Eleven

OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK, I was afforded the chance to reflect upon this project so far and it is remarkable to note the form and shape that the design process can take. This is especially true in regard to the manner in which we are taught to apply a common design process to various mediums.

TAKE FLATS, for example - the rudiments of which might be easily grasped but perfection takes plenty of practice and a critical eye for detail beyond the aesthetic flourishes of illustration. Doing flats digitally have the benefit of precision but when precision - a hard-earned quality in hand-drawn flats - becomes a matter of connecting points, the conventions of flat-drawing have to be expanded. And so, adding colour and texture to digital flats might not be as verboten as it had been in hand-drawn flats.

THE DESIGN PROCESS comprises a myriad of steps, some of them smaller than others. None of them is negligible.

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