Mulefa Sketches

Mulefa Research

The mulefa is described as having a trunk, research into anatomy of elephants will give insight on how to draw the mulefas head. If the mulefa has a trunk, it is likely that it possesses a similar bone structure in it's head and face.

 

Mulefas are said to have a diamond shaped frame and do not have a backbone, they also move by hooking their front and rear legs into seed pods and pushing with their side legs. Their skeleton may resemble a motor cycle chassis. This is a good place to start figuring out the anatomy of a mulefa.

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Axe and Shield

Texture

Ambient Occlusion Map

Armour Concepts

Sci Fi Armour Moodboard

Armour Concepts

Contemporary Design Essay Project Plan

Contemporary Design Essay Project Plan

Essay Title and Question

How have the issue of climate change and sustainability affected contemporary architecture?

Why I will answer this question

I watched a video and a TED talk with architect Bjarke Ingels in which he states the biggest problem facing the next generation of architects is climate change and sustainability. I found his ideas of ‘Hedonistic Sustainability’, to be particularly interesting. This idea questions the misconception that sustainability means sacrifice. Hedonistic Sustainability is defined as “sustainability that improves the quality of life and human enjoyment”. I will question Hedonistic sustainability examining whether sustainability is a moral burden and how much, if any, we have to sacrifice to achieve hedonistic sustainability in a design. Bjarke Ingles talks about architects having to design an ecosystem and shows his Danish Pavillion design as an example of how we can achieve hedonistic sustainability. Global warming and climate change are the biggest problems we face in the world, they are not limited to designers and they are serious problems that the world faces as a whole right now. Because of these reasons, it is important to examine climate change and understand how we can overcome it.

Key research areas

      Evironmental Design/ Environmentally friendly designs

Hedonistic Sustainability

Climate Change: why is it an issue for designers

History of green architecture

Problems with green architecture

Examples of architecture that embrace hedonistic sustainability

Current Laws/ legislations regarding design and climate change

Project Timetable

Date	Work
31st October	Begin research into key research areas and collecting information.
7th November	Continue collecting research, recording it all on blog.
14th November	Begin to plan essay structure and continue collecting research on blog.
21st November	Begin writing first draft using contact time when possible
28th November	Complete first draft, use contact time for improvements to essay. Continue recording all on-going research to blog.
5th December	Start making amendments to essay for final hand in.
12th December	Have all research recorded on blog and final essay completed

Project Timetable and Artwork

Artwork:

After much consideration and research I have decided on these 6 scenes to base my artwork throughout the project.

Piece	Subject
1	Heimdall blowing the Gjall Horn
2	Aesir and Einherjer arming themselves
3	Thor Fighting Jormungand
4	Freyr fighting Surt/ Surt burning the nine worlds
5	Loki breaks free of chains
6	Nastrond, the shore of corpses

Project Timetable:

Date	Work
31st October 2012	Begin on-going research: sketches, planning for artwork, blog posts.
14th November 2012	Completed enough research to begin artwork, have all research on blog
28th November 2012	1st piece of Artwork Completed
12th December 2012	2nd piece of artwork completed
14th December – 9th January	Christmas Break
9th January 2013	Continue with Artwork and begin design book
23rd January	3rd Piece of Artwork Completed
6th February	4th Piece of Artwork Completed
20th February	5th Piece of Artwork Completed
6th March	6th Piece of Artwork Completed
6th March – 10th April	Make design book, finish any outstanding work: Blog, artwork.
10th April 2013	Print and hand in work.