Observational Drawing – Week 8

Topics: Drapery
Lab: Techniques for drawing draped fabric
Homework due this week: HW6 – Figure Drawing 2
Homework due next week: HW7 – Drapery

Observational Drawing
Homework 7: Due Week 9

ASSIGNMENT #7: DRAPERY:
This week, create a composition that involves drapery.

- Use your knowledge of gradients, highlight and shadow to shade folds
in fabric.
- Use your skills with texture: choose any type of texture you like
for this assignment.
- Use gradients to create transitions between light, dark, and medium tones.
- There should not be any “outlines” in your drawing – let the
contrast between objects show where the edges are.
- Your drawing should be 8 x 10″ or larger.

Choose ONE of these two options:

Option #1: Create a still life with draped fabric, such as a fruit
bowl on a table with a tablecloth, a piece of clothing hanging on the
wall, an object draped with a sheet, etc.

Option #2: Draw a figure wearing loose-fitting clothing with lots of
folds and creases. You may work from a photo (taken by you or someone
else).

Grading Criteria: 10 points total

__ (4pts) Realism: the objects and drapery in your drawing are the
correct shape and proportion.

__ (3pts) Range of value: your drawing has dark, light, and in-between shades.

__ (3pts) Use gradients, Each object has a highlight and shadow.

__ TOTAL SCORE

* RECOMMENDED READING:
Next week we will focus on drawing reflective objects.
It’s a tricky, detail-oriented activity, so start reading ahead this week.
Read chapters 10 and 11, and answer Questions 1-7 on p. 169 (metal),
and Questions 1-7 on p.184 (glass).

Interface Design – Week 9

Topics: Tab graphics and Throbber
Lab: Work on Firefox Theme
Work due this week: Firefox Phase 2: Toolbar icons
Work due next week: Firefox Phase 3: Tabs and Throbber

Link: Get Firefox Themes

Tutorials:
Creating Firefox Themes*
First Steps in Theme Design: Customizing Image Sizes
Customizing the scrollbar
Changing colors and fonts
MozillaZine Forum on Theme Development

Interface Design – Firefox Phase 3: Due week 10
Finish the tabs and throbber graphics.
(parentheses refer to the example theme “LaurasThemeWeek8.jar”)

THROBBER:
(in “browser” folder)

The throbber is a decorative animation that plays while a page is loading.
It has 2 states: busy and still.
The busy state can be an animated .gif.
There may be more than one size, for small and large toolbars.

(example: throbber_MB_still.gif, throbber_MB_busy.gif)

TABS:
(in “global/tabbar” and “global/tabbox”)

Tabs have 3 sections: left, right, and middle.
Tabs also have 3 states: On, Off, and Off-hover.
(example: tab_left_on.png, tab_left_off.png, tab_left_off_hov.png)

TAB ICONS:
Close button: (global/icons)
(close.png, Closebutton_Active, etc…)

Throbber: (global/throbber)
States: busy (animated .gif) and still (still graphic)
(throbbersmalldk_busy.gif, throbbersmalldk_still.gif)

Blank Tab/ Blank URL: (browser/Bookmarks-folder.png)
(global/icons/folder-item.png)

PREVIEW ICONS:
(in the main folder)
The icons you see in the Add-ons window while the theme is installing. These icons should reflect your theme and give a “preview” of what it will look like.
(icon.png, preview.png)

Grading: 10pts total
__ (2) Icon symbols are recognizable and intuitive
__ (2) Graphic Quality: images are clean and consistent
__ (2) Thematic Unity: colors, graphics, and style are consistent
__ (2) Feedback: Button states are differentiated
__ (2) Alignment & Spacing follow a consistent system (regular or irregular)

__Total out of 10 points