SEGD SKETCHBOOK
Wayne Hunt
Hunt Design, Pasadena, California
SEGD Fellow, 2004
“Drawing has always been important to me both personally and professionally. I love photography, but it’s just not the same. A major milestone for me about 15 years ago was putting aside the 35mm camera and picking up a sketchbook. I take it everywhere. I draw from life in the front of the book and flip it over and work from the back for project sketches, notes, lists, etc. When front and back pages meet in the middle, I toss it onto a shelf and start a new book. I’ve got about 50 so far.
“Sketching is not only efficient for developing ideas quickly, but also provides a kind of iterative feedback not possible with the computer. I once heard that one’s inability to draw perfectly actually leads to productive variations as an idea develops—your mistakes suggest new directions. This is not possible on a computer where everything looks ‘perfect.’ My cryptic sketches often lead straight to tighter SketchUp and Photoshop presentations.
“For Descanso Gardens, I did quick doodles of three or four ideas, then tighter versions of a couple. The client asked for something in color so I made one more with ink and watercolor—still quite loose and not really architecturally correct.”