Flowerpot Design Ideas

Mini Inspiration Board. Collect abstract shapes to help with your shape design. Colour does NOT matter as you will only work with wood.

Your Initial design ideas are your first ideas about how you will solve the design brief. You should sketch out your initial ideas quickly and clearly to communicate your ideas so you can show them to other people and discuss the idea in greater detail.

Your Initial Ideas should be presented using a variety of sketching and rendering techniques.

Your teacher will show you some techniques in class.

Centre lines

A lightly sketched centre line can help as a guide and is always strongly recommended.

This helps will the symmetry of the design.

Construction lines (sketching)

Use very light guidelines to help you draw simple shapes (we call this technique crating).

Fine lining

Remember, you should keep all of the lines light until you are sure that you have drawn the correct shape, and then go over the outlines to make the shape stand out.

Rendering (adding colour)

Render in brown to make the shapes look like wood. You could try adding a wood grain.

You different shades of brown.

Details (different angles)

Since the pot is not visible in the front sketched view, you should draw a separate sketch of the pot shape.
A TOP VIEW of the design is also useful to show the base shape.

Annotation (adding comments)

In addition to your sketches, you should also communicate your ideas by adding annotation.
Annotation helps to describe and explain your ideas and should include information to help manufacture the product.
The sorts of things that you need to comment on includes materials, finishes, safety, joining techniques, opinions on the design shape etc.
Whenever possible your annotation should be in black ink and block capital letters.

Examples of the presentation of design ideas are shown below.

Wood grain effects make the wood designs looks more realistic.

Colour surround effects with bright colours used as the background help highlight the overall shape.

Notes and annotation help share design ideas and thoughts.

Dark and light shadows create tone and contrast when rendering for better results.

Your design page should be full and empty gaps filled with comments.

Wood grain for improved design presentation. Use a sharp pencil.

Colour surround helps highlight the overall design shape. Use a bright colour.

Sometimes the best designs are the most simple - do not over complicate your designs!

Keep sketch lines light and soft
Render with care so that you always have a perfect line
Render carefully to include light, medium and dark tones
Include a title
Include pot and base designs in your Initial Ideas

Plan your design around 3 layers - The front layer, the middle layer and the back layer.

Sometimes the best designs are the most simple - do not over complicate your designs!

Keep sketch lines light and soft
Render with care so that you always have a perfect line
Render carefully to include light, medium and dark tones
Include a title
Include pot and base designs in your Initial Ideas

Plan your design around 3 layers - The front layer, the middle layer and the back layer.

Task

Complete one A4 page of design ideas. Use the techniques that you have been taught to present you work including fine-line pen and rendering.

Make sure you clearly show where the 3D printed pot will be. You should sketch a minimum of 4 ideas.

Insert a good quality photo of your Initial ideas sketch work on your website page for the Flower Pot project.

Presenting your work on your website:

How to hold a pencil to achieve different weight of line
Your understanding of ghost lines and construction lines - Include information about the centre lines and guidelines
Fine line pen types and techniques
Rendering - explain what it is. Did you learn any advanced techniques?
tips and advice for presenting design work