Another Idea...
Since my family is in the paper business...A well know architect has been using paper to build structures...can reuse some of the papers, or figure out something?

Shigaru Ban-Paper Tea House

Idea for painting my hallway wood panels...

http://theselby.com/


Site just shows different people in their houses. Something that I'm shooting for when I'm starting my design firm. Architecture that people actually live in, and shows their own character.

Update on Hallway Art Quote:
Took the free time I had after taking my test to finish up my hallway art. 

Next step: retouch with white paint and fill in the "R"s and the "O"s

Pretty happy with the outcome; thinking about doing the other side as well. For now happy with the mixture of text and image.

Hey Hey finally finished my mobile Workbench/cabinet

Well almost finished...need to figure out some handles for the drawers but overall came up pretty good for eyeballing everything and working with uneven pieces.

Done With Initial Study Model

Well...still looks unfinished but wanted to keep it open enough so that I can take apart and add things if I needed. Initial thoughts: still a little too big, need to think about the structure of the house because kids might sit atop of it, and need to think of painting system that can cover a lot of surface.
Next: will mark out windows doors, maybe a chimney or a dormer into the model. Building the insides as well. Thinking of a name for this product is probably the most important part. I want it to be a single word, preferably ending with a vowel or a "y." Kids can say Elmo or Dora pretty easy which keeps up with their short attention span. Developing a toy that will span from "hands on" to "digital format" is the main theme...so something in the name that would incorporate that would be nice.

First Step: Build a mockup
Initially I was thinking about building a mockup out of modeling clay but I think just for proportions and seeing the actual size of the model; I'm going to build it out of cardboard.

Here are the main bones of the model

Making the "skeleton"

Strengthening the frame

Adding the skin

Adding the sides

Bam!! Now on to making Children's Toys

I know I may have my mind all over the place, but I have good idea for a children's toy I need to pursue. I think its worth the time and effort to put in and it has something to do with Architecture. This was my first day of researching and laying down the foundation for my product...will update and record my journey.

Thinking Ahead: Red String Artwork

While I'm waiting for some airbrush tools to finish up my Hallway artwork...Decided to think ahead and get some ideas out there about my next project: some string artwork in my living room. Wanted to create a good contrast against the dark blue background wall with some red string.

Looking more into using geometric shapes, a more abstract design which I would think would look nice.

Considering Web design. Not too sure how that would turn out but it might be cool.

Another thought; could do the golden gate in string, which in theory would be cool but might look a little too hokey.

Progress on my Hallway Wall Quote:

Now next step is to either air brush or paint by hand...I'll try airbrush first to see how it goes.
Then the step after is to reuse the stencil for the second half of the quote, which is why I chose the quote because of the similar letters (and being motivating).

Wouldn't mind making my own Yeah Yeah Yeahs t-shirt...saw this on the drum...thought it would look cool on a t-shirt

Yeah yeah yeahs - Zero (Live Letterman Show) April 14, 2009

New Hobby Project I'm working on...

With all this World Series going on, haven't been able to get much done. Thought I would work on my hallway some more with some more artwork. Previously did a outline of a Nike Dunk, which came out pretty good, and was trying to figure out how to compliment it. Kinda hard to fit another image right next to it so I decided that I would put up a quote instead. (inspiration below)

I got one of those inspirational quotes to tell me to live my life to the fullest...also I thought it would fit well with the shoe image.(here are some images of my mock up and stencils I'm setting up)

Done for now on the Dunk Wall

Just a quick snapshot of the final product. Still considering in putting more little details (dashed lines--stitching) but for now I'm content on what I got. Couple of ways I was thinking of going...paint the shoe, use wallpaper to infill the shoe were some thoughts. For now I'll let it settle in and work on a couple of more things before I go back to it.

Next Project on the Horizon

I like these Transit Scrolls...have a good location to put one...but actually think I'll go ahead and paint it on my wall. Not too sure what I'll have written on it, but it has to be something pretty long because of the height of my wall.

Maybe it will be Inspirational destinations...don't know yet.

Little Time Lapse Gif of Dunk Wall Art

Some Inspiration for the design of the wall

Since I was going with a shoe theme for my hallway wall...might as well look at some artwork from Jordan brand. Not sure if I would do it that crazy and filled, but something along those lines.

Placing and Acetone Transfer

Initially, I was a little worried about putting up the whole xeroxes together. But they held up and went on the wall with not too much of a problem (which was very surprising).

Then going ahead with the acetone transfer, as you can see from the picture didn't come out darker than I wanted. Well at least I have the guidelines to go over with either paint or I was think of using a black marker.

Got the Xerox Images ready

First: Enlarge Image on Photoshop (trace on Illustrator to beef up the lines) Created a grid system to print on inkjet printer, so that they overlap each other.

Second: Go to printshop to xerox all the images, cause Acetone doesn't work well with inkjet printed images.













Third: Tediously put back together the image to be placed on the wall...

Cheap Wall Art
I will keep track of some artwork projects I've been planning and working on...and testing it on my apartment. Will try to use the cheapest way possible to reproduce or to create the artwork...as in the case of the Nike Dunk artwork i'm working on right now.

I already vectorized the image and blew it up so that it will be a super graphic on my hallway. Its about four feet high and ten feet long. The trick is how to transfer the image to the wall w/o costing me too much or using an expensive process. Right now I've decided to try to cut up the image into 8x11s and put them back together onto the wall (maybe transferring it with some acetone?). We'll see how it goes...its such a big image, that some imperfections wouldn't affect it too much.