Our Task:

During the first semester, we were assigned to complete drawing tutorials from a series of videos every week to learn how to create product design sketches in our class. We would make notes about the information in each film as well as illustrate and sketch what we observed. These lectures lasted for several weeks, and now we have a whole library of drawings. My notes and sketches from the drawing tutorials project are shown here.

"Technical Drawings 1 and 2"

"Orthographic Drawings"

"Perspective and Complex 2-Point Perspective"

"Rectangular Planes with Centers"

"Curved Surfaces"

"Your first product design Sketch"

"Sketch a Pringle & Utensils"

"Vignette Lines and Product Design"

Content

Center Line: A line through the center of a shape or form

Contour Line: Lines on a map connecting points at the same height above or below sea level

Ghost Line: Light provisional lines for separating edges, center lines, surfaces and contours

Horizon Line: Apparent line where the earth's surface meets the sky

Hatch Line: Lines used for shading in sketching

Isometric Projection: Method representing 3D objects with parallel lines

Orthographic: Projection method using parallel lines to depict objects or surfaces

Outline: Line or curve enclosing a flat or 3D shape

Picture Plane: Imaginary plane in perspective, like a glass window for sketching

Projection: Sketching lines to create a 3D illusion on a flat surface

Shade: Darkness caused sunlight shelter; shading in sketching occurs on non-sunlit surfaces

Tangent: Line or place touching a curve at a specific point without intersecting

Vanishing Point: Point on the horizon where projection lines converge 

Vantage Point: Angle from which an object or space is viewed

Vignette: Sketching a frame to appear behind an object, providing depth cue

Reflection 

We were all given weekly tasks to complete drawing lessons between the first semester and the start of the second semester. These assignments typically included three to eight videos every week. Every drawing in the films had to be documented and sketched by us. This exercise provided me with many new concepts of sketching and there were some days where I wasn't looking forward to doing it but there were days where I enjoyed the process of sketching it. Even though I learned a lot of new vocabulary, I personally don't think my drawing skills have improved since the beginning of the year. Throughout the constant sketching, I demonstrated conscientious learning and critical thinking. I showed critical thinking by efficiently trying my best to complete the challenge drawings that the video gave us and I also showed being a conscientious learner by managing my time in completing these drawing tutorials productively. I although didn't demonstrate much communication and collaboration since the tutorials were mostly done solo instead of group work. Overall, I dreaded and lacked in motivation in completing the drawing tutorials every week but in the end, it was worth learning the different aspects of sketching and this is a really important concept in having superior engineering skills.