Hey guys. I'm doing design for theatre at university. Few tips...
- start working with a white model in a scale setting ASAP...(white model is every rostra, level made roughly out of white card...you play around with whats in the space)
- remember to put a scale figure in your set and sometimes your drawings...
- research art, not other sets.
- and don't use doll's furniture...your designing a set for christs sake. Everything in it should have a common flavour...a concept. If the dolls furniture fits in the design concept and it's to scale then use it.
- You'll be surprise how easy scale work is...just buy a scale rule...they're lik $10 from officeworks.
good luck