07-08-2016, 04:53 PM
Paul Richards is ace to learn from!
When you are copying, you must pay attention to how he defines his shapes/volumes/forms cleanly and with great economy.
The pieces you've been doing show great amounts of exploration. However, you should consider defining the structure, nail down the large, medium and small shapes/volumes/forms so you can see clearly if the design is working out or no.
Its tempting to work abstractly and leave the clean up till later, but if your mind wanders off during rendering, more often than not the forms get botched.
Also, the design might not work out as great as you thought it would and cleaning it up during render only to find that out can be pretty tiring and discouraging.
Abstraction is great for discovering interesting shape and colour variations, but its weak when it comes to defining the shape/volumes/forms relationships that make up a well designed thing. For that you really do need to bite the bullet and resolve the shapes/volumes/forms in space.
Its tough to overcome an invisible challenge so define the changes you want to see in your work and see them through practically.
Hope it helps and good luck!
When you are copying, you must pay attention to how he defines his shapes/volumes/forms cleanly and with great economy.
The pieces you've been doing show great amounts of exploration. However, you should consider defining the structure, nail down the large, medium and small shapes/volumes/forms so you can see clearly if the design is working out or no.
Its tempting to work abstractly and leave the clean up till later, but if your mind wanders off during rendering, more often than not the forms get botched.
Also, the design might not work out as great as you thought it would and cleaning it up during render only to find that out can be pretty tiring and discouraging.
Abstraction is great for discovering interesting shape and colour variations, but its weak when it comes to defining the shape/volumes/forms relationships that make up a well designed thing. For that you really do need to bite the bullet and resolve the shapes/volumes/forms in space.
Its tough to overcome an invisible challenge so define the changes you want to see in your work and see them through practically.
Hope it helps and good luck!