"Century-Old Photos of the U.S. Take Us Back to the Industrial Age"

Some good photo reference if you're ever designing something from the period:

http://io9.com/century-old-photos-of-the-u-s-take-us-back-to-the-indu-1497015526

Some Helpful Links

The following are some links to videos, books and podcasts full of ideas and techniques I believe will be helpful for you in the class.

(Note: You must be logged in to my.byu.edu to access videos from the Gnomon Library. Our subscription allows only five simultaneous users.)

Ways To Be More Creative

How Creativity Works — Jonah Lehrer (Slate Podcast)

Jonah Lehrer on Creativity and the Brain (The Guardian Science Weekly Podcast)

Thumbnails / Roughs

The Techniques of Feng Zhu Vol. I — Design Process: Fighting Robots

The Techniques of Feng Zhu, Vol. 3 — Shot Design for Environments

Watercolor and Gouache Painting — The Techniques of Erik Tiemens

Perspective Drawing & Comp Sketches

How To Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination — Scott Robertson & Thomas Bertling

Fundamentals of Perspective 1 — One-Point Principles and Concepts with Gary Meyer

Fundamentals of Perspective 2 — Two Point Principles and Concepts with Gary Meyer