The three prototypes which I made ow we have to select anyone, and we had to go further with it. So we chose the pulling the pin of the fire extinguisher. So as I told the challenges which I faced while making prototypes. The difficulties which I encountered were the framework was not rigid, the jute was not firm, the look of flame was not there, so the jute was not the right material for the flashes. So to solve them, I used wood to make it more stable, and this time the wire work was also dense. This time I stick the cloth to make it firmer and to give it a shape of the wrist. This time I used clothes of red and yellow color to make it look like a fire. So these are the upgradations that I made in the final prototype.

So the next step of the design process after finalizing your sketch after lots of upgradations.
The next step is to make a rough quick prototype to see that what can be the consequences and what type of problem we can face during the process of the final model so that we can work on it priorly. The rough prototype also gives us a chance to explore different materials. As I chose 3 grips from the sketches that were rotating a bulb, pulling the pin of the fire extinguisher, and sliding a window. I made prototypes of three of them, so the problems I faced were that in the 3rd model I should have used wood instead of file card so that it could be more rigid and beautiful. Nextly to find a proper material for the bulb grip, it was hard to find a hard transparent material to use because we were not allowed to use glass. Also, the cotton was ruining the meaning of that grip. Thirdly, in the third grip, the frame was not rigid, and flames were not looking like flames due to the material. So these are some of the things that I have to think about before starting my final model.

We explored the streets now with some more definition and with more depth to it. So we worked on 3d and also the perspective of th scene. We also disscuseed what to improve. It was not about 5 min sketches now we had to spend little more time and more detailed and proportional sketches. This is like a progress chart from the first drawing to my last drawing of the week. Improvement is slight but it is there, even I can feel it.

We continued the journey to digitalization of sketch we explore how we can choose proper sketches for digitalization, and then how to initially start with it. It’s more about making a base and working on it layer by layer. We also discussed how to give little details to it and hoe to correct your sketch digitally. It’s also about playing with highlights and shadows. A digital sketch also needs a light source as other forms of drawings. Then we can start by taking a base color then we can put layers of shadows in it, and then layers of shadows and at the end, we put the layers of details. I am still learning digital sketching, so this is some of the basics I got till yet.

We worked on photoshop and explored some of its features to so that we can prepare for our upcoming assignments.
When it comes to learning, you can learn anytime and anything. So that’s what we did we learned some of the features of Photoshop, and then we learned the initial stage of digitalization. We also learned that how layers work during digitalization of sketch. Some tips and tricks on how to make it easy and more effective. I think firstly, choosing a sketch to digitalize is a tough task, and we also learned to make certain textures in photoshops by just using brushes and gradience. It is hard to use a proper brush and proper settings to reach a texture of your choice or what you need.

How we arrange things is also a part of how your mind works in certain situations. When your mind captures the information and organizes them in a proper manner tells your state of mind and how freshly your memory serves the data.
The presentation of your design is also a vital part of your design because if your design consists of various elements and so you should know how to present it in an aesthetic way and most appropriate method.
So to give us a glimpse of it we worked on making collages. It is a way of arranging your picture in a beautiful and relevant manner. We worked on how to manage data when you have various components in your design. So first, I took a theme to work on, it was a tough task for me at the first but after sometime somehow I found it. I took monochrome as my theme because sometimes I feel like what if the whole world painted with tints and shades of a color.
After making the collage, I realized that the world will don’t have that crisp and it will make the world look more lethargic according to me. So that is another approach of compiling data in a proper manner, that you can see something different in your design.

It’s a great feeling when we discuss our projects with our classmates. I think when I make a design with so many efforts, I can’t see any flaws because it took so many tries but others will judge it as wisely they can, and that is an important part of design process. That will help us improve it at an initial level. Some of us find criticism as a failure, but it is a step towards success. You will always end up with a better final product. So that’s what we did in Integrative Studio (week 7) we saw others presenting their final model and others giving them tips on how to improve it. So the thing which I got to know is that some of our qualities dominate others. Some of our qualities are like a tag for us, but sometimes we can’t know it by yourself, we need somebody to tell us so discussing is important for that also. We learned a lot from others, their presentation and their mistakes also.

So as I mentioned in my Integrative seminar (week 6) blog that the incidents and person could change our lives. So this week is also as same as the last two weeks, feeling nostalgic. After discussing one of my past occurrences, I thought of discussing another incident which deviated me from an overthinker to a smart thinker. Sometimes we often take decisions while we are angry. This incident changed this habit of mine to a great extent, and now I try to be as calm as I can. So the event was ‘My last fight with him’, and the quote related to it is ‘Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow’ by Helen Keller. I know this incident can sound useless and worthless, but it changed me a lot.
My last fight with him:- We all have that one point in our life which we think is the most stupid moment of our life. The moment when you behaved like what you should not, but you realized afterward that now you can’t do anything to make that any better. Long back I was like as violent as a fire. A small spark and little bit of fuel could lit me up vigorously at that time. Once I was so much puzzled about something, that a person said me something that he should not at that moment. I fought with him and afterward, I realized that there was no point of a fight at that moment. I was not sorry for that moment but that made me realized that violence is nothing just consumption of energy and time when you can think calmly and come to a better outcome. That fight changed me, my nature and my sense of thinking. Now I always take a minute or two to think before coming to a consequence. That while changed me into calm water pond from a vibrant river. Now you can get a reflection of your behavior in my behavior to you instead of taking you off with me with my aggressive waves.
So this can describe me to you because these incidents made me a whole new personality and the new me is described in these incidents and by these quotes.

We all have weaknesses and qualities. We come across many situations when we get to introduce too many of them in a new way. But the interesting thing is it’s all us. When we unite our weakness and the qualities that can describe us, our nature.
The 3d models which I have mentioned in my previous blog of Integrative Studio. Now it’s all us because those are my qualities or I have described my characters in a tangible form. Those are different qualities of me, so we tried to make it one to represent whole me as a person, not as 10 different qualities of mine. We figured out how I can connect my characters to each other. We worked on how those connections can describe a person that is me. We figured out connections and make a 3d model of the 10 metaphor model. It is more like a personality model of me which is describing me. We also focused on how they are connected like are they fully connected or partially connected each other, which portion of it is connected to each other because we need to show how these all are related to me. We have to unite them in a reasonable manner because who you are is not something you can’t describe, you should have the reasons for you being yourself.