Here's most of my work from ID CAD Skills. They were all done in Photoshop, Illustrator, and or Rhino, or a combination of those. Some of this stuff will look VERY familiar, but with a few last-minute changed before the deadlines.




















These next few were for my design project concerning a product that would aid someone with a brain injury. I call this the Urna, a high-tech piece of eyewear that uses a small camera to record and enhance one's vision, with a navigational detail overlay like a HUD (heads-up display) projected through two LCD screens on the inside of the goggles.







It's apparently impossible to find an image of a MAN in a GROCERY STORE. So for my context image I had to splice a bunch of images into one. I know it's goofy looking but it gets the point across, right?



Maybe by next weekend I'll have some of my sketches and renderings up.

Apparently I didn't update very much last quarter... Now it's going to take me days to document everything I did, but I'll start by uploading everything that's already accounted for.
These are my final photos of my models from Sophomore ID 1. Almost right off the bat it became evident to me that I'm not as good at model-making as I thought I would be. I put a lot of time into projects that were flawed on a foundational level, and though I didn't have time to redo all of my mistakes, I feel like I can take a lot from what I learned here and apply it to the sequel class this spring. But really, I just need to start earlier on my assignments....


Foam core stool. Supports over 200 pounds (precariously-balanced, I might add...)


Fun foam "Wisp" beach shoe.


Polystyrene toothbrush.


Polyurethane shampoo and conditioner bottle set.


Aluminum tape dispenser



All of these pics were taken with a small Sony Cyber-shot, so nothing fancy here. It was nice to exercise those severely under-developed photograph muscles.

Stay posted for highlights from my CAD and hand-drawn rendering portfolios.

I'm not dead yet

Here are a few more assignments from my ID skills class:







... And here;s one of my sophomore ID projects: a toothbrush made out of polystyrene sheets.





More coming up in a bit when I have time to photograph/upload. I've got a lot of renderings stocked up. And no I never did get around to part 2 of my fall quarter post. Oh well, old news now.

"I don't get it"

I did this a while ago for a t-shirt challenge in my IDSA club, and just found out it was chosen to be printed along with 4 others here. Mine is named WWU Tee 3, so help me and WWU IDSA by buying these shirts!
Behind the design-- I've always been frustrated during shoe shopping because I see so many ridiculous designs, most of them looking something like this. It just looks like it's made out of a 100 different pieces of overlapping material, and it can't justify itself by serving any purpose than maybe cushioning your foot a little more if you happened to drop a bowling ball on it. I painted "Space Boots" because I don't get why that style sells, especially because if it's non-functionality. At the same time, people look at my shirt and say, "I don't get it".
So... I guess the real purpose of my design is to displace my confusion onto others.

Starting the New Year

I have a feeling I'm going to be the busiest I've ever been this quarter.
One art history course and three for industrial design...
I still have to photograph my old marker renderings from last quarter. I keep telling myself that I'll do it on a sunny day where I can have natural lighting-- fat chance that'll happen anytime soon in Bellingham...
Anyways, here's my first project for ID CAD skills: A touch-screen cell phone, designed in Illustrator from scratch.