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- Special Topics: Prop Design Studio, spring 2020:
- Product Design: Visual Communication I (Sophomore): Fall semester.
- Product Design: Visual Communication II (Sophomore): Spring semester.
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: MEN. Fall semester.
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: WOMEN: Fall semester
- Fashion/Costume Design: Sophomore dynamic model drawing: Spring semester
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: WOMEN: Spring semester
- Fashion Design: Junior model drawing: Fall semester
- Fashion Design: Junior model drawing: Spring semester
Fashion/Costume Design: Sophomore dynamic model drawing: Spring semester
- Week 1 or 2: The male figure: Fabric textures: (Previous year):The male figure: Super hero. Dynamic gestures, 8 head proportion.
- Week 1 or 2: Female model, 8 head proportion: Dynamic fast gestures. (formerly) 1920's dress, jersey - drapes.
- Week 3: Female model: Geometric shape exercises and comositions. Formerly: Male model, striped draped fabric. Basics: Hands, shoes, heads.
- Week 4: 8 head male figure. Jersey draping top. (Formerly female and stripes)
- Week 5 and 6: Basics, rendering the face, fast dynamic poses. Movement.
- Weeks 7 and 8: Prepare for and Midterm test.
- Week 9: Working with the male X-men characters: Wolferine and Cyclop::
- Week 10: female Legends of tomorrow characters. Former years: X-men characters: Leather and other textures.
- Week 11: Cyclops, Wolferine and Capes.
- Week 12: Female X-men characters continued.
- Week 13: Preparation for final test: Male model, male X-men characters.
- Week 9/17: Starting character drawings for DC's Legends of tomorrow:
- Week 10/17/18: Drawing male DC Legends of tomorrow characters.
- Week 11/17: Drawing the female DC Legends of tomorrow character.
- Week 12/17: Male DC (LOT) character:
- Week 13/17: The female DC character. Detail studies and props.
Final test:
1. page:
Dynamic gestures focusing on figure proportion, movement, heads, hands and shoes.
See image 5.
3 gestures, 20 minutes.
2. page:
Male or female X-men characters, finished drawings, rendering garment textures.
Focus on figure proportion, pose, rendering techniques and time management.
3 gestures, 25 minutes.
Example: Rendering leather, with either marker or gouache: See steps on following pages:
Under drawing on a separate page.
On 2. page:
Draw silhouette of garments, paying attention to width and lengths of garments.
3. Rendering leather, with either marker or gouache:
Squint, and draw in darkest shadows and folds first.
Then focus on medium greys, transition areas.
Highlight shine with pastel or white gouache.
Refine Prisma lines, add accents and contrasts.
Paying attention to proportion sheet and measure lengths and widths.
Figure proportion and pose are VERY important. Understanding the angles of the pose.
Rendering head, hands and shoes, focusing on shapes, silhouettes first. Edit the face, simplify.