Sketch #5

Augmented Reality in the Classroom

I personally had many ideas for enhancing the classroom which I did not present during my Design midterm presentation.  The recent reveal of Microsoft HoloLens has expanded the possible uses of technology in schools.  For example, students could explore buildings, historic events, and even molecules right from the classroom.  The final example given is shown in this sketch.

  

Sketch (Sort of) #4

The Ginkgo

First and foremost, these drawings are primarily for the Understanding Architecture class which I am taking.  The are for my midterm, but as I have spent a copious amount of time on them I figure using them to fill in one of these sketching assignments should be fair so long as I am honest about the matter.  Hopefully.

First level - floorplan

The objective of the project is to design a museum.  This particular museum is intended as an art museum.  The central circle is an atrium with a glass dome overhead.  An item to note is that the building has a curved roof, not only for aesthetic appear, but also to ensure that the atrium receives sunlight throughout the year.  The various rooms of the first floor are labeled in the image below.  The other drawings are the second floor (which holds most spaces for employees), the roof, and an orthographic side view of the facility. 

First level - labeled

Second level - unfinished

Rooftop

Side view

Sketch #3

Character design is an important aspect to anyone who wants to tell a story.  When that story is visual, making keen decisions as to how you want that character to appear is equally important.

Chuck

On that note, I present to you Chuck.  A couple years ago I decided to work on a small comic project with a hapless silent protagonist who is working on making a comic about a hapless silent protagonist who is working on making a comic about a hapless silent protagonist etc. etc.  Chuck's design is heavily caricatured, but based upon largely realistic bone structure and musculature.  Unfortunately, my project never really got very far, but at least now I have chuck

Sketch #2

This is a proof of concept sketch for replacing the world's automobiles with giant scorpions which can carry the whole family!  Cut your carbon emissions today!

Sketch #1

This image is a drawing of my single greatest engineering feat in the game Minecraft.  This free-form game encourages the player to build structures based only upon the limits of his or her imagination.  In order to build these structures, however, resources must be mined and ultimately stored for later retrieval.  Managing these resources can become quite a task, and so I decided to make a storage and distribution hub.

My Minecraft distribution center

On the top level, which has a domed glass ceiling has a series of powered rail-carts which move down the central shaft to one of seven floors, each of which allowing for a striking  amount of item storage.  Additionally, a bridge (not depicted here) on the reverse side has multiple rails which allow for quick transportation to active construction sites.