Develop the creative potential of vector drawings through Illustrator rendering.  You may choose a precedent building or your own design project as the subject. 1. Comment and Prepare Write comments about your classmates'  Assignment 5. Study examples to see how artists and designers use simplification in representing forms & spaces  Find interesting approaches and color schemes to guide you in developing your images  Become familiar with the Illustrator interface through Lynda.com videos (Ch. 1 Concepts, Ch. 4 Basic Drawing) or similar tutorials.  In particular, learn to use   - Direct Selection tool, Pen tool  - Appearance.   Layer panels  - Align / Distribute panel.   Pathmaker panel  - Live Paint.  Gradient panel 2. Find Color Moods Working from Kuler or an image that inspires you, create at least two sets of color swatches that appeal to you.  The palettes should have colors rough in different proportions:  two or three major color fields with strokes of matching highlight colors.  Use these experiments as a starting point and adapt the colors to suit the rendering.  3.  Diagram Create a set of six related diagrams of a building using a consistent color palette and lineweights.  Consider how systems such as spatial order, program organization, pedestrian circulation, construction sequence, etc. can be simplified for clarity. Can you find the view which reveals the most about each aspect? Which ideas are enhanced by the abstraction of flat 2D graphics and which are best shown with 3D forms? Create two (2) three-dimensional diagrams in Sketchup, exporting a 2D Graphic > PDF to Illustrator.   Draw four (4) two-dimensional diagrams (plan or section) directly in Illustrator.  Consider how you can map essential information to shape, lineweight, linestyle, corner articulation, color hue, saturation, brightness, to create the clearest expression.  Add quiet text labels where essential.  All should be legible as 200 x 200 pixel images. These can be conceptual and do not have to be to scale.  Describe in 150 words how you used graphics to achieve your intentions.  Optionally include a reference image or link to building source information. 4.  Render a section or sectional perspective You may cut an existing Sketchup model such as Rudolph Schindler's Lovell Beach House or your own model:  Export a Section Slice as DWG, save 2D graphic .JPG of shaded views).  Alternatively, you can import and render a CAD drawing or draw over a scanned image in Illustrator.  The resulting image must follow architectural graphic conventions, with careful attention to lineweight.   Use the drawing as a guide - duplicate its layer and lock one copy.  Draw shapes on new layers and experiment with colored fills, gradient fills, and line weight to change the reading of the drawing.  Try simplifying with fewer, simpler shapes.  Use layers for easy selection and modification.  Include figures (see the Oregon Entourage Project ), furnishings and/or vegetation, importing and tracing images as needed.  Watch the relationship of the horizon line and the eyes of the figures; position objects in regards to the overall composition. Generate variations by modifying color, transparency, lighting, component size & placement. As you work, save the Illustrator (.ai) file under incremental names: section1.ai, section2.ai, etc. 5.  Publish After saving your favorite color variations in Adobe Illustrator .AI format, choose File > Export as .JPG (high quality) files.  Resize if necessary in Photoshop to no more than 600 x 800 pixels and post to your ePortfolio account along with a 150 word description of you process. For the Advanced: Create a matching plan for the section that shows shadows of the cut walls.   Present both together in a poster. Develop a schematic model of your current studio project that includes floor plates and major walls.  Cut a section and show daylighting, natural ventilation, passive solar, etc. Use Layout to create Sketchup printouts to scale. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Concept Substantive building chosen, diagram subjects appropriate Section taken at a revealing point Text explains process and discoveries Design Quality diagrams have consistent use of color and graphic elements (i.e. similar lineweights & line types) Page and image compositions are ordered and balanced, with clear hierarchy color schemes for sections portray contrasting moods. Technical Competence Lineweights follow architectural graphic conventions Fill values reinforce spatial depth Experimentation with illustrator features evident Completeness Thoughtful comments written on partners' pages. Scaling entourage incorporated Final images shown on a descriptive webpage. Project submitted in a timely manner. REFERENCES: Technical References: Sketchup: Cutting Plans & Sections Illustrator - Univ. of Washington Landscape Architecture Intro Tutorial Illustrator - for Urban Planning: by Crystal Wilson, 2004: see tutorials 3,4 & 5 Illustrator - Live Paint fun : simple fills Illustrator - Vectors from Images explains Live Trace settings in detail Diagramming References 2D & 3D Diagrams Paul Laseau, Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers , Ch. 4 Abstraction NA2705 .L38 2001 Edward Tufte's Envisioning Information : chapter on Small Multiples, QA90 .T914 1990 Frank Ching’s Architecture: Form Space & Order : Ch 7 Principles