The elements appear in my object are lines, space, colour,
texture, and shape. The principles appear in my object are repetition/pattern,
emphasis, unity, and contrast. Lines outline the different parts of the
earphone such as the cable, logo, and ear bud. The earphone its self are just
made of different geometric shape and a repeated organic shape (the earphone logo).
For example the cables are just made of squares, while the ear pieces are made
of circles and domes. Colours only apply to my cloured version of the earphone.
The colours bring the earphone to life and indentify the texture of the ear
pieces. There is more positive space then negative space. One repeating shape I
found was the Skullcandy logos which have two on each ear pieces and one for
the microphone button. The emphasis of the picture was the earphone and the two
part of the earphone have unity because they are from the same earphone. There’s
more contrast in the black and white and the colour version. The contrast shows
the different parts of the earphone making them stands out such as the logo.
For the majority of the outlines, I used the pen tool to trace
it and for the circles and squares, I used the ellipse tool. I would makes
layers such as “the cables” and “the left ear bud”, and then I would start
making closed shape on the area I want to fill to colour. Next, I would select
the shape, and select on the colour I wanted at the side bar. For my sketches, I
use the same tools except the, and the addition of the stroke function (making
the line thicker) and path> outline stroke (turn my thick line into a
shape).
I think the coolour version is the best design because there’s
more life and texture to it by adding the colours. It brings out all its visual
features such as the logos throughout the entire earphone, the microphone button,
and the little details like those circle indent on the ear piece. One that’s
not as effective is my sketch of the earphone. It’s lacking colours or it doesn’t
feel that real and there’s barely any texture to it. It’s just really plain.
