The Path to Art College Entrance Exams: Basic Design

Author: Jin Weiwei
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Basic design is a fundamental course for design majors and is often a key focus in design professional exams. However, many students with strong drawing skills struggle with design subjects, affecting their overall performance, which is truly a pity. The reason lies in many candidates lacking understanding of design subjects before the exam, failing to grasp the exam's objectives and requirements, and thus not preparing adequately. They often resort to last-minute cramming and copying from various sources, which directly reflects in exam papers as disorganized scenes, poor composition, monotonous or chaotic shapes, and bland creativity. Therefore, candidates must first clarify the exam requirements and assessment content. Art and design exams typically evaluate candidates' grasp of fundamental principles of decorative design, laws of formal beauty, basic structures of form organization, and expressive techniques. They also assess candidates' creative abilities in shaping forms, aesthetic sense in decorative variations, color coordination skills, rich imagination, and practical drawing capabilities. This book will comprehensively explain the methods of basic design from three perspectives: decorative deformation, decorative color, and expressive techniques.