Liza Veysikh In-class revision

Jennifer Yuh Nelson describes how their team initiated ideas for their new character Lord Shen in their 3D film. I thought it was very interesting how she said that they look at every detail that would make the character real. Similarly, for our project, we should compile details of our journey to Downtown and try to incorporate every place we saw pertaining to our topic into our project. That would make the city of Denver appear more “real.” Also, her revision describes starting out from a 2D sketch of the character and adding more dimensions to its figure. I think it would also be helpful to use that. First, we should interview people and compile information on our topic. And then we will add layers to the google map by describing the places in detail and adding videos and photos to our project. So I learned that it’s very important to start with the general idea (character in this case) and add on details in the process.

Frank Gehry discusses how he plans out his architectural style. First, he provides a model that is very sketchy and I didn’t understand at first what he was trying to convey. As he said however, looking into the drawings, I could identify objects and forms that are very similar to the actual building. Therefore, I learned that it is useful to start with a sketch of the project, but have important information in it that would lay out the basics, and work from there adding more and more details. I think that this is also a useful idea for our project because we need to lay out the essential basics (like where the wall and the door is) and then work from there.

Ben Katchor, a cartoonist, depicts different faces that are important in his. I like how he uses essential forms (nose, eyes) and then later adds expressions on their faces and many other shades. I learned that the basic forms are important for laying out the basics and then the details will be in process. I think we should use these ideas in our project.