Eddie Canaan and myself performing our group’s final world for BVW 2001: The Duel. This world allowed players to use a gesture system to cast spells at eachother. It was originally intended to be two players, but that didn’t pan out. (3 week project, after all) Thus there I am without a headmount uttering those ridiculous lines. Please excuse the cheese.
For this project, I was the modeler, meaning I created all the 3D objects, Eddie was the painter, and Ning was the programmer.
A keyframed animation for the evil wizard casting a fireball
by Justin Hsu, Sterling Ely, Ted Hung, & Jen Smith
2002
Me (inset) performing our final world for BVW 2002: The Quest for the Holy Grail. Just as Monty Python and the Holy Grail goofed on cinema, we goofed on the technology, all while reliving some favorite scenes from the movie in first person. This one was a blast, and as you can see, the audience loved it.
For this project, I was the painter, meaning I created all the textures for the characters and scenes, Justin was the modeler, and Jen & Ted were the programmers.
Textured King Arthur & Black Knight models
Briefly portraying Tim the Enchanter for a few first-person explosion gags…
Local Projects and Thinc Design are the exhibit designers for the National September 11th Memorial Museum. Local Projects’ primary role is the interactive media design, however during the proposal process, the flythrough I rendered helped us secure the bid. In the time since, I produced renderings of exhibit concepts for internal discussion and external presentations. (I did not, however, make the image above, as I am not at liberty to show anything I have worked on for this project)
I am no longer working with Local Projects, but they and Thinc continue to design the 9/11 Museum, which is expected to open sometime in 2011.
The second of three media pieces that Local Projects created for the Slavery in the Civil War exhibit at the New York Historical Society, this interactive voting theater situates visitors in the middle of heated debates on the future of the African-American community. (At that time, New York was a newly free state, but still relied heavily on the cotton trade) Continue reading Black Convention of 1834→
The Times Square Visitors’ Center has been in on and off development for a few years, and has seen two major design approaches.
What both designs share, however, is the ability to transform the space with media: Lots of screens and architectural features are replaced by a bevy of strategically placed projectors that allow the feel of the entire space to be changed at a moment’s notice. Continue reading Times Square Visitors Center→
A more pedestrian-friendly redesign of Astor Place has been planned for years, but now appears to finally be taking off. When WXY Architecture + Urban Design created their proposal for the Astor Place redesign, they called in Local Projects to come up with a media installation, and to create a flythrough of the proposed space. Continue reading Astor Square→
In order to tell the story of U.S. domestic airline carrier Jetblue in a forthcoming Web and television campaign, JWT (the company’s ad firm) decided to look to jetBlue passengers for content.
As the creator of StoryCorps, Local Projects was the logical choice to come up with an innovative automated interface to interview passengers and record their stories. The physical booth was created by Mesh Architectures. Continue reading JetBlue StoryBooth→
Local Projects is collaborating on the development of a new carousel for Battery Park. Its theme of sea life will link the carousel with the original New York Aquarium. The public will ride on sculpted, glowing sea creatures, surrounded by projected media of schools of fish, creating an immersive environmental ride. Continue reading SeaGlass Carousel→
I’m quitting my job to venture west and see what life has to offer me in California.
That being the so, Local Projects needs a new 3D Artist.
The job description can be found on LP’s site and is also pasted below.
3D Artist/ New Media Designer
Local Projects is growing, and we’re looking for a talented 3D Artist.
Local Projects is seeking a new team member with expert 3D modeling, lighting and render skills to join our award-winning design studio. Candidate should have advanced skills with 3D Studio Max and/or MAYA plus proficiency in Rhino, AutoCAD and Adobe CS3 standard design apps. We are also interested in candidates that can offer a smaller secondary media skill set in interactive design, graphic design, video/sound editing or programming/web development. Sense of design a must.
See the attached page for a more specific set of tasks.
Candidates must have a BFA or B.Arch degree, plus 1-3 years experience working with exhibit designers, architects, new media firms or similar.
Please send resume, cover letter and portfolio link to: jobs@localprojects.net. Please be sure to include renders of interior spaces in your body of work.
