Turn in your sketch for your Lego Self concept -note: this can be digital or drawn on a piece of paper -A concept "paints a picture" of the overall theme or direction you want for your lego self.
For example, you could decide your lego self will highlight you musical talent. So your lego self will be represented as a lounge singer. Or you may decided you want to be a rock star. Or a garage band -this part is up to you but develop your character. To help aid this character building component I am asking you all, to have 5 accessories.
For example your 5 accessories in this theme of "musician" might be the following:
1. Guitar
2. Amp
3. Microphone
4. Lucky pick
5. Bottle of Jack Daniels :)
Finally, you need to think of your backdrop, for example, a lounge singer would be on a small intimate stage, a rock star would be in an arena, and finally a garage band would be in a garage.
If you think about your backdrop and placing your lego self in an environment it will help you find template images of your lego self in that backdrop.
Good luck and be thorough in your conceptual development.
Here are some examples of sketches:
Building your template for Project 3.5:
Follow the steps below to setup your document and template for Project 3.5 (Lego Self)
Step 1: Create new Illustrator document with the following specifications and click ok
Step 2: Create a new layer titled Box Front and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 10.25 inches and a height of 7.5 inches. Next, copy your box and create a new layer and paste your box -title the new layer Box Back.
Step 3: Create a new layer titled Front Left and Right and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 2.4 inches and a height of 7.5 inches. Next, copy your box and paste your box.
Step 4: Create a new layer titled Front Top and Bottom and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 10.25 inches and a height of 2.4 inches. Next, copy your box and paste your box Placing them around the Box Front rectangle.
Step 5: NOTE, the placement of your rectangles are creating an open and flat box shape with a front and a back, a left, right, top, and bottom flaps.
Next, place your lego template layer, scale it to an appropriate size and use it as a template to draw your lego self. Don't forget to dim and lock your template layer before you begin the process of drawing your lego self.
Step 6: Create a new layer titled Lego Self Drawing and start the drawing process using the Pen Tool (P) with a 1 point black stroke. Draw each component of the lego self separate (i.e. arm, leg, body, neck, leg, hat) do not outline the whole lego. Note: the hand may have three or four different compound shapes the top, side, inside, wrist, etc. You need to do this so you have more control for gradient fills and meshes -if need be.
Step 2: Create a new layer titled Box Front and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 10.25 inches and a height of 7.5 inches. Next, copy your box and create a new layer and paste your box -title the new layer Box Back.
Step 3: Create a new layer titled Front Left and Right and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 2.4 inches and a height of 7.5 inches. Next, copy your box and paste your box.
Step 4: Create a new layer titled Front Top and Bottom and create a box using the Rectangle Tool (M) with a 1 point black stroke using a width of 10.25 inches and a height of 2.4 inches. Next, copy your box and paste your box Placing them around the Box Front rectangle.
Step 5: NOTE, the placement of your rectangles are creating an open and flat box shape with a front and a back, a left, right, top, and bottom flaps.
Next, place your lego template layer, scale it to an appropriate size and use it as a template to draw your lego self. Don't forget to dim and lock your template layer before you begin the process of drawing your lego self.
Step 6: Create a new layer titled Lego Self Drawing and start the drawing process using the Pen Tool (P) with a 1 point black stroke. Draw each component of the lego self separate (i.e. arm, leg, body, neck, leg, hat) do not outline the whole lego. Note: the hand may have three or four different compound shapes the top, side, inside, wrist, etc. You need to do this so you have more control for gradient fills and meshes -if need be.
We will discuss more EMAIL ME npena@cbu.edu
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