To Infinity and Beyond...

I've always been a Buzz Lightyear fan, he's the embodiment of a clean cut hero.  After playing with the idea for a while I started to re-imagine what a Space Ranger would be like in real life.  The main difference between my suit and the Buzz Lightyear suit is that mine is designed for sub-atmospheric engagement where as the original seems to be modeled after a space suit.  Overall I attempted to keep many of the features which make Buzz iconic and recognizable; the arm laser, the big chest buttons, wing pack, and the color scheme.

The concept sketch above was intended to be my Halloween costume last year.  Sadly it was too large of a project based on my schedule.  I'm hoping to have it built before next Halloween.  Colored sketches to come

More sketches and commentary on the design after the jump.

In Blackest Night...

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing right? So as I was working on the pumpkin carving and thinking about the Green Lantern theme I decided that the pumpkin could really stand out if it was lit by an emerald light; the Lantern's signature color.  Using a few glow sticks to replace the candles really gave the pumpkin a unique and very Green Lantern look.

In Brightest Day...

It is a Halloween tradition of mine to create a custom pumpkin carving which fits within the theme of my Halloween costume; this year I choose Green Lantern.  Like everything else, pumpkin carving is an opportunity to practice industrial design skills.  In this case: figure drawing and line weight.  I found a picture of a similar pose on the internet and sketched out the basic armature on the pumpkin in red.  Then I went back over with a Sharpie to define the areas that I wanted to cut.  After that it's all about taking your time and cutting very slowly.

Iron Man Inspired Ready to Wear

This semester, I took a fashion design class at SCAD.  I took the class primarily as a way to practice sketching.  This is my first ready to wear collection, inspired by modern Americana, primarily Iron Man.  I incorporated Iron Man's glowing blue chest arc in the form of jewelry and graphic prints.  I also incorporated to hard angular lines in the dress, pockets and stitching.

Bond, James Bond...

CHECK THE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HGX5V9pnEM

The keypad tie was designed and built for my mobile and ubiquitous computing class.  The goal of the project was to create a wearable input device that was attractive to mainstream users.  After all who wants to walk around with a keyboard strapped to their arm?

The Latest In Portable Paranormal Entrapment Technology

Over the past year I have been redesigning the Ghostbusters equipment for the modern world. After all, the original gear is over 25 years old. Its a personal project of mine and it seems to progress in bursts. I wanted to put my industrial design skills to use on this project in terms of aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability. As if ghost busting were a real profession.

On Foosball and Beer

Foosball is a great sport and coincidently a sport that goes great with drinking beer. The problem was that our foosball table didn't have any cup holders, and playing an intense match without a properly secured beverage could lead to a rain delay on the field.

I built these cup holders for my Advanced Wood Production Class. Both pieces were cut by a CNC Router from a 2'x 4' piece of wood and fit together without any glue or fasteners. The cup holders are designed to easily fit a beer bottle, those red plastic cups or the hundreds of glasses that we have from Sweetwater.