Hand animation

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 6 of 7 Hand animation

Week 1 - Studio 1Frame 7 of 7 Hand animation

I found that as well as the first frame, this frame was different to the others, mainly due to the difference of size in the thumb.

Week 1 - Studio 1Final animation – Cropped & realignment

of hands.

At first, it didn’t animate very smoothly when I imported the pictures and exported as a gif because I couldn’t draw the hand in the same position on each paper and to exact scale as the other drawings.

I think for this to become smoother, I need to draw more frames, especially between frame 1 and 2.

When I watch the animation, the final frame tends to irritate me more and more as the thumb just doesn’t look right at all.

Week 2 - Studio 2Line ExerciseThis was an exercise which required us to draw 5 frames experimenting with line.

Week 2 - Studio 2

• Rhythmic Patterns

Week 2 - Studio 2

• Envoking Force

Week 2 - Studio 2

• Harmony to Discord

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 1

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 2

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 3

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 4

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 5

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 6

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 7

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 8

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 9

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation - 10

Week 2 - Studio 210 Frame Line Animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 1 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 2 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 3 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 4 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 5 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 6 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Frame 7 of 7 Tap animation

Week 2 - Studio 2Final Tap animation

Week 3 - Studio 3First life drawings

With these initial drawings, I found that I was taking far too long just to get the general skeleton of the figure drawn

Week 3 - Studio 3First life drawings

As a result, I did not get any features drawn.

Week 3 - Studio 3Second life drawing – No looking

down [RIGHT HAND]

This exercise required us to draw with our main hand without looking down at the paper.

I found that this was quite hard and the outcome was quite terrible.

Week 3 - Studio 3Second life drawing – No looking

down [LEFT HAND]

This exercise required us to draw with our other hand without looking down at the paper.

This was even harder as I do not have even half the amount of control in my left hand as my right.

The outcome for this was worse than the last, looking a lot more distorted.

Week 3 - Studio 3Third life drawing – Unknown

With this set of drawings, I did not know if it was a continuation of the last exercise or not, so I decided to just continue with it.

Week 3 - Studio 3Third life drawing – Unknown

For this drawing, I finally lost control of myself and peeked down at my paper for a slight second and looked back up at the model.

I find that it is quite hard to keep your eyes away from the paper you are drawing on.

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

I do not remember what this set of drawings were for, but I found that they were much better than the previous drawings

I believe this set had the model pose for a longer period of time

Week 3 - Studio 3Fourth life drawings

This is my favourite drawing from the whole session. I think I successfully captured the models pose quite well and it does not look out of proportion.

The only thing I think is wrong with this drawing is the incomplete umbrella.

Week 3 - Studio 3Fifth life drawingsFor this exercise, we had to overlap all of the poses.At first I thought it would look quite useless if I overlapped all of the poses straight on top, so I decided to slightly shift the

following poses to the right.There are six poses in total.

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 1 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 2 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 3 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 4 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 5 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

When I started drawing this frame, I knew I wouldn’t have enough room on the paper as I drew the original pose fairly large and as a result, the umbrella had been cut out partially.

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

Frame 6 of 6

These drawings were used for the animation

This frame also had the umbrella cut out partially.

Week 3 - Studio 3Sixth life drawings – Animation

This is the final animation.

I am happy with the final result, but I think it could be a lot smoother with more frames in between and repositioning each frame.

Week 3 - Studio 3Seventh life drawingsThese are the final drawings we had for the day.The model posed on a chair and we were given 5 minutes per pose.

Week 3 - Studio 3Seventh life drawingsThese are the final drawings we had for the day.The model posed on a chair and we were given 5 minutes per pose.

Week 3 - Studio 3Exercise 3For this exercise, we were required to fill an A4 page with 10 gestural

drawings.

Week 3 - Studio 3Exercise 3For this exercise, we were required to choose 2 of 6 images and reduce them to a minimal line

drawing symbol which represents the figure/object.I think I did pretty well with this.

Week 3 – Studio 3Exercise 3For this exercise, we were required to choose 2 of 6 images and reduce them to a minimal line

drawing symbol which represents the figure/object.I think I did pretty well with this.

Week 4Sense of Volume

Week 4Sense of Volume

Week 4Sense of Volume

Week 4Deconstruction

Week 4Exaggeration

Week 4Exaggeration

Week 5Rotation of Letter

Week 5Rotation of Letter Animated

Week 5Doodle Shapes

Week 5Flying Stool

Week 5Flying Stool Animated

Week 5Projecting and Penetrating Forms

Week 5Pivoting Box

Week 5Pivoting Box Animated

Week 6Approach to Precinct Drawing

Week 6Precinct Drawing

Week 7Storyboard