Roof detail shading

This is an intense sketch I did of a detail of a university building. The paper was about 24"x17."

Espresso Royale cafe

Entranceway

Grand staircase

Room interior

Architecture annex

US Capitol building

Interior room with pool

Dome of St. Paul's

Busy street in Paris

Fruit bowl

On the Farm

Modern home

Empty walkway

CAD elevation and detail

Detail of the Union building done in AutoCAD.

Final Project: Shadow box

The final studio project for my Graphics studio. Using all the 2D design concepts we learned, we created a 3D model with any colors, objects, and textures we wished.

Mine creates implied space as the squares move in and out of the box boarder. The shape of the square is continuous as it is seen in the foam squares, the screen, the path of the chain, and even the box itself. The neutrality of black, white, and gray connects the elements together. The whole design was inspired by two video games: the chain chomp in Super Mario bros. and one of the stages in Cannon's Core of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle....for any of you who know what I'm talking about :P

Two-point perspective

Further use of the axon design in this two-point perspective drawing. Mine is a playground structure set in the park :)

Shade and Shadow

Using our 3D axon, we cut away part of the design in order to produce interesting shadows. We constructed shadows as well as shade that would be present if light hit the model at a 45 degree angle. The hardest project of the semester!!

Paraline drawing(axonometric)

Starting with a three-dimensional cube, we had to break away space to create our own 3D composition(axon). We then drew the plan and four elevations of the design.

One-point perspective

One-point perspective drawing. After setting up a pencil grid, we used our interior design skills to create our own room.

Lettering Exercise

We practiced architectural lettering by making up our own letters. Then, using our letter scheme, we created an interesting composition that implied movement, shape, or negative space.

2-dimensional design organization

After developing a line grid, we placed shapes and text boxes on it to create an interesting composition. Mine stresses circular/radial motion, using spherical objects and rectangles that move outward beyond the boards. My text was taken from "Exiled," a poem about the ocean.

Project 2: Shape

Using a combination of circles, squares, and/or triangles, we created two designs that explored spatial movement, proportion, and negative space.

Project 1: Line

My first studio project of the semester. Using lines, we were to develop three designs(one with 10 lines, one with 10 lines crossing, and one with as many lines as we wished) that expressed interest and spatial complexity. We created a process folder of various designs in pencil and drew the three finals in ink.

Blazing Sunset

My Earliest Poems

"Ocean"

The ocean is a whole new world
waiting to be discovered
No one knows
except the ocean's creatures
what treasures wait inside
With parades of fish
and a sea of salt water
the ocean is like the sky
"Why do they stay here?"
the sand might ask
"Because we must stay together,"
the ocean replies
and crashed against the sand
whispering stories about its life


"The Tiger"

The tiger jumps down from the hill
His hope
and lands in a sea of roses
His unhappiness
and scampers away from his dreams


Fishes swim down Moonstone creek
ignoring the treasure that most long to seek
The crabs look underneath rocks
Everyone is silent, no one talks
Dragonflies soar, looking up above
A small green branch is carried by a dove
They finally give up, toads and one gup
when the sunset brings sorrow 'till tomorrow


"Up in the Hopeful Sky"

Up in the hopeful sky
cloud women dance
Doves fly with graceful speed
The horses stomp and prance
But farther up
stars twinkle bright
when the moon shows its face
to say "Good night"


*I wrote these poems in 5th grade.

T-Shirt Design

Self-explanatory.

Interpretive Model

For this project we had to choose one word from our Folded Field project and create a model based on it. I chose "continual." We created our model out of foam core, cutting about 30 separate layers and then gluing them together. Each individual layer had to be cut before it was glued. The "void"(or space cut away), not the model itself, was to show the interpretation.

My model is very mathematical. With each successive layer more foam is cut away. My idea was to create a continuous spatial sequence that would ideally extend to infinity had I included more layers. It resembles an escalating staircase. If you study it closely you can see that the void and model are inverses of each other.