Design Graphics : Drawing Techniques for Design Professionals

by Koenig, Peter A.

• ISBN13: 9780137429820
• ISBN10: 0137429827
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This unique book emphasizes hand-drawing as a design skill, demonstrating this drawing as a mental as well as a physical exercise. Utilizing this book will enable the practitioner to make design decision on paper faster and easier, and will let them know how visual communication with clients can provide better, more economical design solutions. Practical, straightforward, and reader-friendly, this book covers such topics as sketching line, light, texture, and materials; design drawing, including the 5-step bubble flow and conceptual doodles/diagrams; and perspective and rendering techniques, including 1pt. and 2pt. 'eyeball' methods, 'overlay method, ' and entourage. An excellent refresher for professional designers and architects, as well as a primer for those employed in any related field.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction DRAWING	1	(2)
Section One SKETCHING	3	(58)
The Basics	9	(10)
Line	19	(4)
Light	23	(6)
Texture	29	(6)
Entourage	35	(4)
Sketch Exercises	39	(22)
Section Two DESIGN DRAWING	61	(34)
Conceptual/Doodle Diagrams	65	(10)
Perspective Drawing	75	(20)
Section Three DRAWING PROCESS	95	(57)
One-Point Eyeball Perspective	103	(8)
Two-Point Eyeball Perspective	111	(6)
Composition Studies	117	(8)
Overlay Method	125	(12)
Entourage for Final Drawings	137	(12)
Presentation	149	(3)
Bibliography	152