Movmote

I thought it was about time to write about the project I worked on at Gambit this past summer.   I was given the opportunity to intern for the Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab as a lead game designer.  My team and I were tasked with designing an abstract simulation game using non-representational imagery in order to see if players could make the connection between the game mechanic and the source material.  You can play the game here.

Here are some of my poster designs.

First 3D Objects!

I'm taking a Maya class this semester, just to learn basic 3D modeling.  Although I prefer drawing, I think learning Maya will be really useful.  I'll be able to draw things from any angle! If I can model it sufficiently.  And maybe I can make objects for my sims haha.  Modeling the (inorganic) objects wasn't too hard, but doing the UV mapping and texturing was super tedious and time consuming...

Big thanks to my friend Ebae for helping me troubleshoot and doing some lighting tricks to make the scene look pretty haha.

My favorite thing I made was this badly modeled pencil holder.  I like my desk too.

Aydan the Traveling Merchant

I'm taking Game Assets this semester to learn some 3D modeling in Maya, and our first assignment was to do some character and object turnarounds.

I thought up a story about a merchant family that made their living by traveling and trading along the silk road.  The main character is Aydan, a Turkish name meaning little fire.  She's the oldest in a family of five other siblings.  After her father dies, she takes up his business to support her aging mother and younger brothers and sisters.  I thought it would be sweet for her to carry a little strawberry tree with her to remind her of home.

Aydan

Strawberry Tree

Aydan's sloppy tent

Aydan traveling through Cappadocia

Cuteland

"Cute Times in Cute Land"

Silkscreen + Digital. 2013

I made this image for my contemporary illustration class on the theme of obsessions.  While it is pretty apparent that I really like cute things, I also have always loved scary stories and horror genres.  I decided to combine these two things I liked in one image.  I wanted subvert overly cute imagery and took a more sarcastic approach to it.  I am pretty happy and amused by the result!  Originally this was a silkscreen, but the colors weren't working as well so I finished it digitally.  Perhaps if I have time I will print this image in all silkscreen...

Outside

For our final assignment in the woodblock class we were given the theme of "outside." I explored my childhood fantasies of space and how our universe was contained in someone's science project.  I thought about universes within universes, and now I've learned that many physicists also entertain the idea of multiple dimensions which we can't perceive.  I think it's so interesting how science today sounds so much like yesterday's science fiction.

Woodblock Prints

I'm taking woodblock print this winter session, and it has been a very fun and labor intensive medium!  I'm sure my arms will appreciate the exercise haha.  We carved on basswood so small pieces would chip pretty easily.

Here's a relatively successful five color print!  It is rather self indulgent (not much concept), but I have wanted to use this fairy character for a while in my pieces.  Sometimes it's nice to just do something cute and fun.

Absolut Chen

A chance to do an Absolut ad featuring myself!  I had fun with this assignment, especially after seeing Eyvind Earle's amazing paintings.

Initial Sketches:

Final Sketch:

Final Piece:

I'll most likely go back in and fix the colors of the bushes on the bottom.  I'm not really liking how brown they are..