Sora Watanabe - Unit 7: Design Methods in Art and Design by Sora Watanabe

30/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-30 08:33:43 UTC

My task today is to complete the full write up of the brief.

30/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-30 14:03:26 UTC

Target for this lesson: Edit and complete the brief, before then starting preliminary research for the moodboards.

30/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-30 14:09:24 UTC

Target for the rest of the lesson: Continue to research images for the moodboard's i will be creating.

Kaf

kafui — 2015-03-30 14:30:02 UTC

Fantastic evidence of work posted so far Sora. Remember when setting targets to keep them S M A R T.

-Specific

-Measurable

-Achievable

-Relevant

-Time bound

30/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-30 15:23:11 UTC

Preliminary moodboard research:

30/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-31 09:37:30 UTC

Completed Brief for Unit 7

31/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-31 09:45:55 UTC

My task for this morning is to continue to research for my mood boards, choosing images more focussed on specific sections of fantasy, such as weapons and armour. before the end of self directed study i should have completed at least 3 pages of research images.

31/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-31 11:02:48 UTC

3 pages of specific mood board research.

31/3/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-03-31 13:26:21 UTC

Begin to research 4 artists who specialise in 3D sculpture/textiles, i will find information about themselves as artist, what inspires their work and examples of their work. This is to be completed by the end of the lesson, or the end of the day if necessary.

6/4/15 - 12/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-13 15:43:51 UTC

Research the history of Fantasy, Costume and Prop making, as well as planning out my sketchbook. Begin creating a mind map of design ideas. Continue to research images for my moodboards, covering: Medieval, Sci-fi/futuristic, steampunk etc. These tasks are to be completed by the end of the week.

CHECK OUT MY WALL

sharon_fenwick — 2015-04-15 14:33:28 UTC

Gayle Playford interview

sharon_fenwick — 2015-04-15 15:29:10 UTC

I found the link - not sure if you saw this.

sharon_fenwick — 2015-04-16 09:08:36 UTC

20/04/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 08:21:21 UTC

This morning I will update my padlet with links to my chosen artists, as well as start printing my mood board images and sticking them into my sketchbook.

Artist Research - Harrison Krix

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 09:01:58 UTC

http://www.volpinprops.com/aboutvolpinprops/

Artist Research - David Carpenter

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 09:04:17 UTC

http://www.bioweapons.com/

http://evil-fx.deviantart.com/

Artist Research - Ngila Dickson

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 09:05:59 UTC

http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php&aid=25&type=bio

Artist Research - Satoshi Araki

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 10:50:03 UTC

http://www.coolthings.com/satoshi-araki-dioramas/

http://imgur.com/a/6iYh3

20/04/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 12:21:56 UTC

In the next 30 minutes i will finish off finding images for my artist Satoshi Araki, using the websites i have linked on padlet. If completed before the deadline, i will print off those images to stick in my sketchbook.

20/04/15 Sarah

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 13:00:14 UTC

Feedback:

Well done on completing your artists research, continue with your good progress and make sure you print off your work.

20/04/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 13:07:40 UTC

I will print off my work from the previous task, and begin cutting and sticking it into my sketchbook by the end of the next 30 minutes.

20/04/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 14:05:42 UTC

Using my printed images, i will continue to cut and stick them into the moodboards in my sketchbook

Becky Feedback

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 15:05:04 UTC

You have completed your targets to a high standard today. Continue at this standard for the rest of the projects

Review of 20/04/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-20 15:10:24 UTC

From the feedback i've been given, I can say that i have done well to achieve all of my targets. I should continue to arrange my printed images into my sketchbook, and begin writing in my researched information tomorrow to keep up with what i have achived today.

21/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-21 14:24:26 UTC

For today i will be continuing to stick my printed images into my sketchbook, divided into each of the themed moodboards. this is to be completed by the end of the day.

23/4/15 - 26/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-25 12:15:20 UTC

Complete all moodboards in sketchbook and write up all artist the research into my sketchbook. To be completed before the 27th.

27/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-27 08:18:54 UTC

My target for this morning's lesson, is to complete all the titles of the mood board pages. To be completed by the end of the lesson.

27/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-27 12:18:53 UTC

My target for this afternoon is to finish off the last of my titles from this morning, and then begin to add my history research into my sketchbook, I should have at least one section of research completed by the end of the session.

Diego

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-27 14:24:23 UTC

So far you have a good amount of images for your mood board and should easily meet your target by the end of the lesson. You could reference some of the images you have chosen but that's opptional and just my opinion.

28/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-28 09:21:11 UTC

My target for this morning's session, is to finish writing my notes for the other 3 history sections for my project, and print off the images that accompany them. This should be completed by the end of the session.

28/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-28 12:02:03 UTC

My target for this afternoon is to have written up the history notes i took this morning, and put them into my sketchbook, as well as stick in the images i printed off this morning

28/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-28 13:49:51 UTC

As i finished my target earlier than expected, my new target for the rest of the afternoon is to sketch out some designs, from my interpretation of my artist research. At least one artists sketches should be complete before the end of the lesson.

29/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-04-29 08:04:11 UTC

My target for this lesson is to finish the other 3 artist response drawings in my sketchbook, to be completed by the end of the session.

30/4/15 - 4/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-03 16:16:14 UTC

During the course of these allocated days I will complete: my mind map of design ideas, my thumbnail sketches and at least start 2 development sketches and their prototypes.

5/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-05 08:24:59 UTC

Begin drawing up my other two development sketches by the end of this mornings session.

5/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-05 12:08:07 UTC

For this afternoon, I will create one of my prototypes from the resources available in college. This is to be completed by the end of the session.

6/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-06 08:05:07 UTC

In this session i will finish off my third prototype and begin creating my forth prototype, the fourth prototype should be completed by the end of the day.

7/5/15 - 10/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-09 11:58:58 UTC

Over the course of these days I will finish off my prototypes and developed sketches. Then I will begin drawing up my final design.

11/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-11 08:17:57 UTC

Continue to draw my final design for the rest of the morning, add any final details and begin thinking of what materials I am going to need to build this piece.

11/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-11 12:08:37 UTC

Plan out how i'm going to create my final piece, work out the size/scale of it, the materials needed and which paint colours i'm going to use. If i get that finished, i will then generate a 3D model in cinema 4D of my final piece, to see how well my design works.

11/5/15 - REVIEW

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-11 15:17:09 UTC

I have fully planned out my final design, and have managed to create a good portion of my C4D model of my final piece. I will continue to annotate the developed sketches in my sketchbook, for the rest of the afternoon at home.

C4D Model progress so far ...

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-11 15:21:39 UTC

12/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-16 10:48:01 UTC

My target for this morning, is to purchase my supplies for this project and to collect the tubing from John Lewis.

12/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-16 10:49:37 UTC

My task for this afternoon is to finish my C4D model and begin contructing my final design.

13/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-16 10:50:48 UTC

My task for today is to finish contructing the basic head of my design and have it attached to the handle by then end of the lesson.

14/5/15 - 17/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-16 10:52:09 UTC

As I cannot take my final piece home to work on, I will spend the next few days adding the final touches to my sketchbook, and contructing the counter weight for bottom of my model.

18/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-18 08:30:22 UTC

This morning I must finish cutting the foam sections for the detailing on my sculpture, and have it all stuck to the model before lunch.

18/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-18 12:14:20 UTC

Todays target is to finish off cutting out and adding the finer details to my final piece, in the foam sheets and ensuring they are stuck properly to my model.

Presentation

richard_shearer — 2015-05-18 14:29:31 UTC

18/5/15 Review

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-18 15:17:25 UTC

Finished all the details on the sculpture and fixed the balance issues. Tomorrow I should begin paper mache section of my final piece.

19/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-19 12:04:54 UTC

Today I'll begin to paper mache my final piece, covering the entire head of my design as well as the bottom segment.

20/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-31 10:55:59 UTC

Today i finished off my paper mache of the final design. As well, i presented my work to the class, explaining my design process clearly. During the afternoon, I then began painting my final design.

21/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-31 10:58:31 UTC

I spent the duration of this morning painting the final details onto my final piece. Once it was fully painted i left it to dry, and began writing up my evaluation.

22/5/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-31 10:59:50 UTC

My target for today was to get my evaluation printed off for my sketchbook, aswell as the images of my process of building my final design for my sketchbook. I also thoroughly checked over my sketchbook to make sure everything was included and to a good standard.

7/4/15

sora_watanabe — 2015-05-31 12:24:46 UTC

Research from books i found relating to fantasy: