Project - Gestural Architecture

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Project - Gestural Architecture

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Course In Progress

You'll be assigned two projects to practice gestural perspective. This first one is a little easier, while the second will be mainly for level two, but I encourage everyone to try both. The main focus is on creativity, iterative improvement, and applying your perspective knowledge intuitively.

Level 1

Warm up with a simple doghouse. Use deformation methods to create an interesting shape. Avoid random deformations; make purposeful changes. If a deformation doesn't look good to you, change it.

Then design a more complex building, such as a house, apartment, motel, cottage, or church. Add multiple parts to the building, like a chimney, room extensions, or separate buildings. Apply the deformation methods to give them personality.

  • Make decisions with a purpose but also have fun and explore.
  • Follow your gut and make changes if something looks wrong.
  • Spend time on the project until you're proud of it.
  • Iterate and improve your design; don't just copy my example.
  • Practice multiple times to make it easier.
  • Focus on adding gesture and personality to your forms, not just accurate perspective.

Level 2

For level two, try designing a tree house. This is trickier due to the interaction between organic and inorganic forms, more complex design problem, and lack of a solid foundation.

Deadline - submit by July 9, 2024 for a chance to be in the critique video!

Newest
I did not Want to see that
this took a little longer than I expected, but I think that is because I actually did not watch the demo yet, and I did that on purpose, so these three are pre demo. I went into this project with some big ideas, but my lack of skill definitetly humbled me a lot, given the fact that I had at least like 10 pages ''wasted'' on some ideas. My current standpoint on these three are just indifferent, it's not like I think the project was really hard although I have made mistakes in these three. It was more that I wanted to do more, but I couldn't. I will 100 percent do these again after i watched the demo tomorrow and I will probably do 2 instead of three this time, of course I also am gonna do level 2, but I wanted to post something quickly since it has been over a week. Regardless of all of that, if there are any tips or critisism I would love to know and I appreciate anyone that takes time out of their day to do so!
@xeixas118
10d
really fun exercise, bit got a bit overboard
Lil FatWombat
Here is my latest drawing for the assignment. For this project, I mainly learned to be a bit more relaxed. While working on the drawings I often struggled with getting the lines correctly in perspective. In some areas I noticed it and was able to fix it. In other places I found it harder, and I decided that it was good enough for now. The stairs, in particular, were a challenge for me and I’d be grateful for any tips on how you would have done it. In the end, though, I’m quite happy with the result and look forward to trying out Level 2 later on.
Jack H
19d
Here are my attempts. I wonder if I may have pushed the curves a little too much and made them too curvy as a result. For the tree house, I tried to implode the house to make it seem like the tree was sucking the energy out of it. Overall, they seem okay, but I'm not sure how to make them seem better. Any feedback/critique will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
@josephl
25d
Tried to put some gesture in the first one but the more I added the more stiff it got, so when I did the tree I tried to push it even more but I almost feel like I broke the perspective in some places. Still like the idea I had, this was a fun project. Also I have no idea how to draw leaves on a tree so it just turned into scribbles in some areas.
The guy from BluishDot
Here's my attempt before the demos. I took Proko's instructions to heart and really tried to think about what I was designing and not just go trough the motions. Because of that I ended up erasing more than usual which is why some lines ended up looking really messy (I guess I have to slow down a bit and think more before "solidifying" a line). Even though I think most designs turned out pretty bad, with a couple of them I am quite happy. Critique is highly appreciated.
Rachel Dawn Owens
These look great! Looks like you had fun with these!
Vili
1mo
Boxes are getting difficult 😭
Rachel Dawn Owens
Keep practicing! It will get easier. I like the second drawing with the 3 buildings more. I like that the buildings seem to have faces with different expressions. That’s good design work. Nice stuff 👍
Siv Nilsen
1mo
I love this technique of just shading the rough shapes in first - so useful! Got a bit carried away on the final one with the details. Also tried to keep the gestures subtle, maybe too subtle here, not sure... I found the gestures were added to each individual plank more than the buildings themselves...
Scott N
1mo
Level 1, pre demo video. I drew one warm up house and a retro gas station. Fun to come up with some ideas and try to put them on the page
Lane Campbell
Had a fun time with this, making 2 little farm homes and a shed. I noticed after I drew this that I really should've came up with a horizon line, because the shed looks out of perspective with the other two houses, but all in all it was fun making. Any critiques would be nice, thanks!
Zeev
2mo
Ok, this one are hard for me T_T tried do put some extra effort, but one thing on my mind now, I'm not used to think about architecture and scenes, so becomes harder to relax, and create a history or even thinking about what to draw.
@writedrawface
I created a wacky apartment complex with a waterslide out of window. The perspective was fun to figure out
Siv Nilsen
2mo
Wanted to create some simplified versions of buildings here in my town. Took a while for the penny to drop for me here... Figured the trick is to be subtle and not care too much about perspective and more about the shape. Tried to adjust the different factors such as curve vs. straight lines vs, lean and distortions to give the buildings the feeling I was looking for.
Andrea Böhm
I did this - obviously - after watching Proko's demo. Especially exploring the shapes with markers first was very useful.
Petr
2mo
Lvl 1 project I found that I have a problem to put another building which is on same level but further or closer and conect thing like that small tower on top to center it properly
Rachel Dawn Owens
This looks great! I like the variable lineweight you added to your gestural houses. Heres a demo to help you with the tower. How you have it now is ok, but maybe this can help you for next time. Keep it up! Cant wait to see more!
Krisztina Eperjesi
I did the level 2 project, I have challenged myself. But I really enjoyed this project.
Krisztina Eperjesi
I love use watercolor. But I didn’t find so much time to practice it in the last mounths. But this project inspirated me. I saw the drawing with colors from the begginings. Please welcome the imagined version of the treehouse.
@sweethouse
Chicken Roost Castle?
Melanie Scearce
The chicken guards are so cute :D
G Jordan
3mo
this is sick
Niklas Nilsson
Melanie Scearce
Cool perspective!
Nose Feratu
Bonsai bird house. This exercise hurt my brain.
Nose Feratu
If house was a hobo...
Rachel Dawn Owens
I love the personality you put into this. Good stuff 👍
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