Concept Design or Ideation is the creative process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas. Student will document their process to create an original concept design from the initial thoughts to a finalized concept information sheet. Students will follow a design process of creating, developing and communicating abstract, concrete or visual ideas based on their interests related to the theme of the course.
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IDEA EXPLORATION
States Initial Focus
Design Exploration
Inspiration Board
Inspiration Board - Annotated
Design Thoughts, Analysis, and Reflection
Design Objective
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Thumbnail Sketches
Thumbnail Reflection and Annotation
Design Development Sketches
Sketch Reflection and Annotation
CREATION PROCESS
Design Process Documentation
Visual Progression
Ongoing Reflection
Justifies changes
REFLECTION
Process Reflection
Design Evaluation
Success
Improvements
Final Design
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
A CONCEPT DESIGN PROCESS & ADDITIONAL MORE SPECIFIC RESOURCES
Batmobile Designer Shares Concept Art
Total Time: 3 minutesStar Wars Episode I: Design Featurette
Total Time: 7 minutesThe Art of Engineering: Industrial Design at Delta Faucet
Total Time: 9 minutesBMW Car Design Process
Total Time: 7 minutes
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
INITIAL FOCUS
INITIAL FOCUS
What is your initial focus? Write a brief statement about what your initial thoughts on this project. Basically, what is the basic direction of you project.
FOCUS: I want to create a simple sculpture form that can be cut on the CNC or 3d printed.
FOCUS: I want to design a leather bracelet to be fitted to my wife's wrist with a design that she would actually wear.
FOCUS: I want to design some type of a RC powerboat. My initial thoughts are a modern take on a classic v-bottom cigarette boat.
INSPIRATION BOARD - Annotated
INSPIRATION BOARD - Annotated
You need to get inspired! This is one of my favorite stages. Basically you explore what is out there and possible directions you can go. Collect /research reference images, current designs, inspirational, blueprints etc. Basically find as many as you need, which is at least 20+ sources. I call this phase, the “Inspiration Board”. I have found that the best way to do this is to create a Padlet with all your resources. This is not only a dynamic collection of resources, but it also retains the source information for later documentation.
DESIGN OBJECTIVE
DESIGN OBJECTIVE
First write a brief design objective including details. This should be brief and concise. You should explain and justify what you are designing, and who is the client/ target audience.
*Keep in mind the design or concept should be ORIGINAL.
Design Objective: I will create a concept design for a simple ‘steam-punk-ish’ robotic character to be used in a 3D adventure game. I want the character to be fun, charismatic, and marketable. My goal is to design it to be appealing for both females & males between the ages of 12 - 25 age groups.
Objective Descriptors: Fun, charismatic, 1950s Sci-Fi, insects-ish, samurai, med-evil armor, steam-punk, industrial, toys, illustrative/cartoon, hero, modern, etc.
Initial Background Story
Write an initial concept overview / backstory. This could be elaborate or vague. This will help you in developing your design and the more details you have now .
Example description / background of Coyote Tango from Pacific Rim:
Coyote Tango is designed to resemble naval warships and Cobra attack helicopters in both color scheme and appearance. Coyote Tango's light armor allows it to perform various deadly maneuvers and has great speed to evade Kaiju attacks. It is also armed with twin long-range ballistic mortar cannons to damage Kaiju from afar; these were supplemented by a forearm-mounted, retractable V-PI EnergyCaster with five modes of modulation - this weapon in particular being considered highly experimental at the time of the Jaeger's launch. Coyote Tango is also tied with Cherno Alpha for the tallest height on a Mark-1 Jaeger.
As a Mark-1 Jaeger, Coyote Tango runs on the power of a nuclear reactor. Given the short amount of time the Pan Pacific Defense Corps had to build the first series of Jaegers in response to the Kaiju threat, none of the Mark-1 series Jaegers were reinforced with protective measures to prevent radiation poisoning. Consequently, the Rangers piloting Mark-1's were at an increased risk of contracting cancer-related illnesses from exposure. Both Tamsin Sevier and Stacker Pentecost developed cancer as a result of the Jaeger's poor radiation shielding and were retired from active duty.
THUMBNAIL SKETCHES
THUMBNAIL SKETCHES
Thumbnail sketches are a simple and quick way to get thinking, start planning your shot and help solve problems early on. Sketching can really help you to be inspired and get creative. Even if you don't draw well, crude thumbnail sketches can help you plan your poses and timing. The extra time spent on planning your work will be worth it in the long run.
Watch this video on thumbnail sketching with Von Glitschka:
Watch this video on thumbnail sketching
Optional Video
Character thumbnails silhouettes:
Character thumbnails silhouettes:
Optional Video take it to the next level, video
Create at least 20+ well developed thumbnail sketches. Here are some thumbnail examples, some are more elaborate than others. Don’t be intimidated by the examples, these are just supposed to be light sketches. Play with design implementing the 'Elements of Art', line, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Each sketch should be quick and no longer than a minute or two. You are just visually exploring directions.
PROPORTIONS SKETCHES - Annotated
PROPORTIONS SKETCHES - Annotated
Proportion Sketches Annotated
DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES
DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES
Choose your best or favorite thumbnails and further explore this design. Basically, these sketches are more detailed version of your best thumbnail designs with thoughtful annotations. Create at least 3 pages of development sketches. Here are some thumbnail examples, some are more elaborate than others.
Initial Proportions - Good
Quick Sketch for Proportions and initial design
Refined detailed concept sketch
Final Draft Concept Design
Refined and Annotated
FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN
FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN
Make Sure your final Robot Concept is Complete.
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