{"id":1649,"date":"2023-12-27T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T22:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankjingzhang.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=1649"},"modified":"2023-12-27T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T22:24:19","slug":"drawing-for-design-york-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frankjingzhang.com\/portfolio\/drawing-for-design-york-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing for Design (York University)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Brief Course Description:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduces drawing as it is used in design as a tool for expression, exploration, idea generation and refinement. Ideas and concepts will be explored and translated into literal, abstract and symbolic form for use in graphic representations, pictograms, symbols and letterforms. Students are challenged to go beyond accuracy in representation to embrace expression and abstraction for effective communication. Required course for BDes major. Course credit exclusion: FA\/YSDN 2012 3.00.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Content and Schedule:<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">week<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assignment &amp; Exercise<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><b>Drawing fundamentals: basic elements,&nbsp; perspectives, value scale and rendering.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Project 1: Self Identity&nbsp; Icon\/logo Design&nbsp;<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dot, line, shape and form &#8211; a structural approach in drawing&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 1 brief<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class exercise<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perspectives: the classical and modern perspectives in drawing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classical perspectives: One, two, three and multiple points perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern perspectives: cubism, birdview and speculative perspectives.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research of styles&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concept sketches&nbsp; &nbsp; 10%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Value scales: light, gray and dark values. Gradient. values in colors, value contrast. Lighting direction and effect,&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linear sketches: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clear outline&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With detailed composition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choice of font&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rendering: multiple techniques in drawing&nbsp; exploring dry and wet drawing mediums, high and low contrast in drawing, cross hatching, smudging and smoothing techniques.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gray Scale design drawing rendering with choice of medium. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2 Brief.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><b>Creative drawing section: exploration in drawing techniques, styles and expressions in visual communication.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Project 2: Activism Poster<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Image + font rendering.&nbsp;<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation drawing narratives: drawing as a visual language in relation to semiotics and vernacular visual expression.&nbsp; Developing drawing languages through sketching and visual references\/research<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sketches: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing exploration:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representational, symbolic and abstract expression&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Signs, symbols and indexical exploration in drawings. Explore the power of drawing in visual communication through meaning creation and affect.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Linear drawings:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply emotion and expression through drawing using an individual style.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual rhetorics in drawing styles: explore drawing in visual voices, apply linguistic techniques in drawing language.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combine visual complexity in your drawing by mixing representational, symbolic and abstract form in your drawing. &nbsp; 10%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abstraction and non-representational drawing: explore drawing aesthetics in relation to conceptual context, the power of open-ended interpretation and exploration process using integration of multiple drawing mediums.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final full color poster rendering of a creative drawing with all three visual expressions. 10%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><b>Drawing in digital formats:&nbsp; Explore the impact of digital tools and design methods in drawing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Project 3: Design Illustration&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Speculative self-promotion poster in a digital future.&nbsp;<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technical drawings- vector drawing, using vector based software &#8211; adobe illustrator, Besier tool.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital drawing &#8211; geometric forms and organic forms working in harmony (letterform and image)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concept sketches<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital drawing exploration &#8211; creating linear illustration using bezier tools with 2D or 3D perspectives&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linear drawing &#8211; using lines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply 2d and 3D grid in your drawing for design&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3D drawing tools: Using 3D drawing tools to create letter forms&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply the 3D illusion in your drawing, using line, form and value contrast.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final critique of the course work.&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finalize the full rendering to your drawing including image and letterform, apply value contrast.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Outline &nbsp; Brief Course Description: Introduces drawing as it is used in design as a tool for expression, exploration, idea generation and refinement. 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