Design Project 1

Here is the design cube that Ivan, Kyle, Michael, and I built:

Design Definition

This poster is meant to convey a process of making form meeting function. The process of creating typography is shown as a gradient of letters against a grid while the bold red color of design is meant to present an impact on visual senses.

Created by: Drayton B., Isaac C., Kristine O., and Mo A.

Hi I'm Jenny!

Hi everyone! My name is Jenny and I am a Public Relations major (double minor in business and communication design) from San Jose, California. Ever since I was young, I have had an appreciation for all things creative and aesthetically pleasing, whether it be flipping through the pages of countless fashion and lifestyle magazines, wandering down the halls of the many art museums my family has taken me to, helping to choreograph a routine for my old dance team, analyzing the witty writing of articles I have read, or bobbing my head to the genius beats of music producers. I took art classes up until I was in middle school, but unfortunately did not have much time for it when I started high school. However, I want to take design classes to expand my knowledge of art and design and to explore my creative potential. These days, I am especially interested in the art of fashion design, and here are some pictures from the journal I started to keep: 

a page from my journal!

 if anyone is good at drawing fashion figures let me know :)

- Jenny 

Design definition

This is our multimedia poster we made for the definition of design project. Individually, we choose a word and made it any way that we wanted without knowing what anyone else was doing. After, as a group, we assembled our words that state the elements of design to create this multimedia poster.

Made by: Schessa, Kate, Sarah, and Kymberly

Design Definition Song

Here is a song about design. Lyrics courtesy of Linh.

http://soundcloud.com/cullen-titus-chen/design-song-linh-and-cullen



A book requires binding
But spiral, stitched, or sewed?
A freeway needs constructing
Yet, which connecting roads?

Design can solve these problems
With purpose and intent
It moves beyond aesthetics
And inspire to no extent

From innovative concepts
To physical blueprints
Design provides foundation
Giving us a helpful hint

Design can solve these problems
With purpose and intent
It moves beyond aesthetics
And inspire to no extent

DESIGN: THE PROCESS OF CRAFTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS INTO SOLUTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTO TO CULTURAL IMPACT. 

by Crystal, Sophie, Kelsey. FADN102.

The girl's mind is portrayed as a factory, PROCESSING and CRAFTING design ideas and cranking them out into SOLUTIONS. We used different typography and paper for the words in order to show and play with the dynamic and wide range of design types.

Galleries (Chinatown)

I went to the galleries at Chinatown this Sunday. Although there are only few of them open, those works are all inspiring. Most of the pieces are about the citizens of middle classes or lower. Instead of using multiple colors and naturalistic skills, the artists choose dark colors of one or two to depict images. Most of the works there are about the live of most of the families. Instead of having those huge business building in LA, the artist chooses traditional brick houses as his/ her model of drawing. 

They let people to view LA from totally different perspective--the real life of LA citizens. 

So... Hi, all.

This is Luke Jacobson, getting a late start here. On the Blog.

Well, let's get to it. I'm a Junior, majoring in Animation. I've taken a couple of drawing classes before this, but I thought a design class would be a nice way to round out my education. I'm not particularly interested in any specific type of animation (though my heart beats most fondly for Stop-Motion), so I'm currently trying all types to see where I fit in. I'm also dappling in some critical studies classes, an acting class or two (or just one, off to the side), and maybe, maybe I'll try out writing. But I'm not sure yet.

I don't have much of an artistic background, so there's not a lot I can share on that level without speaking out of my ass at least once. However, what I can say is that I love to try and caricature people, and I've been getting better at it. For example, I did a few of my old high-school friends awhile back:

See? That's mostly what I do: Really sketchy, not too detailed or finalized, very monochromatic, very cartoony. Perfect for animation, I think, but not especially artsy. Maybe I'll pick up a few helpful tips along the way.
Fittingly, I find that it's also very reminiscent of Bill Peet, a Disney storyboard artist and a great inspiration of mine growing up:

And if this is going to lead into inspirations, well, not all of them have the same style as Bill Peet, but a lot of them come from the people I used to read or watch on the TV when I was 12: Gendy Tartakovsky, Bruce Timm, Herge, and Janry (of "Tome et Janry"), among others. Most of my current inspirations are no better, being concept artists, manga artists, or Deviantart fan-artists. What they all share is expressiveness when it comes to drawing characters and/or a very slick/bold/distinct style. Looking at all this, it's clear I'll be needing some straight-up, classical artsy-fartsy inspirations, and quickly (maybe I can go into Jan Lenica. He seems to be right up my alley...)
But, until then, enjoy my favorite Janry drawing. Admire the amazing expressions he can create with a few ink lines (especially in the hands), and the sick sense of humor he has!

Defining Design by Michael, Rajiv, Cody, and Jackson

This is the defining design project we made out of a magazine. We cut out words that are associated with deign into the different pages of the magazine. Each word is in the foreground of an image that is directly related to the word.

Made by: Michael, Rajiv, Cody, and Jackson