From the late 10th-century onwards in Europe, water-powered flour mills, or gristmills, employed the power of moving water to grind grain into useable flour. Their use has been credited as part of a major shift away from harnessing the power of men and animals to that of natural resources (wind being another one) in colonial…
I’ve had a number of clients interested in developing cutaway renderings of architectural spaces. Here’s one I recently created for a company brochure that reveals energy efficiency measures offered in a typical industrial setting. I usually like to desaturate the colors on secondary structures, and highlight areas of interest with brighter colors so the customer’s…
I created this 3D model of an ocean buoy for Discovery Channel, using the buoy from the movie The Shallows as a technical reference. Modeling was done in Modo, and I originally did the texturing in Modo as well, but decided to revisit the project recently to see what I could do with Substance Painter.…
Here’s a robot infographic I completed recently for a presentation at Northeastern University. The lighthearted illustration was intended to highlight various potential robotic applications in the Boston area, including maintenance drones performing inspections and repairs on the Tobin Bridge; personal robots empowering residents of The Boston Home; surgical robots assisting surgeons at Mass General Hospital;…
One of the fundamental tenets of graphic design is the idea of creating a visual hierarchy in your layout. You want the viewer’s eye to settle on an area of the page (using scale, color, white space etc.) and then be naturally drawn in a logical manner to supporting elements that make up the design. Otherwise, the viewer’s…
“Swords into Plowshares” is an initiative to help governments convert retired, decommissioned tanks into bulldozers, excavators, and agricultural tractors. The ultimate goal of the program is to promote economoic development, sustainability, and worldwide disarmament. To help raise money and awareness, they required a series of illustrations that illustrated the technical process by which the turret and…
Here’s an illustration I recently created for Northern Woodlands magazine. It accompanies an article that describes the ways in which lumber mills are reusing wood byproducts. Various applications for the residual saw dust and wood shavings produced in these mills include biomass fuel, livestock bedding, paper mills, mulch, pellet mills, and heating fuel for the…
Here are some technical illustrations I recently developed for Insolia/HBN shoe. They show the benefits of their Heels, Flex, and Achilles products for women’s shoes. These images were ultimately used in marketing materials for the British retailer, Marks and Spencer.
3D product renderings offer some advantages over photography: they can be less costly to produce, they can highlight details that might otherwise be difficult to capture, they can illustrate something that doesn’t even exist yet, and they can be revised or edited more easily at a later time if something like a color scheme or…
I’ve previously written about my approach to creating infographics. I frequently get asked to design these technical diagrams that help explain a company’s production process. An image can often be the most concise and engaging way to communicate and market what is often a complicated set of industrial procedures. The drawing might require a simple…
