All Artwork is by Grady Lyda
Creating Diagrams: It starts with the Input, also called a Ruff (above). This is a crude sketchy idea usually prepared by an engineer/requestor, showing the words and arrangement of information. Then I need to figure out how to get it to make sense and look good (below).
It is because of illustrations like these that I thought Rockwell invented the phrase "10 pounds of shit in a 5-pound bag"
Diagrams go thru many iterations while the requestor/engineer and illustrator/designer keep fine-tuning the art and words, with feedback from others in the Art Department. Above is my first draft of a complicated PowerPoint chart, and below are more versions.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead
Here is another Input, and below is the first version of my Output
Above is how the illustration appeared in the final government proposal for the IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway System)
See inside this book: IVHS Interim Status Report
1994 concept for the SmartCar of the future. Are we there yet?
Prediction is difficult, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra
Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy
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A co-worker from our Rockwell Art Department receives an award. I'm on the left and the talented artist, Rick Olds, is behind me -- he was an old school illustrator who made the paintings that I recreated/digitized for modern times (see Rockwell International - 01)    |
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