​P1 | VERTICAL BOTTLES

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Sport Bottle Design helps students focus on the rules of vertical cylinders, ie. ellipses in the horizontal plane.

Sports bottles may include thermos', portable water purification systems, and many other similarly related products.

Specific sport bottle brands to consider may be Nalgene, Porsche Design, Camelback, Klean, Platypus, Starbucks & Teavana, or any number of others.

Your Brand will be included in your presentation.

​SCHEDULE / METHODOLOGY

PART 1. UNDERSTANDING YOUR CLIENT

Research your client's brand and find images that describe materials, textures, experiences that can be incorporated into your designs.

PART 2. FORM GENERATION & COMPOSITION

Choose a specific brand identity you are designing for, ie. Porsche Design, Diesel, H&M, REI, Oakley, etc.

Start with the principal geometries (boxes/cubes, ellipses, cylinders, cones, sphericals, etc.), then modify the forms with control to create complexity and interest while obeying the rules of perspective.

Merge/add forms, subtract geometries, round edges, bevel/chamfer
edges, etc.

Add "parting" and "separation" lines to articulate surface or material separations.

Scale is relative. Your objects should make sense relative to each other for your product.

PART 3. RENDERING & PRESENTATION

Using your markers and add final details and textures as necessary
with Prismacolor pencils.

Render contrasting qualities and/or materiality changes:

Matte vs Polished/Chrome

Opaque vs Transparent

Rough vs Smooth - Remember, rough will affect the profile of the surface

Don't worry about the rough layout lines in your draft studies. When you render much of it will become less noticeable and also adds interest to the drawing. Graphite especially can add warmth to your marker work when done well.

You may use digital editing software to add more value depth, complex material textures, and for presentation layout. It is not required.

​DELIVERABLES

Three 11x17" sheets.

1. Concept / Inspiration sheet

2. Form Exploration and Study Sketches sheet

3. Final designs sheet, 6 unique designs

Include annotations of materials and other features as necessary.

You should have a combination of "perspective" views as well as
orthographic views.

​REFERENCES AND INSPIRATION

See the Materiality Matrix for some material inspiration.

See Cylinders mechanics

See Shadow Casting mechanics

See Info Graphics

Book, Sketching The Basics

Video Demos

Spencer Nugent - Jump to 15min. Warmup exercises prior.

CONSIDER ADDING:

VERTICAL REFLECTIONS

Add the suggestion of reflections as if they are sitting on a polished display counter to
add visual interest.

When you render the reflections, be sure to keep them lighter than the objects and do not ink the edges; keeps the viewer's attention on the object.

SHADOW CASTING

Use Parallel Light shadow casting and cast reasonably believable shadows based on the rules, either to the left or right of the forms.