The document provides a comprehensive guide to prepare for the CEED exam, including crucial topics for both parts of the exam, such as sketching, design thinking, and general awareness. It emphasizes starting with basic sketching, gradually improving creativity, and analyzing everyday objects for design improvement. Practical tips for scheduling, avoiding common pitfalls, and focusing on essential areas of preparation are also included.

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By
Bhanu Chander V
CEED Exam

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Topics covered
 CEED Process
 Which topics to start for CEED 2015 ?
 Which part of the sketching should I start ?
 When to start preparing for other topics ?
 What to skip (what not to practice) ?
 How to schedule my time everyday ?

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1. PART – A preparation
CEED Exam Pattern
Topics related to :
 Visual Communication
 Animation Design
 Product Design
 Automobile Design
 Digital
 Observation
 Architecture
 General awareness

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1. PART – B preparation
CEED Exam Pattern
 Basic and visual sketching
 Observation, problem Identification
and problem solving
 Design think-ability and Creativity
 User Interface Design
 Visual communication design
 Animation design

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3. Portfolio preparation
CEED Exam Pattern
4. Interview facing

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What topics to start for CEED ?
Start with basic sketching work
Don’t Jump to detailing, shading and
coloring X

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1. Basic geometry figures
2. Simple outline drawing
3. Completing all the parts of the drawing
4. Giving line details
5. Shading or detailing
Sketching stages

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Examples 1

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Example 2

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1. Shape of the sketch
Factors to remember
2. Proportions of the sketch
3. Line quality
4. Alignment

11. Am I
looking
Good ?
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1. Sketching
Right from beginning
2. Creativity and design thinking
3. Geometrical aptitude questions
General Awareness can be taken care later !

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 Illusions
 Isometric views and projections
 Hidden words and image findings
 Patterns
 Picture puzzles and
 Mechanical and pictorial
reasoning
Observation, visualization & geo questions

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>> 2 months,
>> 45 days (or even)
>> 1 month
before the CEED exam
When to start
General Awareness …???

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Interview . . . ?
Portfolio . . . ? ?
Save all your
practice
exercises
Sketches,
designs &
creative works
>> Gives you bunch of Ideas <<
>>>

17. Design thinking &
Creative Idea generation
>> Start Parallel preparation
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18. Thumb rules
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19.  The current design – why it is so ?
 Problems with existing design
 What changes can be made ?
 Any new-alternate ideas ?
 Alternate uses ?
 What can be included in the design ?
 Any drawbacks of the new design ?
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1. Make a note
2. Put your thoughts in paper
3. Simple rough sketches
Example
Design analysis for everyday objects
Everyday do

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“What not to be done”
Sharing with
 Friends
 Family
 Facebook groups
 Children
Understand …..
by …..
Learn from the mistakes of
1. Self
2. Others

22. ↗ My sketching work is average . . .
. . . Can I clear CEED Exam ???
> There is no zero sketching level !
>> Practice with passion towards Design
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23. 1. Practice initially simple sketching
2. Give last preference to shading
3. Skip GA from the beginning
4. Improve your Creativity
5. Practice geometrical aptitude exercises
6. Everyday - observe and analyze for
problems
7. Assume/Create problems
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24. 8. Evaluate alternate uses
9. Look everything in perceptive
10. Think crazily and do mistakes
11. Think like a child but act like an adult
12. Try to avoid similar mistakes day-by-day
13. Analyze others works
14. Practice everyday design and creative
exercises
15. Skip portfolio and interview preparations
until exam
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Get more . . . . .
1. Resources
2. Suggestions – tips
3. Solutions to CEED papers
4. M.Des, Design streams overview
5. Design mistakes
6. Creativity development
7. Ideas !