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| MATERIALS & MEDIA MATERIALS Includes paper, card, wood, clay, plastic WHY USE MODELS? "A Picture is worth a thousand words .... a model is worth a million" Models tell a story that everyone can understand and ..... Click here http://shannongraphics.com/modeling.htm Some of the nation's (USA) leading industrial designers and engineers now count KMCA among their most valued collaborators. We've helped bring dozens of new products - from consumer electronics to hand cream - to the market by applying our modelmaking know-how to the production of advanced prototype models for designers and engineers. Our capabilities include precision modeling, lasercutting, molds, vacuum forming and custom finishing. Go to www.kmca.com/Proto.htm and www.kmca.com/main/pages/current_prototype.htm MEDIA Pencil, paint, ink, marker, pastel, airbrush DRAWING TECHNIQUES IN DETAIL List of terms includes hatching, charcoal, pen and ink The Cleveland Museum of Art's website Go to www.clemusart.com/techniques/index.html COLOURED PENCIL ('CRAYOLA') TECHNIQUES Includes stippling, cross hatching, layering Go to www.crayola.com/educators/techniques/colored_pencils_techs.cfm LOTS OF COLOURED PENCIL EXAMPLES Go to www.annkullberg.com/Show2002/index.htm slow to open but contains excellent examples STEPS FOR MARKER SKETCH Go to www.cadmonkey.com/tut10.htm MARKER RENDERING Go to http://toyarts.com/rendering/ Follow the steps taken by Charles Jordon to produce a COLOURED INK ILLUSTRATION Go to www.creativespotlite.com/pen-ink/colored-ink-demo.htm More links to ILLUSTRATIONS IN SPECIFIC MEDIA Most pages and images may be slow to open but it is worth waiting for the larger images - the larger the image the more you are able to appreciate the technique LINKS MAY CHANGE AS BETTER EXAMPLES ARE FOUND Marker Alaska Grafix www.alaskagrafix.com/port1.html Some hints www.design-technology.info/graphics/page13.htm Architectural www.cliffminor.com/Pages/marker/marker03.html and www.sunshinecreative.com/MainStreet.html Slow to open For more click here Flora Rosefsky Autumn www.florageart.com/florage1.html Christmas www.florageart.com/florage3.html Pencil The process of drawing with pencils www.pencilplace.com/about.html Realistic pencil portrait www.portrait-artist.org/basics/realistic-portrait.html Pen and Ink Here, you will find pen & ink drawings that were created using the "stippling" technique (a commercial site - that is, prints for sale) www.guthrieart.com/ Basic Pen Strokes for Ink Drawing http://drawsketch.about.com/library/blinktexture.htm Examples of hatching www.penandink.homestead.com/hatching.html Combination Pen & ink, marker and color pencil rendering of a custom designed log home www.keithschmidt.com/loghome.htm Slow to open For more click here (very slow) Knife, glue, scissors (3-D process) Nothing yet Digital Information (Computer) ACTIVITY: JIGSAW PUZZLE Download the whole page. Students can open it in Photoshop, etc. and use 'cut and paste' to put the pieces together click here ICT: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Formerly ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS click here ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIALS AND EXAMPLES www.geocities.com/vclessons/computer.html PHOTOSHOP INFORMATION click here and here PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS Drop Shadows, 3D Text, Chrome Effect, etc www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/ CorelDraw Tutorials, PhotoPaint Tutorials, Illustrator Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials, Flash Tutorials, Painter Tutorials, Web Design Tutorials, Paint Shop Pro Tutorials, After Effects Tutorials, Fireworks Tutorials, 3D Tutorials www.tiemdesign.com/HOWTO/ |