ISU DSN 131 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ISU DSN 131 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. perceptual skills
Answer:
see

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2. manual skills
Answer:
control materials using hands

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3. compositional skills
Answer:
organize elements of a drawing and quickly work through preliminary sketches to show several design
options

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4. conceptual skills
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think through and give form to visual ideas

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5. creativity
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recombining existing elements in unique ways, resulting in a new object, image, or idea

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6. creativity step one
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inspiration: conscious formation of problem or goal

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7. creativity step two
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incubation: conscious mind rests, subconscious works

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8. creativity step three
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illumination: emergence of solution to goal, connections

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9. creativity step four
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resolution: final form to idea, organize concepts and materials

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10. creativity begins in
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open mode: playfulness, curiosity, and expansive thinking

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11. creative strategies
Answer:
object analogy, metamorphosis, metamorphic thinking, word lists, play, brainstorming, looking at
opposites, using manipulative verbs, looking at nature, and design heuristics

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12. creative strategy: object analogy
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look at a common object and recognize how it relates to your problem

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13. creative strategy: metamorphosis
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traits of two objects combine to form a new image

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14. creative strategy: metamorphic thinking
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compare the meaning of one thing to another to suggest visual ideas

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15. creative strategy: play
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"exquisite corpse" game with three artists blindly collaborating on three-part form

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16. creative strategy: looking at opposites
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visual and verbal opposites generate new visual ideas

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17. creative strategy: design heuristics
Answer:
creative strategies for efficient problem solving, derived from previous experiences with similar problems,
provide mental shortcuts that ease cognitive load of decision making

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18. drawing term: design elements
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line, shape, volume, value, texture, space, and color

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19. drawing term: design
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organization or arrangement of design elements to give form to a visual idea, also called composition

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20. drawing term: format
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shape and dimensions of the drawing, exists before any other marking, all direction, size, and placement of
elements in the image must relate to it

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21. drawing term: thumbnail sketches
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small, quick, preliminary organizational line drawings, several from same subject, generalized and
concentrate on design, composition, layout, and spatial organization

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22. drawing term: organizational line drawing
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light, simplified sketch that concentrates on mapping out general size and location relationships between
forms and compositional structure, relationships rather than details, also called relational line drawing

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23. drawing term: pentimenti
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light, preliminary marks that serve as tentative under-drawing, record of the drawing process, Latin
meaning that which I am ashamed

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24. drawing term: subject matter
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what's depicted in the drawing like a landscape, building, still life, figure, or portrait

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25. drawing term: style
Answer:
characteristics of form that are consistent and recurring that make a work identifiable as the product of a
particular person, movement, period, or place, may include techniques, recurring design aspects, themes

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26. drawing term: content