Torch Development

About Development

Development is the process of trying to improve your initial idea to make sure you have considered all design options and details before you commence manufacture. Development ensures a thorough design process has been followed and gives a client options within the same design style. It can be a difficult to develop design ideas so you are going to learn some techniques to help you learn how to develop ideas.

Group Activity Lesson - 5x5 Development

To help you learn how to develop your ideas you will use the 5 x 5 development strategy. This is an activity where you will develop each others work. It allows you to see the work of others and share ideas. As a result of the strict timing you will learn how to work faster when sketching your work.

Your teacher will explain and work through this with you. You could use the other pupils’ ideas that you gain from this activity to help you with your individual development.

You should present a photo of the outcome from the 4X4 on your digital portfolio. Don't forget to annotate the photograph. To evaluate your opinions of the outcome.

Things to develop during the 4x4

Change one part of the overall shape of the design
Add some cut out shapes to the top layer that reveal the middle layer
Change the shape and position of the key ring hole
Change the design so that all 3 layers are visible from the top

Individual Development

Individual development is development of your ideas that you do on your own. You can use ideas from the 4x4 development to help you or you can experiment yourself. You should use arrows to show the flow of your development. Annotation is really important to communicate your design decisions.

Things to develop:

Change one part of the overall shape of the design
Add some cut out shapes to the top layer that reveal the middle layer
Change the shape and position of the key ring hole
Change the design so that all 3 layers are visible from the top

Insert a photo of your individual development in you digital portfolio.

Example Individual development

Development Tips

Sketch a crate in ghost lines

Sketch all pencil lines in ghost lines

Use a 0.5mm fine line pen

1 - Render a flat base tone

2 - Render dark edges

3 - Render to blend and fade from dark to light

Adjust and tweak design ideas

Make improvements

Annotate your work to explain

Arrow design in important

Write small and neat

Simple arrow design

Create a flow between ideas

Each design should show progression

Start limiting your colour palette

Include a designed 2D title + render

Photograph your work and add to website

Update your website

Website layout design and planning

Descriptive text

Follow a similar design flow as shown

Present your work neatly

Follow the steps below to ensure you achieve and work through the correct level of development.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Task - Individual Development

Develop your own idea on an A4 piece of paper.

Use the crating technique to position the design restrictions correctly and proportionally
Use fine line pen to make the ideas stand out on the page
Use a rendering technique, rendering from dark to light to make your ideas look realistic
Annotate your development work to describe and explain the changes you have made
Use a colour block to show your favourite ideas
Include arrows to show the flow of your development

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