Cat and Dog Cookbook

I recently finished this project for veterinary doctor Janine Oliver. She asked me to do these illustrations for a cat and dog cookbook that she is writing. It was a great opportunity to have complete freedom with the humor and aesthetic. I've learned a lot from the project and I can't wait for the book to be published, which should be out later this year!

Sky Oar: Conceptual Skyscraper

The "Port Town" flavor of Stockholm, Sweden for which this skyscraper is destined served to define its form and organization. Because Stockholm is planned in a medieval manner, the town has many hearts, or organelles that define important centers. These different organelles, spaced about as they are, counterbalance each other, much the same way the oars of the port's ships work against each other to propel. Throughout Stockholm there are many plazas and places of rest; an organization that is brought into the different centers of the structure as well as the space that is formed beneath.

Parrish Wine/Residence Final Poster Presentation

Parrish Wine/Residence Finalized Design

The wine bar and the above residential spaces were generated in response to the organization and living habits of downtown Durham, NC. Within the downtown organization, one’s home is clustered amongst restaurants, bakeries, salons, and galleries, all of which are footsteps away. A similar approach has been taken with the open floor plans whereby rooms and functions are blended; each sharing one footprint, generating a spatial identity within home and utility.

Much like the revitalizing process taking place in downtown Durham, components of the space are designed to soften industrial qualities through an exploration of urbanizing nature. The visual weight of distressed woods is brought to modern standards through the sleekness and utility identified with the urban setting. Perspectives, like that of the outside environment are interrupted but never broken as space-defining components seek to filter space rather than define it.

I have to reference Craig Irvine's design blog, as I borrowed a lot of ideas regarding the composition of my scale figures; enlivening the spaces; breaking out of their frames. I also looked to one of his board layouts, which showed me how a layout can be influenced by shapes and elements present in a "hero shot" perspective.

Central Regional Hospital Poster Presentation

Central Regional Hospital Finalized Design

The elements fundamental to the healing system: familiarity to a child’s home environment, comfort, as well as providing some sense of growth and connection to the outside universe direct the design proposal for the Child and Adolescent Unit of the Central Regional Hospital.

The design concept is based on the moment under a shade tree: the revitalizing sensation one experiences while lying on fresh green grass, patches of dirt, encircling roots and a cool earthy scent in the breeze. The proposed spaces comprise this moment through components that influence, connect and govern each other

Ram of Grapes

How else might we brand our wine bar but with the Ram of Grapes. Since our wine bar is to be named "The Horn" by the client, finding a creative way to brand a horn with some personality was fun. My first iteration was the red one, but due to some feedback I learned that he may look a little like the devil or like he's been skinned alive. I tried to soften him with some color pencil accents, but ultimately decided to do another rendering (thank God I scanned the black line drawing) in a more purplish tone.

The Ram of Grapes is a mythological creature who prances through crops, blessing farmers with rich harvests when they have done great deeds... Okay I made all that up but perhaps this mythological tone can be brought into some of the other branding types for the space.