time capsule drawing

prototype and final time capsule process booklets

to document the processes we've been through during the creation of our time capsules, we have constructed "zines" (small informative booklets) showing the progress. included are photos, illustrations and narratives describing the various stages of design. we developed prototypes of what we desired our booklets to look like and hoped the final product ended up somewhat like it.
here's my final booklet:










here are pages one and two of the "ideal" layout/scheme for the process booklet that we came up with before completing the final zine. I think I managed to stay true to form, at least with colors and the orange color-blocked theme.

le corbusier drawing

this is the completed drawing of a le corbusier building, drawn from a photograph.
homework assignment, due 11.20.07

"mmmmm, melted plastic..."

In a recent issue of ReadyMade magazine there is a how-to guide about making your own melted plastic bowl. Besides the one in the mag being orange (my new thing this fall) it has a very cool form. Seems it's made of the plastic fencing material used in construction (you know those little pretend fences that won't keep anything in or out during road construction). I didn't have $40 to experiment using that particular material, so I found plastic canvas and had fun.



the last photo (my beloved orange one), as Homer Simpson would say, "is what happens when plastic says, 'No more'!" yes, it's plastic gone bad. oh well. that's what happened when I fooled around with the temp settings. it seems 50 degrees makes all the difference. the successful ones were heated in the oven at 400 degrees, and that seemed to work. not so good at 450!
I'd like to practice some more, on another day when I feel like getting a headache. the fumes weren't noticeable, but my headache sure is!

homework assignment, due Nov. 15

another shading exercise

above: a sphere, cone and cube assignment from our textbook.



above: the weird shape that was difficult to figure out how to shade. not too sure about this one.



above: a still life of a ball, box and dinosaur bank.