Design Aesthetics

Auburn University | Fall 2019

Professor Fereshteh Rostampour

Project 1: Pointillism

Point is the fundamental to all other design elements and can be used independently in design.

Research and select a painting that you would like to recreate with dots.

Your selected art work could be black and white or in color, your choice. The size of your paper must be 8” x 11”.  Use dots made by a felt tipped or ball point pen, black or color pencils, or color sharpies. Show solidity by varying the size of the dots and their closeness to each other.

Project 2: Line

Line is used to describe objects in simplified manner. It is a powerful element that can be used to create moods and movement. Lines of different weight and consistency convey different feelings.

Use the following adjectives to make arrangements of lines: Calm, fierce, sensual, repulsive, lonely, angry, Happy, Strong, Warm.

Project 3: Colour Theory

Use 12 images, photographed by you, to illustrate three Primary, three Secondary, and six Tertiary Hues.

Project 4: Composition

On 18X24 Bristol board create a composition by Collage. Your composition must have a focal point, asymmetrical balance, and movement.

Project 5: Music Composition

Certain adjectives can be assigned to different sounds. Dull, soft, sharp, rhythmic can be both audio and visual adjectives. Sounds can become a source of deriving form: by listening carefully to various sounds, a visual image can be evoked. Your objective for this project is to create a visual image from a piece of music.

Project 6: 2D Gradient

Certain adjectives can be assigned to different sounds. Dull, soft, sharp, rhythmic can be both audio and visual adjectives. Sounds can become a source of deriving form: by listening carefully to various sounds, a visual image can be evoked. Your objective for this project is to create a visual image from a piece of music.

Project 7: 3D Space

Choose one of the following words to design a space: Subway, Rain, Shattered, Confusion, Trapped, Free, Stable, or Unstable.

Project 8: Visual Narrative

Create a three panel (triptych) artwork with left, right and central parts.  Develop a story in three stages: 1) starting point of the story in the left panel of the composition; 2) focal moment of the story when something important happens in the central panel, and 3) the end of the story in the right panel. Each panel must be 9” x 12”; the panels must be mounted together horizontally.