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3 hour session : WEDNESDAY
3 hour session : WEDNESDAY
Discovering inspiration from PERTH CITY nature
Discovering inspiration from PERTH CITY nature
Early into our research and brainstorm stage, we want to explore as much as possible. Changing our work environment can lead to some amazing new inspirations. We will be meeting on campus at 8.30am on Wednesday for our 3 hour session. The goal is to find inspiration from urban nature. You will be surprised at what you might find! We will go through a couple of activities, before heading back to campus to develop our ideas further.
By the end of this week, you should have started the following:
Mood board
Project plan document
Gantt chart or Miro boards
Concept refinement and getting ready for pitch
Begin project documentation
Organise creative workshops (time and topics)
8.30am FIELD TRIP
8.30am FIELD TRIP
Meet at SAE Perth campus, Room 1.10, Computer Lab 1. We will leave campus at 8.45am, heading towards the city centre. Please observe members of the public, flora and fauna along the way and take photographs of anything that grabs your attention. Our destination is Government Gardens and its surrounds for a photography session and design analysis session.
Asset collection - take photos of:
Flora
Fauna
Buildings and nature
Street furniture
Reminder - Week 3 - Project Pitches
Reminder - Week 3 - Project Pitches
(max 10 mins - this includes Q&A)
Your pitch will include:
1 cover slide including your name and chosen topic/theme
Research on your topic/theme
Mood board of visual styles and techniques
What is your intended process? (include sketches/ mockups to better convey your idea)
Chris Rodley created these incredible conceptual pieces using AI! The combination of animal and objects is a great way to create original and unique concepts. He uses a free online resource called Deepart, where you provide the computer with the images, and the AI completes the mash. The results are often unpredictable, leading to a great way to further inspire your ideas.
Let's explore Deepart in class and see what we can come up with. We are not using the AI images as our final image making technique, but more of a technique to come up with fresh ideas.
Activity: Flower x Butterflies
Activity: Flower x Butterflies
You will take photos of flowers and leaves at Goverment Gardens or in the city.
Create individual PNG's of your flowers in Photoshop.
Create a butterfly using your flowers.
Check your silhouette is clear and readable
Your butterfly should be well balanced
Skew wings & add shadowing to make 3D
Activity: Mechanical Creatures
Activity: Mechanical Creatures
Activity: Creating a mandala with images in Photoshop
Activity: Creating a mandala with images in Photoshop
Additional activity: What is isometric drawing?
Additional activity: What is isometric drawing?
Isometric drawing is a type of 3D drawing that uses a 30 degree angled grid. Isometric design is a trendy and slick aesthetic, used commonly in corporate design, poster design, art and games. You could say, this aesthetic has replaced the old school Microsoft clip art. Isometric art does not use any perspectve
Read the following article and follow the video tutorial to create your own isometric grid in Illustrator.
Activity: Design a small cube space in isometric land!
Activity: Design a small cube space in isometric land!
Follow this tutorial and create an isometric living room. To complete out of class.
Check out the examples below for inspiration.
Additional activity: Draw a small corner of your house in isometric view. You can start with a sketch on paper.
Consideration: Can you use the isometric grid to create any assets for your national park aesthetic?
Project: Our Home, by Keiji Yano
3 hour session : FRIDAY
3 hour session : FRIDAY
Today we refine our idea. Share with the person next to you and gather feedback. your current
Work on Documentation- template here!!! (due week 5) - Make a copy of the template, and create your document in the same shared file.
Create a Gantt Chart or Miro outlining the next 12 weeks of your project. Use the brief to extract your key milestones.
Make a profile for your target audience using Xtensio
Refine project concept.
Create a user profile
Create a user profile
This is a paid tool now, so you will have to create your profile in one sitting and save it out as a PNG.
The easiest way to create a Gantt chart is using the template from Google Sheets
The easiest way to create a Gantt chart is using the template from Google Sheets
Goal: Work as a team to encourage creative thinking and decision making when faced with tough choices.
Scenario: You are all stranded on a desert island, and may choose only three of the following objects to survive.
You can ask questions to your facilitator as a team as you go.
bag full of fruit and vegetable seeds
Swiss army knife
Torch
Fishing net
Sunblock and hat
100 meter rope
waterproof bed sheet
a large strong bucket
2 litres of kerosene
a lighter
Axe
Compass
water purifying tablets
toilet paper
blankets
first aid kit
insect repellant
You will split into two teams.
Discuss amongst your teams which three items you will choose to survive. Document your strategy on a sheet of butcher paper. You can draw, take note, brainstorm etc.
Share your strategies with the class afterwards, and explain why you have chosen the items.
Transferable skills:
In your learning journal, identify which transferable skills your team have successfully demonstrated.
Next week on Friday, you will be presenting your project to your peers, panel and the Yagan client Zeppo (time TBC)
You will have a maximum time of 5 minutes, followed my 5 minutes to gather feedback.
The session will be held between Animation and Design, followed by a debriefing from Zeppo, then a trip to Yagan Square to view the screen and example projects on the big screen.
Homework Activity:
Homework Activity:
Continue working on your Client Presentation
Choose an art movement
Draw an asset from your chosen topic in the style of your art movement.
Eg. drawing the black cockatoo in Art Neaveau styling.
Eg. Australian flowers in Art Deco styling.
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