OUGD603 - Brief 3 - Internal Collaborative - YCN Competition Brief - Art Fund - Initial Ideas Mock Ups - Set Lasercutting

Initial Ideas Mock Ups - Set Lasercutting  

- Rather than having flat drawn designs it was considered that the backgrounds for each Illustration of artwork could be physically made to create a scene for each of the artworks

- This would create a sense of each scene being a tangible place 

- Each set would be based on the places where the artwork or object comes from

- Key elements or features within the place would be picked out to represent the place.

- These elements would be simplified and represented through geometric shapes

- Keeping the background designs simple would allow the focus of each of the scenes to be on the Illustrations rather than the backgrounds

- features of scenes would be dependent on each of the places however elements such as podiums and frames for galleries would be used to place the illustrations in context 

- structural features of rooms such as staircases or fireplaces could help set the scene for the artwork or object

- the perspective of each of the designs would be as if you are looking directly across the room toward the work of art 

- using a consistent perspective throughout all the scenes will create consistency within the animation and the face on perspective will reinforce the idea of walking / journeying through each of the places

- cutting the different elements on the lasercutter allowed the shapes to be accurately and cleanly cut creating a refined finish tot he shapes

- some designs were initially cut from mountboard which were painted white because of the burn marks from the laser cutter, however this wasn't very effective as there wasn't a consistent finish to the painted surface 

- cutting the designs out of white material and setting it on a white background would create an all white design. This colour scheme would allow the Illustrations to stand out on the backgrounds when overlaid within the scenes and make them the focus of the design

- using the white acrylic created a cleaner finish, however when photographed potentially there could be a problem with light glaring off the shiny surface 

- Rastering the shapes onto the acrylic with the lasercutter was also experimented with. The aim of this was to create a debossed effect which would create a sight shadow on the white surface when photographed however the laser only cut so far down which didn't create as much definition and contrast between the white background and the shapes

- It was considered that perhaps the background could be rastered rather than the actual shapes as this would allow the shapes to be raised within the design, however the rastered background led to a off colour white and a less clean finish.

- It was considered that once the shapes were stuck to the white background they could be scanned to create images

- This was effective for some shapes and less so for others. Designs that had multiple elements layered up within the design created more intense shadowing within the design, whilst designs with only one layer had smaller shadows and potentially didn't stand out as much 

- Using the technique of scanning the designs in created too many inconsistencies across designs

- placing the simpler shapes on the scanner with no background and raising the scanner lid created an dark background and therefore made more contrast between elements making the shapes stand out.

- Photographing the designs allowed the natural shadows within the pieces to be captured which outlined the different shapes within the design making them more three dimensional on the white background

- The original photographs weren't as bright as anticipated so they were edited within Photoshop to increase the contrast and brightness within the image, which allowed the shadows and highlights within the image to be more defined and more consistent across images 

- Fireplace and picture frame design 

- gallery podium design