Viscom 1

Continuing in my recap of term 1 at Art Center, here are some of the results of Visual Communication 1. This class teaches you to draw imaginary objects in proper perspective. This was a tough class for me but I learned a lot. Sadly, I don’t have much of my work in digital format. We ended up turning in a stack of around 150 pages with all our assignments from the term. (Not including the hundreds of pages of practice!)

The class started with innumerable pages of straight lines and cubes in perspective. It wasn’t until week 6 that we started making these convincing blobs:

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After a couple weeks of blobs, we went back to our sketchbooks and drew pages and pages of ellipses. Eventually this led up to the infamous treaded vehicle project which took up the last 4-5 weeks of class.

This started with a few concepts, followed by many iterations of the chosen design.

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Here’s how the front view of my vehicle evolved. Pay attention to the symmetry in the tracks, the level of detail and overall perspective:

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  1. Hey, this blog is great! I’m looking into going to school for ID, so its great to see some of the things that might be happening.

    I was wondering if you could share some of the techniques and exercises for drawing straight lines in perspective? I’m working on perspective drawing right now and straight lines are pretty difficult for me. Thanks!

    Matt on

  2. Straight lines are tough! All I can say is practice, practice, practice. Different angles, different speeds, going left to right or right to left. Make sure to use your shoulder and elbow rather than your wrist. In the first few weeks of class I filled dozens of pages with nothing but lines.

    Stéphane on