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4.2 Research
Sketching Practice
SKETCH PRACTICE In the weeks that I was focused on making and research the basics of the proportions of footwear sketching got away from me. This weekend I wanted to focus on practicing consistency and proportion.
4.1 Preliminary Research and Project Brief
DESIGN RESEARCH SOLE FURY TRAIL BY MARC BROSSEAU I found that this project did not show a lot of development, but had really great looking tooling drawings and a rendered sketch. The sketch was a combination have hand drawn then taken into photoshop. I think by the end most of the lines are in photoshop …
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Assignment 3.5 Presentation
Assignment 3.1 Research
For this traction project I decided to work on traction for a surf bootie. Important context for this product is that it in the world of surf it is only acceptable to wear booties if the water is between 54F and 59F roughly. At these temperatures surfers are wearing wetsuits to accompany their booties. If …
Assignment 2.4 Design + Presentation
Assignment 2.8: Retro Re-invent
2.2 Upper System Prototype
WORK ALIKE PROTOTYPE Moving forward with my minimal running shoe upper concept, I decided to flesh out ideas on a 3d form so I could get considerations for the foot anatomy in my concept. I started with taping a simple running shoe. After adding a second layer I used a prisma color pencil to draw …