Furniture

Throughout our school year we were required to design and build furniture for various places. I don't have much more to say on the subject, except to enjoy... Actually I also want to note that some of these, ie, the Joi chair and mechanical lamp (right) were group projects.

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First Generation Helmet.

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Here I sit, getting my bi-monthly dose of Remicade. Its funny how people in these situtations often take great pride in listing the the times they have gone to the hospital or how doctors and nurses have done them wrong in someway. I have literally been in between a full on one-uping battle between two people also getting their Remicade... But I digress, back to the point of this post. Sitting in this chair for a couple of hours every two months has today allowed me to take the time to finish up some renderings. Here is the first generation hazmat helmet from the graphic novel (yet to be named) that I am working on.

The idea behind this design, is to combine an almost steam punk style with futuristic-like materials. I described the suits as being a mash up of parts and technologies. Supposed to be pretty gnarly looking like when NEO wakes up from the matrix, only to find be confronted with a cluster of wires and technology mashed together. Not really the sleek and dynamic future most SCI-FI stories (like I-robot) portray... in terms of design that is.

SQUEEGiT

The SQUEEGiT, March 31, 2011
This is my most recent product design endeavor.
Our role: Design, Concept Development, Renderings, Technical Drawings








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Graphic Novel

Role: Writing, Illustration, Product design, Future vehicle design

So right now im currently in the process of writing and illustrating a graphic novel. I think my perspective of what may be interesting is a bit scewed. You see, I am wirting most of the story told in first person; furthermore I have written story before starting the illustration process. the reason for this is, that I wanted the words to read more like a real novel, rather then a "play". Im hoping this turns out to be a decision worth my time. There is not nearly as much dialogue between characters as most, it is really an internal character observation,/character driven story line. Before you decided that is sounds like garbage, fret not, it involves zombies, government conspiracies and is set in the year 2135.
I have taken it upon myself to include as much product/costume/vehicle/architecture designing as possible. Most objects will in fact be created in Solidworks, then rendered into scene (with as close to realistic appearance as possible), finally to be brought into Photoshop and stylized .

It is yet to be titled. If interested in reading through a rough draft, please contact me.

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