Linework

Another Wednesday night of DFD gone by. This week was conquering some perspective layouts and cleaning up some linework in preparation for Photoshop colorings. I'm excited to see some of the digital renderings of next week. Good job everyone!

New Feature?

Some of you might know of Duncan Sheik...or even may be fans of his. Best known for his '96 song "Barely Beathing"...his new album "White Limousine" is quite unique. In addition to the album cd, an accompanying cd/software called "Live" allows the listener to remix and tweak each song to their liking.

Everyone that listens now has the ability to mute or pronounce, as well as manipulate any instruments in the song...or replace them with electronic textures and sounds instead. Honestly I don't own the album yet...but after hearing a few tracks I may pick it up. Can't say I'll even use the remixing disc...but it seems to be a pretty cool feature for the everyday-Joe who wants to play wtih some tunes :)

Set of 3

Nothing of note to talk about...so instead a set of circular patterns over the past few days:

A few hundred in the bag so far...

A great weekend for getting in some more early season miles on the bike! Yesterday was a nice 45 miles through the country roads of Somerset County. A cool 48 degrees...but no wind...which was awesome.

Today, on the other hand...was colder, windier, and cloudier. The first 20 miles were great...sun poking through...slight breeze. The last 20 miles suuuuuuuuuucked. Suddenly I had a headwind whichever direction I turned...temp dropped to about 35, and no more sun...ugh. Luckily I had a double caffinated Tangerine PowerGel to keep me company. Still a decent ride overall. Only problem is my Flight Deck is acting quirky...it told me I was doing 75 mph at one point. I wish! Unfortunately I was only doing about 22 mph when that occurred, haha.

Pic from tonight...these hills are my training ground:

ouch!

Try not to let this happen to your bike. Death occured at Spring and Thompson in SOHO. Wonder how long its been there! haha:

Chicken or Egg

I was recently intrigued by a toaster I saw...and of course now I can't find an image of it, lol. Anyway...the bottom "pod" was soft and curvy. The thing that caught my eye was the very intense part line. It was not just a simple extrusion cut in one direction to separate two halves. It bounced up and down while wrapping around the form. Upon showing this to our engineer, it brought on a discussion as to which came first...the form...or the parting line.

A few free minutes allowed me to explore the concept of defining a part line before you start to carve out the form. Via 3dsketches in Solidworks. Worked out pretty well...I hope to apply this more often! It would sure save our engineer some work, hahaha.


A quickie render:

New purchases

Two new items in my ownership. The latest Hotel Costes album by Stephane Pompougnac. Awesome tunes. Probably the best "lounge-chill" that is currently in my collection. Although Later-Vol.1 is close :) Anyway...definitely check it out!!!


Went shopping on Saturday in Soho with the intention of buying a spring-time jacket, and a new pair of jeans. The jeans didn't happen...the $250 pairs at G-Star were NOT gonna be purchased, haha. Buuut, I did score a perfect jacket. Kind of wanted the slim, sporty, "FILA-like" style...and managed to find what I was looking for at Club Monaco.

Pic taken in the dressing room...as a momento to review at a later time to decide if I "really" wanted it. But, threw that plan away and made the impulse buy :)

Picture of the Day

While cruising back from NY state two weeks ago...I noticed a restaurant
name on a road sign. Thinking: "hmmmm, this place must be a DIVE..." We
took that exit and stopped. To my surprise, it was actually quite...nice.
Sort of "upscale" as far as mountain cabin restaurants go, haha.

But honestly...who names a place "The Log Jam". Did that connotation just
start in the 80's? Maybe this place was established before then? Is
there some other "proper" connotation I am missing? I should have
mustered up the courage to ask the manager: "Sooo...I know this might be
logging country and all...but whats with the name?" I'll stop there
before this entry turns bad...

Glass Man

Definitely check out Dale Chihuly. An well-known glass artist/designer with an amazing portfolio of work. The chandelier section of the website is soooooo cool...very "medusa"!

Quite a few years old...but worth a look!!!

Spring break Assignment

Yeah...I'm bad. Giving an assignment over spring break! haha

Had to put together a p-shop tutorial for some students to follow. Some snap-shots below. A step by step process in adding some quick color to a line sketch. Pretty happy with how it came out considering it was a minute-and-a-half sketch in the beginning. If anyone wants the full .pdf, just let me know!

Random Friday sketch

A doodle from mid-afternoon @ work. Threw it into photoshop for some color...although I don't like it. Kind of got uninspired 5 minutes in, haha.

Its about time...

After being an adjunct for 3 years...I finally had some extra time to get a faculty ID! Not that it will really bring me more benefits (maybe some good Apple discounts)...but always good to have. Thankfully this doesn't have an expiration date either :)

Will make a nice addition to my VT passport................but will the benefits surpass all those "student" movie prices since graduation?!?!?! muhahahahaha


Also...can't remember where I saw this site...maybe on some design blog the other day... Simple and hip interface with room for glamour shots: LifeStyle Design

And ode to nature

Found some art inspiration in the most unlikely of places this weekend. Some cool paintings by an unknown artist inspired the work below. Just some of my illustrator doodles :) Hope to turn it into a series...maybe a bit more "nature techno!"