My first assignment in Design I: Elements & Organization consisted in creating 100 thumbnail sketches of line designs, and then execute the best 4 on a full-sized groundsheet using careful craftsmanship.

I first started with 25 sketches using only horizontal and vertical lines. The next 25 I made were using only diagonal lines followed by 25 designs made out of only curved lines. Finally, the last 25 had either a horizontal or vertical line plus a curved and diagonal line.

The following thumbnails show my preliminary sketches.

The next 4 photos are the designs I chose for fool-sized construction and I thought were my strongest.

Vertical & horizontal lines

Diagonal lines

Horizontal, curved and, diagonal lines

Curved lines

At first I thought making 100 sketches was going to be abominable and time consuming, but even when the time consuming part was actually true, I ended up loving the work. It was like doodling noodles over and over again!

Most of the critics I received during class were very positive.  My classmates mentioned they liked my whole set of designs. For  the one with curved lines a girl said that it kind of made her think about Dr. Seuss. It was also mentioned that I used correctly the negative and positive space and that my designs were balance and executed with good craftsmanship. My teacher, Mrs. Waldvogel, mentioned my work was really nice and the piece she liked the most was the design with only diagonal lines.

I think the design I liked the least is the one with vertical and horizontal lines. I chose these four sketches because I wanted to create sort of a same pattern. I used repetition of lines to attract my viewers attention to the lines rather than to the shapes they formed. I think the design I like the least does not match the details mentioned before, this is why the following picture shows what I redesigned.

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