Sketch your own eyewear design

Research and Moodboard

Research for inspiration
Research for inspiration on the internet, in magazines and in inspirational environments

Internet:

http://blog.stylesight.com

https://www.pinterest.com

Magazine:

You can pull images from current and old magazines

Inspirational Environments

Walk through your neighborhood or other enviornments and snap photos of buildings,items, the sky, ANYTHING that catches your eye.

Eyewear History Books

FASHION SPECTACLES SPECTACULAR FASHION

By: Simon Murray & Nicky Albrechtsen

EYEWEAR A VISUAL HISTORY

By: Moss Lipow
Cutout and pull photos
Cutout and pull photos

Gather all of the images / photos from your journey of reasearching, then organize to make cut-outs.
Piece together moodboard
Piece together moodboard

Gather all of your image cut-outs and tap or paste them onto a Board, Paper, Your Wall.

You can also create a moodboard on Photoshop or Illustrator if you advanced.
Identify theme for collection
Identify theme for collection

You can view your Moodboard and come up with a cohesive theme for your collection of designs.
Submit photo of moodboard
Submit photo of moodboard

Send us an image of your Moodboard. If you physically made one, You can take a photo or even scan it.

If you are more advanced, you can send a JPEG file of your Moodboard that was made on Illustrator or Photoshop or even PowerPoint.

Sketch and Measurements

Sketch shapes inspired by moodboard in sketch book
Sketch shapes inspired by moodboard in sketch book. These shapes will be connected and transformed to create your temple, bridge and frame.
Create 3 eyewear sketches from shapes
Play with the look and feel of the shapes and textures to create eyewear for your collection

Choose an images from your mood board that most inspires you. You can pick a texture,shape,color or more to incorporate into your designs and lead you with ideas for your eyewear sketch.
Choose 1 favorite sketch
Choose 1 favorite sketch

When you are in the process of choosing your favorite sketch, make sure it is a style that is not only fashionable but also functional.
Add measurements to sketch
Add measurements to sketch

You can use our measurement guide to help with the basic measurements.

If you have no idea about measurement of sunglasses, it may help to use a pair of your own glasses as a guide to get a feel of the measurements.
Share all 3 sketches (1 with measurements)
Now that you have 3 sketch concepts, share them in your student project area to get feedback from you fellow students!

Material and Color

Find color inspiration in moodboard
Find color inspiration in moodboard

Use your Moodboard & Theme to get the colorway ideas for your sunnies
Add color call outs to sketch
Add color call outs to sketch

Mark all of the details on the sunglasses to add the colors you want. Be sure to mark the Temple , Frame, and Lens + Other Details. Its important to add key notes that will show an example of the colors.

You can do this straight on your sketch. You can also Scan or Take a photo of your sketch onto your computer to use the document to type your call outs.
Add material call outs to sketch
Add material call outs to sketch

Mark & Add Material Call outs on the Temple, Frame and Lens + Other Details.
Submit sketch with color and material call outs
Submit sketch with color and material call outs

Emma Freed

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