What’s really fun about my first semester here is that I’m only taking theatre and art classes. Because of that a lot of the ideas in my drawing class also apply to this class and my design process. There’s ideas that we discuss in my drawing class that once I start seeing I can never not see it in objects. A big one for me is the terminator edge on objects that are lit up with one light source.

A terminator edge is the light between the half-tone and the darkest part of the object. Basically the line in-between the light side of the fire hydrant and the dark side. When side lighting a cylindrical object, the terminator edge is generally in the middle. But because the fire hydrant is a more advanced shape the terminator edge gets all wonky. To me when you’re playing with shadows like this it gives the objects a lot more character and visual interest.