Heart
One of several illustrations for a series of animations that I’m creating for a high school curriculum about toxicology. The heart illustration is part of an animation about acute versus chronic toxicity.
Bacon and Eggs
One of several illustrations for a series of animations that I’m creating for a high school curriculum about toxicology.The bacon and eggs illustration is part of an animation about acute versus chronic toxicity.
Music is the Motivator
Doing what you gotta do takes a lot of work. No brainer, right? Doing what you gotta do is an intellectual, emotional, and physical activity. It can at times drain you and at times inspire you. It happens at work, it happens at home, it happens when you’re with family and friends. What’s the thing that helps you get it done? What’s the thing that helps to keep things moving?
For me, music is the motivator. Music helps me get stuff done around the house, write and edit and debug code, travel long distances, run more than two miles, or erase whatever negativity is hanging around in my brain.
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Green Laptops
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This image represents laptop computers that use more environmentally friendly components and manufacturing and power consumption.
Green Desktop Machines
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This image represents some desktop computers that are energy star rated and constructed from greener methods.
Green Power Adapter
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This is a representation of a power adapter that had some capabilities to reduce power consumption.
Identity and Access Management
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) initiative formed to address the need for a cohesive and comprehensive identity and access management strategy for Penn State. This group, comprised of 30 individuals who span many administrative areas at the University, has an understanding of digital identities, knowledge of business processes in their respective areas, and an eagerness to collaborate in finding a solution that will provide a strategic direction for Penn State and IT. I was approached to provide the group with a custom slide deck for presentations and a motion graphics video that is based on the key elements of identity and access management. Continue Reading →
WebMail
Penn State’s WebMail is a web-based e-mail client that provides Penn State faculty, staff, and students with anytime, anywhere access to their Penn State email via a web browser. I worked with Academic Services and Emerging Technologies (ASET) in the development of the look-and-feel of their interface graphics, layout, and design of the mail program’s home page.
My Role
- Concept
- Visual Design
MechANEX
The MechANEX project was a grant funded project to design and implement simulation software for an engineering lab at Penn State. The goal was to create a series of simulations to teach students about certain concepts such as friction and tolerance, so that they could experiment digitally to learn the concepts and then apply them in a physical lab. I worked with faculty, programmers, and instructional designers to take schematics and translate them into graphics for the software.
My Role
- Visual Design
- Interface Graphics
One Burger Heads to the Boneyard
I‘m sure that I’m not the only one that has a whole digital box full of illustrations, graphics, mock-ups, ideas, etc. that just didn’t reach their full potential. Whether the idea itself was left to die in a cruel game of the majority rules or the shift of a project changed focus, we as design people go through a lot of iterations and create a lot of digital assets. I’ve had various versions of a blog and my intent was to allow those things to live on and/or be memorialized in the digital universe. So it is my intent here to let this burger live. It may not have the meltiest cheese or the correct arrangement or shaped sesame seeds, but it’s my rendition of a double quarter pounder with cheese.
God speed my tasty, vectorized burger.