Synesthesia

This exercise explores the implication of different drawing techniques on the materiality of the surface depicted. A photograph of one surface was used to generate multiple drawings in various pen and ink techniques including stippling, hatching and scribbling.

The results of this project confirmed our capability of predicting tactile qualities based on how materials and surfaces appear without touching them. It proves that we could perceive the physical features of a surface through data collected from sight. This explains why we can perceive the roughness or softness of the drawn surfaces just by looking at them. The linkage between sight and touch is unquestionably relevant to the design field. It can assist designers in designing products that are capable of inducing specific tactile sensations with visuals only. It can also exaggerate the stimulation caused by certain materials when synthesized with visuals.