3D Modeling: Vectron Wave

For our ultimate final project, our Maya 3D modeling class instructor Dan Jensen wanted us to model the Air Hogs Vectron Wave. The toy is a flying UFO look alike and it runs on battery. When it is turned on, the Vectron propels and fly upwards, and it can also hovers above the ground.

It was by far the most interesting object I've seen in the class and it was also by far the hardest thing to model as it has tentacle-like features which has slopes that thins and swells out as it goes. The Vectron on most part is made of styrofoam, and only the cap part with the antenna are made of plastic, hence the shiny surface.

We were given two weeks to model the toy and for the last class, an ad picture of vectron has to be illustrated. It wasn't my best work, I have to admit. If I have a few more hours, I would have make the styrofoam look more like styrofoam texture and make the ad look more dynamic than below. Butt I tried my best! And have learn a lot from this project. It was fun but stressful while it lasted. I pat myself in the back when the teacher said we were the first class to attempt such a complicated object and we succeeded. :)

Click here to see another classmate's work.

The Artichoke Book

Everything about artichoke is in it! Created with InDesign and Illustrator. Printed and spiral-binded by Laguna Print on the Pacific Coast Highway located north of Laguna Beach. Thanks for doing a good job for me! :)

Eyessss

Eye painted with gouache.

Music Poster

Imagine the song "There She Goes" or "Kiss Me" from Sixpence None the Richer playing in the background. Does the poster feel that way? :)

Final Project for Computer Imaging Class

The face was hand drawn from a picture of mine and then it was scan into the computer to be colorized with Photoshop. The individual pieces of the face is texturized with hand drawn curves and lines, and its colors are adjusted accordingly. The final project file size is 13 x 19.

Juxtaposition Posters

For the Graphic Design 1 class with Xun Chi.

FF Blur Poster

This is done for my Typography class. The assignment for the 15 x 20 inch poster has to include the following: the typographer's name, the font name, all uppercase letters, all lowercase letters and all numbers of the font.

Neville Brody's Appreciation

Referencing and in appreciation of Neville Brody's design style from the Arena Magazine.

Teapot

I'm a little teapot, short and stout...

Again, I used the first picture as a reference, provided by our 3D class instructor, Dan Jensen. And then, the background picture is applied for the "outdoor" shot. In addition to that, I also use the wood texture to create a more realistic table for my teapot to sit on. All rendering is done in Maya mental ray, High Definition view.

I love how cool Maya can be to allow the environment's surrounding reflect on the teapot's surface. Here's the outdoor shots:

I girlified the studio shots with some really nice romantic wallpapers:

Soap Bottle

First pic was introduced as a reference picture for students to model the soap bottle in Maya. I used the second picture of a bathroom as the background for the soap bottle final rendering with mental ray. Below are the results:

Text Art with Photoshop

Everything start by scratch with Photoshop, thanks to online tutorials.

Water Poster

I thought it was pretty self-explanatory coz' when I read it, I instantly understood the quote. But my audience did not get it. :(

Isometric Carrot Farm

Designed in Illustrator and painted in Photoshop.

Isometric Beat Box

Beat Box done with Illustrator for the Isometric Project

Counter-Hand Photography

Use negative space with cropped papers and then photographed

Artichoke

High Readability/Low Interest

Equal Impact

High Interest/Low Readability

I've never tried scanning a vegetable before but I'm really surprise of the outcome and I enjoy it. So far, I've not only tried artichoke, I've also scan bok choy, blood orange and nuts. I picked the artichoke for the beautiful lines. It's easily inspiring and easy to work with. The scan pictures are for the following typography class which we learn to create legible pieces with low and high interest on each as well as low and high readability on the type.

The parameter is include all the 3 artichoke pictures, one title of the vegetable name and two paragraphs of the artichoke's information in a 7.5 x 7.5 box.