Archive for the ‘Portfolio’ Category

Miniature Japanese Lantern

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

A few years ago I purchased a roll of authentic Japanese rice paper from Uwajimaya market in Seattle intending to use it on a number of projects but I only recently started using it.

A combination of balsa & basswood is used in the model. I designed it to stand off the floor the same height as a typical electronic flickering tea light. This is a floor lantern in the Japanese style that is 40 scale inches tall at 1½” scale. I used a variety of images on the internet as inspiration/reference material. While I was researching designs I realized how similar the visual styles of Japanese Carpentry are to that of the Arts & Crafts Movement.

Hmm..

Roof-top Garden Grove

Friday, October 8th, 2010

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Here’s an old architectural concept illustration from sometime in 2008. A sort of portico of brick archways suspends a living roof accessible from the second story of the main building to which both are attached. Small fruit-bearing trees could be made to take root making a pleasant garden roof-top.

I hope you like it. Marker & ink.

Blue Kite

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Marker sketch on paper.

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Retro Swatch

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Marker & sepia ink pen on old index card.

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Hallway rendering

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

I had the need to feel productive yesterday, so I did this quick elevation/perspective study.

Marker on “bleedproof” paper.

Thar be doodling afoot

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Two recent doodles.

Sometimes my impromptu drawings are like self-administered Rorschach tests. I’m always finding new ways of looking at the finished product. I would really be interested to know what it is you find in this one, which could be anything from futuristic sails unfurling to robotic DNA:

abstructural

Here’s a quick one. I’m calling it moonrise.

See What I Did There?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Howdy. I’ll just leave this here.

I made a funny.

Sneaking

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Marker on cheap white paper.

Desktop image: sunset gradient

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Here’s a marker gradient I did one night recently.

It makes a great desktop picture. Feel free.

To prepare for launch, pull the lap bar toward you.

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Napkin + Sharpie.