Hair Dryer Take 2

 

Second attempt/adaptation of initial rendering.
Aluminium texture used on the main body, a noise map applied to the handle to give some impression of a texture and the outlines faded to 10% to remove the cartoony feel in the initial renderings.

Photography Bible!!

 

Michael Freeman - Mastering Digital Photography

This book has been the basis of learning within the photgraphy element of skill development. 

A highly informative and well constructed book which explains simply and clearly the basis of every photographical eventuality.

• Portrait
• Landscape
• Lighting 
• Use of props
• Scenes
• Photoshop adjustment
• and many more areas.

Hair Dryers

A little 'friendly'competition with Tom Boagey , Using the same outline we both completed quick 10 minute renders using photoshop.

Mine was a single image, rendered and mirrored befor placing on a simple gradient background with faded sections (seen on a Spencer Nugent tutorial)

MP3 Photoshop Tutorial.

 

Full Tutorial

A simple tutorial to make a simple MP3 Player, using a range of techniques to get a reasonable looking finished product rather than using a graphics tablet and hand rendering the image.

Mustang Render

A speed render of a Ford Mustang, showing what level of realism is possible using photoshop to a high standard.

Vauxhall VX220 Render Tutorial

 

Full Tutorial 

A solid tutorial looking at rendering a Vauxhall VX220 primarily using markers, however the same basic principles and techniques apply within photoshop to complete a digital render.

Ear Buds - Sketchbook Pro

IDSKETCHING.COM : Sketching Earbuds from Industrial Design Sketching on Vimeo.
 Another quick tutorial from Spencer Nugent, using sketchbook pro to digitally sketch and quickly render an ear bud concept.

Contour Lines

IDSKETCHING: Contour Lines from Industrial Design Sketching on Vimeo.
A good tutorial from Spender Nugent, looking at some of the fundamentals of sketching primarily contour lines and the ways in which they are used. 

Introduction

This blog will follow the progress through the Professional Skills and Enterprise module, presenting all the online tutorials and resources used within the skill development stage of the module. Alongside this, the blog will also show some personal work created from following tutorials and practicing the skills outline within this.

The main skill sets which will be worked on within this module are

• Sketching
• Modelmaking
• Photoshop Rendering

These Skills will be developed primarily through the use of internet based tutorials, however book based research will also play a large part of the development.
With further emphasis on practicing the skills and techniques which have been found through the tutorials and research.