Design Ideas Mosquito coil holder
2D Symmetrical sketching is vitally important and used at all stages of designing. Professional designers and advanced sketchers use this technique all the time as it makes sketching easier.
Equipment you will need:
To complete the following sketching and communication tasks you will need, as a minimum: A3 marker paper; a sharp pencil (ideally a mechanical pencil); black fine line pens (0.3mm & 0.8mm); some coloured pencils including some brown (for timber) and colours (for resin).
Task
Sketch out 6 ideas on A3 marker paper using the A3 template underlay sheet provided. These sketches should give some quick initial design thoughts. You will then use this sheet to transfer your designs into Procreate, or create new digital design ideas.
You have previously done some sketching work similar to this when sketching ideas for your projects in the Prep school. This work will further advance on those skills. Click here to understand more about 2D symmetrical sketching
Step 1 - Setting up
To aid you to design your Resin poured Mosquito Coil holder you should start by sketching out a series of rectangles for the Front view (how you see the product when you look straight at it), with a centre line running horizontally across and vertically through the middle of the rectangle. The proportion of the rectangle is approximately 3:2 i.e. 150mm width x 100mm height. You should then sketch a small circle (to represent the hole for the brass pin). Use the underlay template sheet to help you.
NB ideally please try NOT to use a ruler!
Video - step one
Step 2 - quick concepts
Now that you have sketched out the rectangular boxes, with centrelines and a circle for the brass pin, you can start by lightly sketching out your first design ideas. You should do this in pencil, or blue pencil if you feel confident!. Your teacher will demonstrate this. You need to carefully think about the following:
You should have a Timber 'split' line
Have a 'split' line for the front layer of resin
Have a line for the middle 'split' layer of resin
Have a 'split' line for the back layer of resin
Video - step two
Step 3 - refining ideas
Using black fine line pens (0.3mm thin lines inside & 0.8mm thick lines outside) refine your design ideas, and improve the communication and presentation of your ideas. All outer lines should be thick and some inner details should be thin.
Click here to understand more about Thick & Thin lines.
Video - Step 3 (Pt1)
Video - Step 3 (Pt2)
Student examples of refining the line through the use of Thick & Thin lines
step 4 - communication
You are now ready to add marker pen and coloured pencil to your initial design ideas. Your teacher will demonstrate this technique so that you understand how to use markers correctly. Try to add a wood grain texture to the timber part of your design ideas.
Video - Step four (Pt1)
Video - Step four (Pt2)
Video - Step four (Pt3)
Video - Step four (Pt4)
Video - step five
step 5 - shadows & highlights
You are now ready to add marker pen and coloured pencil to your initial design ideas. Your teacher will demonstrate this technique so that you understand how to use markers correctly. Try to add a wood grain texture to the timber part of your design ideas.