Iris

Wanted to practice some gradient and pattern skills in Illustrator.  Love irises.  And they're very gradient-y. Working on this I realized that I can't wait to update to the new version of Illustrator so that I can use the new 'draw within' feature.  Even though it only takes a few more steps, I just didn't feel like creating a mask for the veins.

The Mummy: The Ride

Before Universal Studios built their Mummy attractions, I had designed a facade for a theme park attraction of my own.  The versions of the rides in the States are pretty much coasters-in-a-box.  The one that just opened at Universal Studios Singapore actually looks a lot like this.  Guess I was way ahead of my time.

Resort Camping

As part of a master plan for a theme park resort, I included some high-end "camping."  Here's a few quick sketches of some of the facilities.  Please excuse the terrible scanning job I did on these; they are slanted and messy.  I still need to figure out how to scan better.  It seems like the scanner is a bit too smart for its own good.  It automatically does a number of functions without being asked.  Very rude, if you ask me.

Chamber of Secrets

Long before Harry Potter's World at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Florida was announced, I had sketched a few concepts for an entire Harry Potter theme park.  This is a concept for a Chamber of Secrets floorless coaster.  You enter from the Hogwarts castle, stroll down a stained-glass window hall and then into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, which, if you don't know the series, gets its name from Myrtle's dreary history as opposed to some strange perversion for having intimate relations in the loo.  Once in the bathroom, you descend into the chamber, walk through the serpent entryway, and then enter the boarding area.  You become the basilisk as you board the coaster and then travel through the tunnels of the chamber in a high-speed adventure.

The image is huge if you decide to click it.  I had to stitch together the scans in Photoshop.  Any smaller and you wouldn't be able to see very much.

How fun!

When you mess around in Illustrator, you don't think that anything you do is worthy.  It's just playtime.  So it's nice to see your stuff posted somewhere other than your own blog.

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Baby Dinosaur

During meetings I take notes on whatever is being discussed.  When the meetings drag on and on, I started to doodle in my notebook.  Somedays there are more drawings than actual notes.  I was flipping through my notebook a few days ago and thought that the original doodle of the baby dinosaur was so cute that it deserved a little extra love.  SketchBook Pro on the iPad.

Boy in Snow

I've been under the weather lately, so my days have consisted of Mario Kart Wii, Grey's Anatomy marathons, and the iPad with SketchBook Pro.  This one started as just a couple of shapes.  I threw down a couple of circles and ovals and the rest just kinda grew from there.  I wanted snowflakes, but I didn't figure out a decent way to that with the app.  Now that I think about it, I might be able to draw one decent snowflake and then import it as a layer a few hundred times.  Oh.  Nevermind.

Scout Robot

Spy Robot

More robot goodness.  This one was completed between Visalia and the Grapevine on the 5 north, heading home.

Muscle Robot

I guess I've started a robot series.  Also done on the roadtrip up the 5 north.  This one was completed between Fresno and Modesto.  Guess I missed all the amazing vistas with my head buried in my iPad.  Oh wait.  Between Fresno and Modesto?  Nope, didn't miss a thing.