Orthographic Projection

This week is an enhancement week so doing this at home without a tutor felt a little weird but I managed to pull it off. The task was for us to draw 2 sets of orthographic projections. 1 for Symmetrical orthographic and 1 for Asymmetrical orthographic. It is a technique for displaying three-dimensional objects using a set of two-dimensional drawings and could make me understand 3d objects better.

Thumbnail and warm up sketches

With warming up and trying to understand how the technique works, I selected 2 objects from my room. My cat plushie and scissors.

 Symmetrical orthographic

 Symmetrical orthographic of my cat plushie

I planned to draw the backside of the cat too but because of my spacing error, it can not fit another cat to the right side of the canvas. If I could try again I will try to measure the page better. The cat was quite round and easy to draw.

Asymmetrical orthographic

Asymmetrical orthographic drawing of a scissors

I was going to draw my lamp in the earlier idea but I realized later halfway that it was in fact symmetrical. I can't find a lot of Asymmetrical objects near me at the moment so I pick the closet one on the desk which is scissors. After this task, I also discovered that the scissors are curved. How did I just notice this?

This task was quite relaxing as there’s not a lot of shading going on but I would improve it by using a sharper pencil to draw and put more pressure into the lines as I scanned it and I can barely see anything. I have to take a photo instead.