parti: process post... in progress

over drawing - small training over large training over grid box

over drawing - large training over grid box

over drawing - grid box

program layers...

parti sketch: notebook

Current thoughts and direction to guide over drawing process.

existing sketch model

Base sketch model exposing underlying structure and applied retail fascade.

panaramic backgrounds for over drawing

Sequencial photos stiched together to form flat 2D panaramic space, documenting the existing conditions of the abandoned box.

sketch problem: over drawing process

As an expoloration of the potential of Over Drawing this sketch problem will be done in steps that will manipulate a 50' x 100' x 25' box. The parti will be to organize a series of perforations to allow "light" to enter the volume of the cube. The original box will be generated in a digital workspace and printed onto an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of bond paper, scaled appropriately to fit the format of the exercise. The next steps are listed below, each lasting approximately 30 minutes of quick work time. The time limit is short so that not too much effort or focus is spent "designing". The focus being on process.

1. On printed hard copy of a wire frame model, hand draft onto a transparent overlay a series of perforations or punctures of the three faces that oriented towards you in the isometric view of the box.

2. On the resultant image from step 1 model texture and/or surface onto the wire frame, preserving the transparent view settings within the model and print hard copy.

3. On the resultant image from step 2 hand draft a system of "structural lines" that suggest possible support for the perforations.

Resultant images: (to follow shortly)
update 3.10.08

Interestingly enough the steps outlined above actually required some intricate manipulations in file format and programs used in order to make the transition from one to the next.


Original box at 1/16" scale on 8 1/2" x 11" format

Hand drafted overlay of perforations.

The scanned hand drafted overlay from step 1 needed to be brought into CAD inorder to preserve the scale. Linework was overlayed digitally to define edges. (below)

The edge lines were transferred into modeling software to generate the surfaces and texture.

The textures were then digitally collaged back onto the resultant image.

In the end I was a bit surprised by the complexities of navigating between the media while preserving and reinventing something in this manner. This over drawing sketch is a pretty simple exercise in its scope and scale yet I think it shows the potential graphic language that could be created.