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!
I've recently relocated to Tokyo to continue a design position with Honda.

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

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

A piece I'm working on in James Paick's environment class.

thumbnails

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

Unfortunately I can't show anything new from work / an 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.. a lot to see nonetheless

check it out here

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

NOTCOT part2!!

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

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--hope to have new stuff soon.

NOTCOT!

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

excited to find that NOTCOT posted some of my work--http://www.notcot.org/post/14126/

indy + joy love

Graduation show

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

GRADUATED! Some images from the degree show and the featured projects--

A final rendering for the Bertone project. Special thanks to Dave Hackett, Dave Marek, and all 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.

The panoramic illustrations for Nissan Joy. More to come--

new paintings!

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

a painting for the Bertone project this term..final stretch!

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

Bertone title illustration

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

an illustration montage for the Bertone project.

Bertone update

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

Various 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. 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.
A preview of what's to come for my graduation thesis...

indy stuff

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

Indy car renderings done during an IRL/Honda sponsored project at Art Center. The top few are some of the ideation sketches--

yet another oldie..

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

Another old sketch I revisited. The background was done in gouache and the car was rendered digitally.
Updates on new work soon!

super oldies!

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

Ancient work from viscomm5.

The bottom two sketches were done at my VW internship also about a yr ago.

BMW Composition

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

BMW sketches from a while back. The project is called BMW Composition--the car is made up of multiple layers and surfaces. 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 artist Alex Kanevsky

more ideation for a wagon project.

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.

Internship portfolio 2007

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