Clue #2: Develop a series of 25 patterns coming from one inspiration piece. Feel free to exaggerate, repeat, layer, and zoom.
With this...I actually had the most trouble. For the first 15 or so, it wasn't bad, but for the last 10, I started slowing down and it was harder to think of patterns and to let myself use the techniques of exaggerating, repeating, layering, and zooming in and out.
Clue #3: Construct a one-point perspective of a small reading area. Include 3 patterns.
This was a little easier...until it came to choosing the third pattern. I had a hard time deciding where it should go, how large it should be, and how much of the space it should take up. I was scared it would be pattern vomit. :(.
Clue #4: Make 3 copies of your reading area and picking a palette of no more than 4 colors, explore what happens when the colors are applied in different ways and amounts in each perspective.
I really enjoyed this clue. I've figured out that I worked best with vignetting colored pencil. and not coloring the whole item. It's simple, yet it looks SO MUCH BETTER. The grayscale perspective looks kind of shabby to me because I was trying to see what it would look like if I colored all of the bench instead of just splashes of color, and I didn't like how it turned out. However, for the other two, I really like how there is barely any color but you can still get the effect of the warmth of the rooms. I just wish the scanner would have picked up on it more :(.
And here are some ROUGH perspectives of the space, prior to chartpak...this was when I was playing around with the space still and trying to decide on a color palette.
First clue: Draw two public spaces that have meaning to you. Well...when I read this...the fountain and the quad were the first places that popped into my head. I was in a kind of 'stick your headphones in and see where it takes you kind of mood' and I definitely thought that these two places are two of the most known for hanging out and relaxing. The fountain, to me, is a place where I always meet people, so it's like my 'landmark' of UNCG, and it's also a place where I can just sit and 'let my troubles roll by'. The quad, on the other hand, is a place where my Greek Life began. It's where I ran home to ADPi and where I'll be living next semester, so there's a comforting feeling that surrounds me when I'm in the quad. 
With these color schemes, I didn't want to put any furniture in them. I want this area to have a wall color change to differentiate the zones of public to private, because this area is the bed/bath area. My artist is Damien Hirst, and since he is an eccentric artist, I think I've decided on going with the analogous scheme, but a little subtler...more like what is actually on the paper than what ended up coming through the scan, and doing mainly white furniture with pops of color with the pillows and accents. This assignment really has helped me progress in the project and helped me decide what direction to take the studio space.
For my studio space, I really want to use green products. Bamboo is a good example of a sustainable resource. I really liked how this marker rendering turned out, so hopefully as the days progress, you'll see more of these :).
