kwudesign

still here

2012-01-10T22:53:00.000-08:00

anticipating spring

and

2011-08-01T01:38:00.000-07:00

Big moves

2011-06-02T01:33:00.000-07:00

Hello to all who still follow this blog!

Apologies for my absence the past 8 months or so-
I've recently relocated to Tokyo
to continue a design position with Honda,
so needless to say, it's been a busy year.

Posting will probably be even less frequent here,
and more frequent here.

:)

venice

2010-11-03T13:31:00.000-07:00

study

tree shapes

2010-08-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

graphic tree exploration (revisited)

Website

2010-08-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

Website is live! It's been long overdue, but I've finally compiled some of my better work in one place..www.kwudesign.com

My blog is now located back to www.kwudesign.blogspot.com, which can also be reached through my website. It will be dedicated to less "serious" work, etc.
Enjoy--

landscapes

2010-06-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

Just for kicks

2010-06-13T08:54:00.000-07:00

Pulled up some archives from the Indy project, circa 2007

Red & Rad

2010-06-09T17:28:00.000-07:00

Classic

2010-05-12T09:52:00.000-07:00

There's a Ferrari concourse taking place this weekend in Old Town Pasadena. Our studio will be showcasing some "inspirational" work of the classics. Stop by and take a look (Raymond + Union). Here are some of mine..

Red update

2010-04-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

I think the last post of the villain character was too scary, kids would probably freak out, these guys are a little better! Also a short expression sheet of Red.

villain

2010-04-06T23:08:00.000-07:00

Red

2010-03-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

These are some quick character studies I'm doing for a rendition of the Red Riding Hood fairy tale.

Lighting exercises

2010-03-18T16:31:00.000-07:00

Some tonal lighting exercises from a weekend class I'm taking..

JOY!

2010-03-11T11:07:00.001-08:00

Plus, some JOY stuff, some of you may or may not have seen..

Work update

2010-03-11T10:49:00.000-08:00

Some work from the new year, as well as some projects I've been continuing from last year..

Character class

2010-02-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

I've just started a character design class at CDA..just some work from the first week's assignment!

treehouse characters

2010-01-31T17:47:00.000-08:00

My nomadic kitten/raccoon/chipmunk genius treehouse architects

tetris

2009-11-10T18:13:00.000-08:00

I think my posting has been reduced to maybe twice a year it seems..sorry to the few that follow..
This is something I did on a whim, not really related to any project in particular.

treehouse

2009-05-11T13:20:00.000-07:00

It's been a very very long time since I've updated, but here's a little something I've been working on as part of a series of new paintings based around my curiosity with treehouses..

doodles

2008-12-01T22:00:00.000-08:00

another work in progress...trying to use a different technique, more painterly less graphic. Not convinced it's working yet!

work in progress

2008-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

Something I'm working on in James Paick's environment class...even though I'm not following any directions...sorry James!

thumbnails

2008-10-21T16:13:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately I can't show anything new from work- so here's my sad attempt at environments...

car design news + simkom

2008-10-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

Recently cardesignnews.com featured our Summer 2008 graduating class on their website. There's membership required to download the hi-res photos..but a lot to see nonetheless!

you can check it out here

The sketchsite http://www.simkom.com/ has also recently featured some of my work..yay! thanks guys!

NOTCOT part2!!

2008-10-09T00:32:00.000-07:00

I still can't believe I was lucky enough to get a full feature on notcot.com last week! They've been one of my favorite sites for a while now, so it was surprising when Jean (co-founder) asked to see more work :) thanks Jean!
you can see more at gallery notcot

I haven't had time to do any personal new work, so here's a piece from my grad thesis project...hopefully I'll have new stuff soon..

NOTCOT!

2008-09-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

so I was super excited to find that NOTCOT posted some of my work..made my day! Thanks guys!
http://www.notcot.org/post/14126/

some photos taken at Art Center of the Indy and Joy models..

Graduation show

2008-08-27T22:03:00.000-07:00

I'm finally done! Some images from grad show and also from the featured projects...enjoy!

A final rendering for the Bertone project. Special thanks to Dave Hackett, Dave Marek, and all my friends that helped out with the show.

The Indy car model...Special thanks to Kenny from starttwofinish for the flawless model and paint work, Bob from VW, Adam and Kirk for the amazing mill job! Also thanks to Eric for the photos!

The Nissan Joy model..thanks again to Kenny, Bob, Adam and Kirk!

Some of the panoramic illustrations for the Joy project..more to come!

new paintings!

2008-07-24T03:15:00.000-07:00

a painting for the Bertone project this term..almost done!!

a digital painting I did recently for Dave Marek's vis comm class..

Bertone title illustration

2008-06-17T23:46:00.000-07:00

an illustration montage I did at the beginning of the term for the Bertone project :)

Bertone update

2008-06-05T10:13:00.000-07:00

Some exterior and interior ideation sketches for the Bertone project. The exteriors are a combination of the organic body, a layer of pleats and folds, and on top of that a layer of pattern. It's an interpretation of "dressing up" a car. In the interior sketch, you see how the patterns on the exterior reflect throughout the interior of the vehicle.

Bertone project

2008-05-30T11:53:00.001-07:00

The idea of this project is reviving the Bertone brand with a collection of cars inspired by avante garde fashion. Here are a couple sketches from the project so far...

preview

2008-05-09T01:16:00.000-07:00

another ideation sketch for grad project...

graduation project

2008-05-09T01:10:00.001-07:00

finally, something new! this is an illustration I did recently though the colors aren't as vibrant here as they are in photoshop :( kind of a preview of what's to come for my graduation thesis...

indy stuff

2008-04-28T16:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some indy car renderings done during an IRL/Honda sponsored project at Art Center. The top few are some of the ideation sketches...Pit stop rendering..

yet another oldie..

2008-04-13T19:19:00.000-07:00

here's another old sketch I revisited. The background was done in gouache and the car was rendered digitally.
Updates on new stuff soon!

super oldies!

2008-03-20T17:45:00.001-07:00

Some old stuff from viscomm5 about a yr and a half ago. Don't worry, I've improved a lot since then!

The bottom two sketches were done at my VW internship also about a yr ago. I think I was trying to make a conversion van look cool...again, much has changed :)

BMW Composition

2008-03-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

some sketches from a while back ..the project is called BMW Composition since the car is made up of multiple layers and surfaces. It's also a continuation of a project done at a BMW/Designworks internship a couple years ago.

an interior sketch– really organic forms to show kinetic line and overlapping form..

oldies but goodies!

2008-03-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

rough ideation for a wagon. The image on the left is a painting from master painter Alex Kanevsky! love the colors..

some ideation for a wagon project..hasn't really gone anywhere though!

I had some time a while ago and decided to get back into an old technique of mine. The backgrounds are painted in gouache and later put into a digital car rendering.

here's another one using the same technique..

Internship portfolio 2007

2007-03-15T00:15:00.000-07:00