iDEA Virtual

inspiration of the day 95

2012-02-11T21:39:00.000-05:00

inspiration of the day 94

2012-02-09T10:33:00.003-05:00

inspiration of the day 93

2012-01-29T16:05:00.001-05:00

in case you didn't notice...the vehicle above is powered by 2 hand drills!

inspiration of the day 92

2012-01-27T21:24:00.002-05:00

12 drawings a day - an animated diary

2012-01-20T23:45:00.001-05:00

great work~ love it!

LISTEN TO YOUR HANDS TABLE BY LEE SANGHYEOK

2012-01-20T00:36:00.000-05:00

"A gentle closing of a drawer keeps the others intact thus communicating to us that we need to act with intention, we need to listen with our hands."

inspiration of the day 91

2011-12-29T10:26:00.000-05:00

inspiration of the day 90

2011-12-18T18:18:00.001-05:00

Transportation design final presentation

2011-12-16T01:32:00.000-05:00

Can't believe how fast the semester has gone by.

I still remember how people were excited about designing "real-ish" cars and looking forward for the new semester to begin. Then we started out with crazy amount of work and minimum amount of sleep, which was tiring but still manageable.

As semester move on, it seems everyone was losing the momentum, works from all classes were piling on top of us.
Then we got to the clay modeling, which is extremely time consuming but cool process. It's almost addictive if you get into doing it. Sculpting the form and see your drawing come to life, it was a great experience for me.

Many thanks to Prof. Cliff Ghetti and our fellow classmates, it's been a challenging semester and it was great to have your talent and support along this journey.

here are some of the presentations and models
more pictures on 2011Fall Transportation Design Presentation

Chevy Centurion by Tim Guo (left), Nissan Quanta by Rob Horst (right)

Honda Uni concept by Louis Chang

Album: 2011Fall Transportation Design Presentation

clay model progress 04

2011-12-11T23:21:00.000-05:00

SOOOOOOOOOO.................
This is how my car ended up looking like...XDDDD

Here is Ben's dragon car....=w=|||

fine... this is how it actually looks like.....owo~!

inspiration of the day 89

2011-12-11T23:17:00.001-05:00

thumbnail for final presentation drawing

2011-12-09T22:40:00.001-05:00

prisma color pencil sketch

small thumbnail on Canson

Inspiration of the day 88

2011-12-09T10:01:00.001-05:00

clay model progress 03

2011-11-24T22:20:00.000-05:00

Last chance to vote for the name~!!
happy thanks giving~ :)

clay model progress 02

2011-11-20T12:58:00.001-05:00

getting started with refinement and detailing

then the surface have to be clean up and sleeked, have to try our best to make it look shiny 0w0+
btw vote for a name of this concept car on the top right please~~!! ----------------------------------->

inspiration of the day 87

2011-11-20T12:55:00.001-05:00

猴子泡溫泉

can T-shirt

inspiration of the day 86

2011-11-18T15:58:00.001-05:00

clay model progess

2011-11-12T11:22:00.001-05:00

inspiration of the day 85

2011-11-12T11:17:00.001-05:00

Transportation Design Clay Model

2011-11-03T22:27:00.000-04:00

We started to carve out clay model!!!

so exciting :)

The model we are making are 1/5 scale half model, mirror will be placed in the center to show the other side

on the other side will be the interior of the vehicle, will also be mirrored.

putting clay on to the car base on sections
and use section to make sure people and component can fit in the car

Tim demo on how to sharpen tools

Carving!!

First time all the trans undergrad working together in the studio~XDD

will's model

rob's model

my model :)

inspiration of the day 84

2011-11-03T22:14:00.001-04:00

love the characters of this set of lamps

inspiration of the day 83

2011-10-31T23:04:00.001-04:00

head light rendering in process

2011-10-23T13:27:00.001-04:00

This is the result of going through Tim's demo in class~ (抬下巴)

Honda civic concept - head/ rear lights design

2011-10-23T13:23:00.003-04:00

lighting now a days are almost like the jewelry piece of a vehicle
it give the car a "bling" and some extra detailing

They are in the order of Back view / 3/4 view / Side view

Honda Civic Concept - rear end design

2011-10-23T13:19:00.000-04:00

same process as designing the front end
I would like to make it weird and try to be less conventional

Honda civic concept - front end design

2011-10-23T13:04:00.001-04:00

we design 12 front end or our concept vehicle
pick 3 design out of 12
do 4 variation for each picked design (12 more)
pick one design from each set and do 2 perspective drawing with the side view which was designed earlier (6 more)

It's a fun class, just.....a lot of work...=w=

Transportation Class demo

2011-10-21T23:58:00.000-04:00

My classmate/ room mate ---- Tim, is doing a demo on car's head light rendering techniques.
Very clear and informational, The image below is some of his rendering.
Enjoy~

ILOVESKETCH

2011-10-21T17:07:00.003-04:00

have you ever wish that you can draw in 3D?
now you actually can!!
This program called ILoveSketch
you can draw line in three dimensional space
I also like the gesture command in there, very neat~

no more worry about perspective construction and you can easily draw things on object surface, too (check out EverybodyLoveSketch )
supposedly you can export the drawing and put into 3D program to apply surface and turn it into a 3D model directly!!

All I can say is......crazy stuff......

inspiration of the day 82

2011-10-18T23:09:00.000-04:00

Dink graphics

staple art

inspiration of the day 81

2011-10-15T14:11:00.000-04:00

Tron theme photography

The frozen world

Honda civic concept - variation

2011-10-06T22:52:00.000-04:00

Because Honda Civic is a C segment compact car, so I decide to make them small and tight, but at the same time to have a roomy interior. Therefore I designed these short and tall vehicle which will run on electricity.

Honda Civic Concept - direction

2011-10-06T22:36:00.000-04:00

medium: prisma pencil, marker, pastel

inspiration of the day 80

2011-09-30T15:34:00.000-04:00

Facebook office

inspiration of the day 79

2011-09-29T23:25:00.001-04:00

SWYP

2011-09-24T23:36:00.000-04:00

SWYP: See What You Print

a new concept printer by Artefact

some cool sketches form my classmates

2011-09-23T11:01:00.000-04:00

form variation study

2011-09-23T10:59:00.000-04:00

assignment is to try out different kind of form for the vehicle that we were assigned to.

the one i got was Honda Civic 2012

inspiration of the day 78

2011-09-23T10:40:00.000-04:00

Mercedes' beautiful sculptural interior concept

inspiration of the day 77

2011-09-22T10:55:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 76

2011-09-21T17:37:00.000-04:00

reflection study

2011-09-19T21:08:00.000-04:00

assignment was to draw a car in real life with reflection on it

p.s. this was done be tween 2 to 5 am....please don't mind my crappy wheel....=w=|||

inspiration of the day 75

2011-09-19T10:25:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 74

2011-09-17T14:53:00.000-04:00

concept car sketches

2011-09-16T23:06:00.000-04:00

here's some car sketches I've done for last weeks class

prisma color pencil

prisma color pencil + marker

prisma color pencil + pastel

prisma color pencil + marker + pastel

prisma color pencil + color marker

inspiration of the day 73

2011-09-09T11:02:00.000-04:00

Inkling by WAMCOM

2011-09-04T10:43:00.000-04:00

have you guys seen this yet?

ts so cool!!

it can convert drawing on paper into digital files as you draw~~0w0+

don't know how well it works though

take a look at the intro clip~ enjoy :)

btw....it is available in mid-September, retail for 199 USD

adventures in cooking

2011-09-04T00:26:00.000-04:00

I just found this real cool web site called "Adventures in Cooking"

all the photo in there are so~~ beautiful!!!!

love them

and interesting recipes too : )

make me hungry....=w=....

Adventures in Cooking

inspiration of the day 72

2011-09-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

inspiration of the day 71

2011-09-02T09:17:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 70

2011-09-01T10:06:00.000-04:00

Inspiration of the day 69

2011-08-31T21:46:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 68

2011-08-29T09:03:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 67

2011-08-28T12:01:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 66

2011-08-26T10:39:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 65

2011-08-25T08:55:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 64

2011-08-18T23:26:00.000-04:00

話說這一系列好像都是我們pratt學長開的一家公司做的

我一個同學這暑假才去那裏實習的樣子0w0

2011-08-12T08:59:00.000-04:00

landscapes 2 hours

(i guess it shouldn't take so long....)

sketch of the day 16

2011-07-02T13:14:00.000-04:00

environment 20min

sketch of the day 15

2011-06-19T00:49:00.000-04:00

I tried to practice lighting today, but I think I kinda got lost in the middle XD

1) light souce: from the back

Time to complete: 45 min

2) light source from left

Time to Complete: 50 min

sketch of the day 14

2011-06-06T11:26:00.000-04:00

environment 35min

inspiration of the day 63

2011-06-06T10:32:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 62

2011-05-17T09:14:00.000-04:00

sketch of the day 13

2011-05-17T00:55:00.000-04:00

photo composition (30 min)

dress (40 min)

Honda CR-V (40 min)

media: indigo blue Prismacolor pencil

these are all from photo, not from my head.
still need to work on drawing speed

inspiration of the day 61

2011-05-13T14:39:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 60

2011-05-08T08:54:00.000-04:00

sketch of the day 12

2011-04-25T21:09:00.000-04:00

Theme: aviator

Felt like drawing today, but this piece of sketch took me 5 hours....(sigh)

inspiration of the day 59

2011-04-25T21:01:00.000-04:00

astronomy project

2011-04-19T22:06:00.000-04:00

game board

this project is a game that help people learn about astronomy facts.

I design the game board base on H-R diagram

basically you answer question from the cards to gain solar mass

and the first one who get to 50 solar mass ( the minimum mass for a star's ultimate fate to be a black hole) will win the game

blue super giant

red giant

i digitally painted the sketches i showed you guys earlier

and place them on the board to make it more lively and attract kids' attention

extra:

dust bunny~!!XDDD

inspiration of the day 58

2011-04-18T14:07:00.000-04:00

very impressive.....

so........long.....XDDDD

from: http://fusionfactory.fc2web.com/#about

sketch of the day 11

2011-04-17T23:35:00.000-04:00

I drew the girl from Morton Salt! :D

[time to complete: 01 hr 20 min]

This is the original picture↓

I also found this funny zombie morton salt girl XD

The artist is so creative!

inspiration of the day 57

2011-04-17T13:51:00.000-04:00

sketch of the day 10

2011-04-15T00:44:00.000-04:00

characters (?) for astronomy project

some idea for my astronomy project...which have to be done by next Tuesday

I'm trying to make a simple game that teach kids about the life cycle of stars

but this is all I got....kinda screwed....Orz

inspiration of the day 56

2011-04-13T02:34:00.000-04:00

some beautiful photography for desktop background

inspiration of the day 55

2011-04-11T23:36:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 54

2011-04-11T07:19:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 53

2011-04-09T14:32:00.000-04:00

paper abstract sculpture

inspiration of the day 52

2011-04-08T21:29:00.000-04:00

making of wire model

2011-04-08T02:56:00.000-04:00

this is a time lapse video of the making of wire model of my vehicle design

doing wire model is like drawing in three dimensional space

you can fine tune and tweak the the form due to the nature of the wire

however it is an extremely time consuming process...

the real world time for this video is from 9pm to 6am...so about nine hours...

but its not done yet!!?

I'm going back to studio later today after sun comes up....Orz

inspiration of the day 51

2011-04-05T23:24:00.000-04:00

inspiration of the day 50

2011-04-04T21:39:00.000-04:00

works of Hiromichi Konno 紺野弘通

more about him

inspiration of the day 49

2011-04-03T12:59:00.000-04:00

BMW with B&O audio system

notice the attention to details

inspiration of the day 48

2011-04-02T12:24:00.000-04:00

Jaguar

Lotus

2011-03-31T23:16:00.000-04:00

http://idea-virtual.blogspot.com/view/snapshot

check this out~!!!!

this is so cool~~

it just came out today
in the near future blogger can have these new kind of layout~!! thats awesome!!
love them :D

sketch of the day 09

2011-03-31T20:02:00.000-04:00

vehicle (develop)

40min

make the image sharp is kinda hard without using lines

spent such a long time and im not even done with the front part of the vehicle

btw...here are some photo of my preliminary model of this vehicle

the color is quite crazy, but it looks kinda fun XDD

[Elena Kalis] Underwater Photography

2011-03-30T00:39:00.000-04:00

I always thought that taking pictures underwater is so cool! :D
But I've never tried it before (don't have the camera that's waterproof PLUS I'm sure I won't be able to open my eyes under water haha)

I found this amazing photographer, Elena Kalis, her underwater photos are soooooo beautiful!!! There's a serene and playful feeling in the photos, and the colors are magical. The girls in the photos are cute too! :)

I can only upload one photo from her website (because it's a flash program)
Here's the only jpeg file I could find! :D

Go check it out! Hope you like her works! :D
I really like her fairytale collection (though forgot which album it is)
http://elenakalis.carbonmade.com/

portfolio x online

2011-03-29T10:38:00.000-04:00

Kuo-Yu Chang Portfolio

here are some of my work, please take a look and let me know how you think about it

you comment will be very helpful, thank you very much

just for reference, this is a simple flash site made with Wix

it's free, but with quite a bit of limitation

another great portfolio site is called 4ormat

its free for 30 day, but the monthly price aren't that high either,

and you can get quite a bit out of it

just in case any one need to do a online portfolio kind of thing, too

inspiration of the day 47

2011-03-29T10:09:00.000-04:00

[yowayowacamera] Girl, Levitation, and Cats! :D

2011-03-28T03:21:00.000-04:00

Hi, it's me again :P

I'm sharing this cool website to you all, it's from a Japanese photographer.
http://yowayowacamera.com/

I really like this photographer because he (or she) is making the girl in the photos look like she is levitating in mid-air! :D I believe the photos are taken when the girl is in the middle of jumping.

The website also has updates on cats once in a while, which are cute too!

The website is currently not updating because of the disasters happened recently.

I was relieved to hear that they are fine! :D

Looking forward to their future works!

sketch of the day 08

2011-03-27T06:08:00.000-04:00

Hi all! :D

This is the first time I'm posting something here...XD (so late lol)

I came across this artist, Laura Laine, a couple of days ago,

and I fell in love with her style immediately!!

Her details of the characters are so realistic,

and yet the characters themselves are cartoon-like.

I really like how she drew the hair!

This is her personal website, go check it out! :D

http://www.lauralaine.net/

now, to the sketch I was gonna talk about...

I was determined to draw hair like those by Laura Laine

but I wasn't trying hard enough...XD

Time: 20min

sketch of the day 07

2011-03-27T02:11:00.000-04:00

a page in my sketch book

as i said... you can put any kind of sketches or drawing or doodle or anything that you do thats flat...for the most part...up here as sketch of the day

wish everyone a wonderful sunday~

Joshua Ben Longo-Land: Playtime NYC 2011

2011-03-25T17:30:00.000-04:00

Joshua Ben Longo-Land: Playtime NYC 2011

so cute~!!

love professor Longo's works~~~!!

inspiration of the day 46

2011-03-25T16:03:00.000-04:00

p.s. the last picture have nothing to do with anything else above...

sketch of the day 06

2011-03-24T20:08:00.000-04:00

motorcycle

35min

side view

so don't have to worry about perspective...XD

the proportion of the front and back are too similar though...looks kinda dumb...

o...well

btw....this thing is gonna turn like the tron light cycle, cause you can't really turn the front wheel...=w=|||

sketch of the day 05

2011-03-21T18:15:00.000-04:00

vehicle

25 min

this is the vehicle I'm working on in my transportation class this semester

oooops...one wheel is missing....Orz

I will try to develop this sketch next time,

see how I can make it better within a limited amount of time

inspiration of the day 45

2011-03-20T11:15:00.000-04:00

Sculptris

2011-03-19T11:13:00.000-04:00

sculptris

滿好玩的3D建模軟體

是Zbrush的公司pixologic出的一個免費軟體

就像再捏黏土的感覺~很容易上手

上面那個奇怪的東西應該沒花到十分鐘吧...但已經有大概的樣子了

有興趣的可以玩玩看

下載連結: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=090617

extra:

sketch of the day 04

2011-03-18T09:42:00.000-04:00

environment

40 min

try to get the perspective "right-er"

started with line drawing then apply the value...but still got a lot of trouble get the value right

i spent more time on this one but it looks less finished then last one....

need to work on this kind of thing more...

it seems easier for me to draw on paper than tablet...

i guess i just need to get use to this

sketch of the day 03

2011-03-12T16:53:00.001-05:00

environment

35min

errrrr.....this is pretty bad.....but i'll put it up anyway....

i have no idea whats going on...and it's still all blurry....

attempt to construct a space...but not successful at all

I'm happy to take any comment, suggestion or criticism, so please post it if u have any~

thanks so much!! :D

sketch of the day 02

2011-03-12T11:20:00.000-05:00

vehicle

35 min

this time spent a little bit more time on this one

still have a lot of trouble to draw fast and nice......

I try a tint of color in this one and put a little bit of detail

still got perspective problem....= =|||

wish everyone have a nice day~!!

sketch of the day 01

2011-03-10T18:10:00.000-05:00

vehicle

20 min

just trying to push my self to practice some sketching on tablet

and try to time my self so i can work faster

still pretty bad at it though....

the perspective in this one is pretty screw up...

it seems lopsided ...Orz

its easier for me to see the problem of my work once i put it up here

thats interesting....so please bare with me..XDDD

who ever want to do some quick sketches can also post it up here

it can be pencil, marker, water color, digital....anything~~~

have fun~