Real Room from Memory
Real Room from Memory
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Real Room from Memory

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Real Room from Memory

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Assignment

Now that you've seen how I do this exercise, it's time to give it a go yourself! Identify a space you're familiar with and draw it from memory. I would recommend starting with your living room, or somewhere else within your home. 

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@katygus
2yr
Real room HW. As usual, perspective and angles were tricky for me. Really interesting how hard it is to remember all the details of a room I’ve lived in for 14 years! Feedback please!
@gothamdemon
Real Room Hw, both the hallway and the den. This was tough and as always any feedback recommended!
Isaiah
3yr
My favorite room. Last year, my wife and I moved into our condo. The property came with a basement unit which I converted into a hobby room. It is the first time I have had a dedicated space for art. I did this as a graphite sketch last week on 14ʺX17ʺ. However, I was having difficulty getting that version to look presentable on the computer. The cause may have been a combination of poor lighting and poor camera quality on the part of my cellphone. Eventually, I decided that I would rather just trace over the whole thing with digital pencil on another layer and then discard the photograph. I added some values so that it wouldn't look as out of place next to Gaby's wonderful submissions. I am confident this sketch captures the essential feeling of the space, but comparing it to the actual room, there are indeed proportional errors. Additionally, there are objects and features I altogether forgot existed until I was through with the sketch. Or more commonly, I misremembered the exact shape of the objects I did draw.
Alain Rivest
Very cool! Especially the LA Woman LP from The Doors! ;)
Gaby Watson
I thought this was a 3D model at first! So good!
Gaby Watson
I realise there are a lot of issues in these first 2 attempts (feedback welcome) but can I just say how much this has opened my eyes. I’ve been a professional designer of one sort or another for 10 years now and have relied on photoshop/ references or using visualisers for everything - I’ve never really understood how to get into drawing from imagination. You’ve just opened a massive door for me @stevenzapata and I can’t thank you enough. The way you explain stuff has got me out of my head and made me attempt something i didn’t know I could do. Thank you!
Isaiah
3yr
I think these look great! I can see how you would have had prior experience as a professional designer. One aspect I like particularly is the playful variety in the line work: the way some lines are drawn on a straight edge and others freehand, the way some lines overextend beyond their "endpoint" while don't quite reach theirs, and other such idiosyncracies.
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