While sitting @ DMV for 2+ hours I had lots of time to doodle. Star Wars always seems to come to mind, so I sketched out some of my favorites! Only used an extra fine point sharpie, on recycled bond paper that I found @ DMV.
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It has been ONE whole year since our first post here @ Lineweights! We want to thank everyone who takes valuable time out of their day to check out some of our work. We have big things planned for 2010, so please stay tuned and hope that you continue to enjoy Lineweights! Happy Birthday Lineweights!
Recently, Jon and I were asked to teach the Visulaization 1 class @ SJSU Industrial Design. It is something we both aspiring to do someday in the future…and that future is now. We are now 3 weeks into the class and the students seem to be responding really well, and bring a positive attitude to class everyday. Hopefully from their point of view we are able to connect, communicate, educate and inspire. I felt like the Circles Inside Squares demo was a great spot to start with our new posts for the class (as several other components that we have taught already appear here on LW’s). Enjoy!
First, sketch this out on a sheet of paper, cut it out and fold it up into a 6 sided cube.
Now, using your cube…sketch out what you see. Play with Perspective Views, View Angle, Eye Level of the cube…and then freehand the ellipses on each showing side of the cube!
Sketching random things you see or imagine and composing them into one sketch, can be a pretty interesting way to spice up your content. This is a combination of both things I came across, like the older gentleman on the right, the hand gun, and the city in the background…the skull, rocket ships and monkey in the space suit are from a Digital Art magazine. Had a bunch of fun with this sketch, hell…who doesn’t like drawing monkeys?
Muji fine point pen, sharpie fine point, on Brown Paper
Here is a quick sketch I did while out and about, but wanted to share it with LW’s quickly…so, im testing out the iPhone’s ability to get a nice posting up on wordpress. Sketched this on brown bag paper, took a photo, edited it with the Photoshop Mobile app and uploaded it with the WordPress app. I really want to explore the possibilities of sharing sketches/art/inspiration, quickly and at times when you dont have full computer access! Lets us know what you think… this concpet might become a regular on Lineweights! Enjoy!
Pretty straight up…time to draw a Smart Car! They have such cool little personalities, it makes it easy to capture the character like feel that these cars have. Used a ultra fine point Sharpie and Pentel Sign Pen to bold up the out side lines. Keep it loose and free… Enjoy!
Curvilinear Forms can be some of the toughest things to sketch in perspective, but when you nail it they can shine for you. This technique reaches back to my first Visualization class with Dave Fleming at San Jose States Industrial Design Dept. Follow each step, and you will learn to build 3D curvilinear forms on paper!
1. Perspective, Proportions and Connections: Sketch your initial box forms. Take a look at the proportions of the two boxes in relationship to each other (they are the major bodies of the object). Once you are happy with the proportions, connect the two boxes, and find the center line of both boxes.
2) Contour lines, Center lines, Radi and More: Use your sketch from step one asn an underlay to make the second sketch. Lightly ghost the key points from the original sketch (as visual reference). Start to “shape” the boxes into softer forms, paying attentions to the outside profile to maintain the correct perspective position of those curves. Use crossing contour lines to help describe to your eye how you see those new shapes. Add curves and Radi based off of those contour lines. Make sure that the center lines now live on both forms.
3) Final Shape, Details Texture and Preparation: Use the sketch from step 2 to help create your final shape. Adjust curves and contours to fit your design, always referencing your previous sketch. Place key details that play a big part in the design on the object, always looking to see if center lines/ contour lines hit those objects (this can help play up certain details). Always follow the surfaces you have built to make details more realistic. Add textures if necessary to separate forms, and the sketch is prepared for value and shading!
Enjoy!
Feeling tired and rusty? Been a while since you last sketched? Need a pick-me-up, that will get your marker started? Sketching warm ups are the best way to break that silence between your pen and paper. It will help your brain visualize your next move and learn to build confident lines. This technique shown here is most commonly taught at Art Center in Pasadena, and Scott Robertson being the biggest proponent! I threw on his DVD and did a little sketch warm ups.
Click on the photo to take you over to the full Sketch Warm Up, filed under Tutorials and Techniques page!
I was down at the SF Train Station the other day and sketched out all 3 different types of trains that run outta there… CalTrain, Muni and Freight. Trains are so huge that its really easy to see perspective lines (even thou some of mine are off), its great practice to help training your eye to visualize perspective lines.
Since its been a long while since my last post, I felt like I needed to get back to some of my basics to get the ball rolling again. Also its “back to school”time…it can be really helpful to warm up your school year with some of the basics you learned throughout art school. I threw on the first Syd Mead Gnomon tutorial video, and sketched along with him. http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/107/Syd-Mead
During many of our design studio classes, there was nothing more fun than sketching a caricature of people in the class. We had a really solid group of students moving through the Industrial Design program ahead of us…who helped to inspire the drive of Always Sketching …. One of our favorite subjects was our beloved teacher Tomasz Migurski @ SJSU ID. Here is one of the pages I found, rummaging through old sketches. I know you guys have more sketches (Jon, Alex, Dan and Kings!)…post’m up!
In the series I am working on for all my younger cousins, this sketch (scanned in progress, not shown finished here) was done for my little cousin Sofie. She loves rivers, streams, waterfalls and cool hidden natural places. This composite sketch was done using The Art of Pocahontas as inspiration, its a large sketch…11×17, so I scanned it in 2 parts. I have 6 more sketches to go in the “Cousin’s series”, each one gets a sketch for their birthday this year 
The soundtrack for the Lineweights REVOLUTION has come!
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Our boy Tom Morello has teamed up with MC/Activist/Artist/Front man of The Coup…Boots Riley. Morello representing the SoCal, Boots from the mean streets of Oakland representing NorCal…join together to spread the word of uprising, change and revolution. Street Sweeper Social Club is….”more than a band, it’s a social club.” Love the idea of looking at MUSIC as more than the “individual band”, but more about the SOCIAL group it creates. Thats the same reason why Lineweights is online! Enjoy the boombox-tommy gun-earshot!
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