Product Visualisation 1: Hand Sketching
36 hours Face to Face + Blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit introduces fundamental drawing and rendering skills to facilitate the development and presentation of design ideas. A range of 2D visualisation skills particularly suited to the concept generation stage of the design process will be explored, including perspective drawing, orthographic projection, freehand sketching, quick rendering techniques, exploded views and exploratory sketching.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Demonstrate freehand line drawing that depicts shape, form and surface finish
- Produce accurate freehand drawings of various objects and products in perspective, orthographic projection and exploded perspective views
- Prepare 2D and 3D renderings using techniques for quick marker application, and using highlight, shadows, hues and colour saturation to depict form
- Apply a range of ideation techniques appropriate for problem solving and creative thinking to their design projects
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Studio | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.50 | 12 weeks | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
In-Class Exercises | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3 |
Sketching Portfolio for Workshop | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Perspective drawing
- Orthographic projection
- Exploratory sketching techniques
- Freehand sketching techniques using different drawing mediums
- Quick 2D and 3D marker rendering techniques
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.