This was my portfolio of work in the ME 110 course (Design Sketching) as I learned principles and techniques for freehand sketching, rendering, and design development.
Week 1: Drawing Lines and Curves
At the start of the course, I learned about the basic technique for sketching with pens.
Thumbnail sketches of a Logitech G700s mouse.
A first attempt at drawing a Logitech G700 mouse.
A second attempt at drawing a Logitech G700 mouse.
Weeks 2 and 3: Perspective
In the early part of the course, I learned about basic principles for drawing three-dimensional geometries with realistic perspective.
A scene from the music video for Dynamite by VIXX, with one-point perspective. A first attempt at using markers.
A cube with interlocking cuts showing my initials. A second attempt at using markers.
Weeks 4, 5, and 6: Rendering
Through the middle of the course, I learned about techniques to express form and material through shading with markers.
An exercise in using markers to shade primitive geometric forms.
An exercise in abstracting a still life to emphasize a single object.
Designing, sketching, and rendering a whistle as a composite form from combining and cutting primitive forms.
Sketching and rendering a Duracell AA battery using pen, markers, and colored pencils.
Weeks 7, 8, 9, and 10: Final Project
For my final project, I chose to produces sketches for a human-machine interface (HMI) concept for autonomous and semi-autonomous driving. This concept features a unified input controller replacing the steering wheel, foot pedals, and gear selector, along with a new display surface replacing the windshield.
Draft of car front interior concept.
In-progress version of car front interior concept.
Final version of car front interior concept.
Detail of unified input controller.
Loose sketch of car interior layout when fully autonomous operation is active. Front row seats pivot to face the rear seats.