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Scale figures are very important in a drawing because it gives the environment "life." By adding scale figures, the buildings and environment become more real and specific to the actual thing. Roth says, “there are no truly straight lines anywhere…it is all a combination of subtle diagonals and curves.” (Roth, 240) This reigns true for a lot of pictures, but also for Greek architecture because the way they built their buildings is unique to the others. Every building plays off another so they have a sense of uniformity, but also each building is varied in height and importance which plays in to the idea of scale.


Unity is defined as integrity: an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting. Unity has extremely important in our design classes because it shows us what our projects and design have in common. We tend to think that our professors just give us projects and drawings on top of one another for no reason, but in reality, they all build on top of each other. They may not look the same on the outside, but they are related by concepts.

In drafting class we hear the word section a lot, but what is it really? Section is defined as a self-contained part of a larger composition. We tend to draw sections of an object to get a better grasp of it as a whole. When drawing something in section, you can really see the details and pick apart how the object was constructed. In studio, I had the Berlin Wall, and as pictured below; my drawing shows the wall as a whole, but my notes pick apart the "sectioned" time line of the history of the wall.


As shown below, this is an example of a vignette. A vignette is a photograph whose edges shade off gradually. Suzanne taught us this technique in class, and I find it very appealing. It doesn't always capture what is most important in an environment, but it captures an object that gives the piece life. By fading the picture, it allows the viewer to really focus in on the drawing rather than having to look to every corner of the page for details.