A Second View

Using the floor plan I created, I then had to develop a one-point perspective of the north wall. Once more, the finished product was to be on a 12" x 18" sheet of vellum and black lined.

SYTYCD: Connections and Joints

This year our professors implemented a weekly drawing competition- so you think you can(t) DRAW. For our first assignment we needed to create a drawing on a 12" x 12" sheet of white paper using only black pen to draw the joint. I decided to think outside of the box and draw a couple kissing... however, I was later informed that while it my be a connection it is to provocative for the public school system.

Floor Plan

After creating a one point interior perspective, I was asked to then create a floor plan. In addition to the objects already located in the space i needed to imagine the other side of the perspective as a study area that would contain a desk, a chair, a book shelve, lighting, and at least one additional point of entry. The plan was to be in 1/2" scale and produced on a 12" x 18" sheet of vellum.

View point

In this project students were asked to draw a 14' x 24' space with a 12' ceiling height from an inspirational photo. There had to be one window and one door in the South. Two other windows needed to be incorporated into the space in addition to a 3' x 2' skylight. The skylight was to be placed in the Southwest corner of the room. Students were also asked to place a 3' x 6' dinning table with six chairs under the skylight. In the South east corner there was to be a sofa, an easy chair, and a coffee table. The final drawing was to be ink lined on a 12" x 18" sheet of paper.

What Would Wall-e Do?

During our first lecture, students watched Disney's Wall-e from a designers point of view. There are many hidden thoughts and stories one can learn from this cinimatic adventure. Ideas such as: Sustaninablility, Awearness of one's surroundings, Be willing to make a 3rd space, consider what has value, Don't design out the experience! and so on...

Final President Analysis

Unit Summary: Explorations

Here is a really neat picture of a tree that I found on the Internet. I chose a tree because trees have a lot of spiritual meaning to me. In my younger years, my grandfathers would take me on picnics always by the same oak tree. Later, as I entered college I began the practice of yoga where tree pose was the most difficult for me to master... the tree has been a huge part of my life and will continue to be as it roots itself into the ground while continuing to stretch towards the sky.


This composition can be found in the Reading Art Museum. As fate may have it, I literally stumbled upon this picture and could not stop looking at it. I still haven't made up my mind whether or not it was because of the color, great detail, or a similarity I feel with the masked women in the picture... she is trying to fly with the rest of the birds but is being tied down, and yet a smile remains on her face?


Polka-dots and shoes. I love polka-dots and always thought of shoes as some of the best architecture and design.


San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane has always been on of my favorites. I immensely enjoy how the designer was able to create a fluid movement throughout the use of a solid material.


The female body is seen as beautiful; I find it interesting and a bit amusing that Architects used sculptures such as these seen here on the porch of the maidens as visual directors to other buildings on Acropolis.


The Nebula, the colors and shapes that are created by burning gasses and matter millions of light years away is unreal to me. How could something so majestic be so fair out of reach?


The fish hock necklace. This piece is special to me for several reasons. The fish hock is a Maori tribe symbol for safety over waters, adult hood and strength.


Make up-the most common way to mask ones face.


Bar harbor, Maine



Alice Focht United Methodist Church. This was the church where I grew up in... literally my mother, brother and I practically lived here sense I was five.

Coming full circle:
Besides spirituality and deeper meanings of why I like things; the most common element between all of my chosen designs are: color-which is vibrant yet dark, shape-which is made to look like something its not [stone appears to move, women made of stone], and pattern- several times the polka-dot pattern has shown up in one of these compositions.