Illustrators are always looking for ways to improve their workflows. Whether it’s the latest update to their favorite application, a more comfortable chair, or hiding a secret stash of art tools that the kids won’t find (done that), anything that streamlines the creative process will make for a more efficient and profitable business. One of…
DetailsOne of the nice aspects of being a technical illustrator is the constant variety of projects that I get to work on. Even if I’m rendering something relatively mundane like a radiator valve, I’m always learning new things about topics I might not have even considered. But it’s especially fun when I get to create…
DetailsThis is a recent 3D illustration created for StreetWise Utlities of their “GateStrainer” product. This is a simple device that is inserted by hand into a gate box on a street, and protects against debris build-up on top of water, sewer, or gas gate valves. The challenge with this illustration was to provide a context…
DetailsIt’s December in Vermont and I’m staring up the side of a mountain that is shrouded in fog. Beads of water are collecting on my goggles. From my perch on the chairlift I straighten my legs and watch a few islands of slush run down my skis. Below me, a couple walk their dog in…
DetailsIt’s playfully referred to as Punkin Chunkin, and it’s an annual competition that sees an odd collection of contraptions and their passionate inventors convening in the Delaware farmlands to see who can toss a pumpkin the farthest. Machine names like Pumpkin Slayer and Roman Revenge are as interesting and quirky as their designs, but the…
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