Readymag Design Workout

Scuba diver. Mural at Sant Feliu de Guíxols beach (Catalonia, Spain).

Find ten or more different objects around you. Use them to make a portrait of a human or an animal.

Readymag tip:

Create ten+ different shapes and icons. Move them around.

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Interior. A painting by Fala. © falaatelier.com.

Readymag tip:

Emulate textured shapes by adding an image and cropping it.

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Using a collage approach, like in this example, draw your own room. Use the same material for objects resembling each other by a) function b) texture, c) style.

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Use animations to make the graph dynamic.

Imagine your day as a continuous line graph that changes its shape, color or saturation depending on your activity and emotional state. Mark the hours along the horizontal axis and make a graph that tracks your condition through the day.

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ICA—Bricks by Carl Kleiner. Image via carlkleiner.com.

Readymag tip:

Note that any widget can be rotated.

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Study this composition thoroughly. Then depict it from three other points of view and from the top point. Remember to keep the shadows.

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A rainbow on the floor of the Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA.

Readymag tip:

If in trouble, go for icons from our collection.

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This is a picture of a trace that was left behind by an unusual creature. Help the police to create its sketch, keeping in mind that, according to all evidence, it was definitely not a unicorn.

Color Masses. Kazimir Malevich.

Readymag tip:

Assemble a portrait from shapes and animate it to make it look more lively.

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Using geometric shapes, create a self-portrait in this style, depicting yourself in three states: enthusiastic, indignant, sad.