Assignment 1: Sketches and Roughs

our very first asignment required us to incorporate two things that we loved/hated into our names. with the sentence, "hi! my name is .... and i love/hate ..."
i decided to choose soccer and formula 1 racing to show my love for these sports.

i've been playing soccer ever since i was young and it is really a shared passion among the guys. for those who play footie you know that you can easily put your day's worries behind you whenever you enter the field. i could spend all day talking about soccer but lets move on to F1.

formula 1 on the other hand is an acquired taste. few people find much joy in just watching a bunch of cars circling a racing track for countless rounds. i guess what attracts me to formula 1 racing is the thrill and speed of the cars. it takes much precision in negotiating a curve or overtaking an opponent.

alright enough about that.

for this assignment, we have to come out with 4 sketches for each like/dislike, and 2 roughs which are developments from the sketches. i attempted to use football players to form alphaberts of my name (Tim) through various poses. though my third sketch was just my name in a boot which i thought didn't really follow the crux of the assignment.

i decided to use work on the first sketch as i thought it was one of the nicer ones. it seemed more natural too, like a single fixed frame during a game.

i encountered difficulties working on the sketches for formula 1 though. all I could think about were cars cars and more cars! finally got some inspiration after surfing the f1 website.

asking ard people mainly felt that the first sketch was the better of the lot (or for many the lesser of the evils). so ya i decided to work on the main elements that appear in a typical formula 1 race.

right, so these are what i had presented during the first tutorial. it was really challenging trying to conceptualize what i liked into my name. my lack of visual creativity didn't help much too! i'll be posting up my prototypes for the selected sketches shortly though, do find some time to give your comments!