ATTENTION CLASS: I would like everyone to bring drawing materials to the next class session (april 7). We will do a quick perspective excercise in class to go along with your interior designs. Also, as a reminder to all, start posting your work more often, and I will check your progress and leave comments more frequently.
-Nino

This is to answer the question Nelson asked me in classs today. He asked how to divide a receding line properly into equal parts. Just for demo purposes, lets say we want to divide the vanishing line into 4 equal parts.
-Nino

Nelson:New House

Hi.

This is the new house I drew overnight. After talking with Niño, I realized that I really haven't been pushing myself or tying down my designs enough. He also pointed out that by not taking my work to a more finished stage, I am not discovering my full weaknesses. So, here is my new drawing, warts and all.

I realized that I really need to draw more and work in a smarter way. This drawing took longer than I thought it would and it was more difficult than it looks. I struggled with perspective for what seemed like forever, finally decided to forego the perspective (for now) and work it free hand.

I was going for an armored beast form to the house madeup of a rock mass. Since the race of creatures are more of an earthy "goat like" people, I wanted to tie in the rocky shapes and materials. Though the design isn't as extreme or pushed as I would like it to be, I am glad that Niño gave me this quick turnaround goal. Any comments are appreciated.

--Nelson

steven gravano: inn

steven gravano: house

Nelson: House Explorations

Hello! Here are some of my explorations of the direction that I'm going in for my house/home. In thinking of my home there were a number of considerations I had. First, I was thinking about my "race" what kind of people they are and what kind of materials they would use. I thought rocky hillside (since they are evolved hooved creatures). I would think that they would seek out environments close to what they are used too. I'm thinking the placement would be somewhere high on a hill. My race of people would use natural materials like mud, rocks, and fabrics even that they would fashion themselves. I'm also thinking that they could be a used to somewhat of an agrigultural people. I'm also thinking about what a home could represent. It could be a haven, a place that is warm & inviting. Or it could be a defensive sanctuary where it looks formidable, but inside it is a place to feel safe and recuperate. I like the idea of a contrast between outside & inside. The outside could look intimidating almost gruesome, but the inside could be warm and comforting. The home could also be totally futuristic and unusual. I like the idea of huge, exaggerated shapes jutting out to push the extreme nature of the project at hand. I haven't gotten there yet, so here's my start for the homes.

Nelson

Lawrence: House Ideations

Hey Guys, here are some ideations for the houses that the devil creatures could live in. Now I had an idea that the ships that they crashed landed here could be the used as a house because it's not going to be used as a mode of transportation any time soon. After a bunch of scribbling and silhouette studies I chose some shapes that were interesting and decided to do some ideations of them. I like the space ship idea but it started to look too sci-fi. Then I started looking for influences to help my design and I looked at a lot of asian architecture since my character's costumes were influenced by that asian style (and also to give the design a "true" feel rather than made up). I also tried some designs where it looks a little more primitave because they used materials that they found to make these homes. I like the idea of maybe merging the spaceship and the home together so I might do more ideations for that. I like the spaceship idea because it gives the homes a lil bit of story to them and a lot of character. Is there any particular design anyone likes? Any comments would help, so I can begin to finalize the idea.