Continue to work on your operative drawings. Remember you will have three drawings:
(1) Process Diagram :: Diagram the operative moves of your conceptual theme as a step by step process. THE SHIRT OUTLINE SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR LIGHTEST LINES. This must be clear by Monday! I want to see the manipulations and the movement of those manipulations not the outline of the shirt!
(2) Composite Diagram :: Using diagrammatic notation to display all steps taken, compress the process into one drawing, include all traces of movement involved in your operations. If you think this drawing will be too “crazy” please refer to the Operative Diagram upload in the right column of the blog. This is what I am looking for. The more lines the better. For some of you this drawing could simply go at the end of your process series. IT IS NOT WHAT YOUR SHIRT SIMPLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED!
Rules for drawings one and two and three ::
1::Manipulate all drawings in Illustrator.
2::Build the drawing with construction lines. You should still be using these lines!
3::Construction lines should be very light and typically a medium gray. In Illustrator the lines would be .0001 inches or .001 point for your stroke option. You need to experiment and print as you go.
4::Never use a line over 1 point as your stroke weight, these drawings need to be light because you are representing an object composed of fabric.
5::Always draw like you are making a finished product.
6::The object and boundary of the shirt should be one of your lightest lines. (This line is completely excluded in drawing #3.
7::Develop a complex language of notation. Each manipulation/operation needs a lineweight or linetype. Refer to your operation list. Cut, Fold, Score, Bend, Rotate, Move...ect, all should have there own descriptive line. If you are having difficulty seeing how this object moves put nodes or dots at all important intersections of the shirt and in the next step, that node will move according to your manipulation. Then mark where the nodes are after your manipulation and draw a “movement” line for notation. Look at what Aaron has done with his drawing.
(3) Systemic Diagram :: Identify rules and systems within your operations/manipulations and extract them from your shirt. This drawing will display the tectonic systems found within the shirt and your operative drawing. Without your operative drawing only the index of the shirt would exist. Your manipulative process is your system. Establish what the rules are for that system in steps. Classify what moves has to be made to create your conceptual theme. This drawing will exclude the image of the shirt and just focus on your operative process. Refer to drawing above.
Have all three printed and pinned on your walls by 8h15 on Monday.
If you did not hand in your operation sheet and five sentence conceptual statement please send it to me via email. I am still missing five.
