Exagerrat'n again.... (2011)

These past couple of months have been pretty hectic with trying to balance personal life, full time work at GAS, Freelance design projects, and soon school which will be added into the mix this upcoming summer.... Im hoping that all this will not hinder me from doing these fun freelance car caricatures for people and just design work in general.......My most recent caricature was done for Glen In NorCal of his Supercharged GS400......Another satisfied customer :)

some some stuff that may not see the light of day....

As i was in my office looking at my work on the walls.....i noticed some fun concepts that i spent a good amount of time on, that most likely will never see the light of day....so i thought i at least share some of the whackniess that i got to create.

PHOTO"CHOPPING" it up...generating possibilites

Its been a while since my last posting....I ve been busy the past month doing PhotoChopped renderings for freelance clients and GAS... thought i share a few samples of work that may become reality....

More Exaggeration....

I'm not complaining, being  in a job that requires being precise or detailed as much as possible can be a dulling task at times....Caricatures let me temporarily escape the grip of having to be on point all the time....no rules

Viscom 4: Pre 1970's classic car rendering assignment (2008)

1888 Benz tricycle (Hand drawn on grey canson paper using markers, color pencils, chalk pastel, and guache)

Viscom 5: BatMobile (2008)

This was a viscom assignment that involved designing a new look for the BatMobile in an environment, which had a story to go along with it. This is my version titled "The Jokers Ambush"

Air Force Super Cars: Mustang X-1 / Challenger Vapor (2009)

January 2009, I was only a few days into my internship at Galpin Auto Sports when the Air Force approached GAS to design and build two wild custom cars featuring the latest and greatest technology the Air Force had to offer. Both these cars (Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger) had to be completed in 3 months! I got the honor to contribute my artistic skills and design ideas along with the GAS crew in creating two insane rides that are both without a doubt real head turners. I have to admit this was one heck of a cool project to be part of, especially just being an intern at the time.

You can see the build videos here:  http://airforce.com/supercar/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRzIWdJ4jM

Every designer has to start somewhere.....

So i was looking through my hard drive today and came across a folder titled "old drawings". Decided to take a look and discovered some old tuner cars drawn on line paper that i did in high school and some drawings i did at PCC, as i continued scrolling down through the folder i found this little Gem that i totally forgot about. My 15 minutes of fame at only 10 years old.....ah memories.

Graffiti'd Out LEXUS IS!

BEFORE: Sharpie'd out on matte white vinyl wrap

CURRENTLY: Graff'd out on matte white vinyl wrap

    see the process here:                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNyzamOVr40

What would you do to a GEM? (2009)

January 2009, I got the opportunity to work with movie car designer Fireball Tim (art center alumni) for about a month before i went to G.A.S . What i learned from Tim was to push imagination and just be wild ....One assignment he gave me was to come up with ideas for the GEM electric vehicle for promotional use...here is just a glimpse of some of the whackiness...

Darkside 67 chevelle (2009)

In 2009, Galpin Auto Sports was approached by a customer who wanted a one of kind bada$$ chevelle.
Luckily Me and a Co worker at the time collaborated on coming up with the look of the car. Our result "darkside chevelle". Must say that the customer was a little more then thrilled when he saw the proposal. About year later, the car was completed by the talented GAS crew. Here are the pics!

Interior Design proposal rendering.

Viscom 7: learn how to convey an idea or concept with the least amount of effort....thanks Jae Min :) (2010)

I will admit.....Every Viscom Class I've had at art center has been the best part of my time there..... I've definitely learned alot from Viscom 3,4,5,6, and 7....I'm Thankful to all my talented viscom instructors (designers) for bringing out my potential and instilling the discipline to keep improving.

Its an oldie, but remains one of my favorites.

I did this photorealistic rendering in 2005 while attending Pasadena City College.
This is a rendering of the crushed front end of my BMW, which was involved in a head on collision  in december 2004.
I chose this photo not only as a way to remember my car, but it was a great exercise when it came to learning about detail, color and composition. (all this was done by hand using markers, color pencils, chalk pastel and guache on Illustration board)

Timeless to me....

SEMA 2010: 2011 Ford Explorer rendering

A rendering i did for press release:

SEMA 2010: Galpin Auto Sports 2011 Ford Explorer AWD Limited