Doodling and Exploratory sketches

Doodling, Ideation and exploratory Sketches An Aesthetic Approach

A doodle is an unfocused or unconscious drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. These are early ideas that are communicated through rough sketches (lines, hatchings, simple geometrical shapes)

Exploratory Sketches Explorative sketches are probably the most fun type of sketches. Many design proposals are generated and evaluated.

Exploratory Sketches These sketches are produced in large quantities. They are often very rough . Important here is to grasp the overall idea and not to get lost in details. http://www.idsketching.com/

Exploratory Sketches One starts sketching as many ideas as he/she can with just one medium, for instance the felt tip pen. After the brainstorm has finished, one can highlight the most important ideas by adding shading and thereby contrast to the drawing with markers. http://www.idsketching.com/

Exploratory Sketches

2D sketches







Shallow Space • Overlapping objects within your composition is the simplest tool you can use for creating three-dimensional space in your painting or drawing. The effect is achieved by allowing the contour of one form to be interrupted by the contour of another form, so that it looks like one form is physically sitting in front of the other. • Another simple tool for creating the illusion of 3D space is by changing size and placement of related objects. When two shapes are the same size and are placed on the same plane, the image tends to appear rather flat and not have much depth to it. However by simply varying the size and placement of the shapes a greater sensation of depth is created.























Arrows • These are most often seen in technical drawing and orthographic projection and are distinguished by their ultrathin line with a triangular leader (proportion 1 :3). • Directional arrows are used to indicate desired movement and orientation, such as those in maps or navigation signs.

Lettering By changing the size of the letters, the height of the lowercase letters, the line thickness, and so on, one person can create many different styles of lettering. The secret is consistency. The vertical and horizontal lines should be parallel. As you can see in the example, the first alphabet lacks quality. It is not consistent; lines are not parallel; and the slant of the letters is not uniform.