Some new junk

[Chruser]

The Umeå Institute of Design is taking its toll on me... Anyway, I scanned and photographed some of my newer works on the last day of my first semester there.
I would have scanned more drawings, but I hadn't slept for a few days, so oh well.

http://www.christianhagg.com/images/FormSheet.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/images/A-Muse-Ing.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/images/MouseModel.jpg

Oh yeah, http://www.christianhagg.com is operational as well.

[HandOfHeaven]

That looks like a lot of work and fun at the same time. Fuckin' sweet.

[Grav]

Portable mouse?

[Chruser]

That looks like a lot of work and fun at the same time. Fuckin' sweet.

It is. Design school is slowly killing my "art" though, but I'm getting better at technique. Not sure if it's really worth it in the end...


Portable mouse?

Sure, it was mostly a form/technique exercise though. Creating polished, complex surfaces is incredibly annoying.

[Atnas]

Those are great, Chruser, and I'm glad you got that site up. :)

I especially like the mouse, it looks very ergonomic - and aerodynamic. XD

[Chruser]

And some more!

http://www.christianhagg.com/images/Muses.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/images/HovercraftConcept.jpg

[Lenny]

The second thing is nice. Futuristic transportation device?

[Thanatos]

Looks like a razor and/or taser.

[Grav]

It's the 3030 batmobile.

[Vault Dweller]

Awesome work, Chruser. You are an inspiration to those of me with no artistic talent to speak of.

[Chruser]

Thanks for your input guys. Everyone has artistic talent, it's just a matter of deciding what medium to express it with. Improvement is a by-product of trial and error (mainly error).

I currently have an internal battle going on regarding whether I want to become a fine artist or an illustrator/designer. Perhaps the question can be extended to "Do I ask questions, or do I answer them?" Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Draw, photograph and do 3D to post:

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Compila02.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Hallucinograph.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Temporal_Research_2313.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Ionosphere_Lander_2304.jpg

[Atnas]

I really love the egg photo.

I think you're a great artist, illustrator, and designer - my answer is whatever you think you'd have the most fun doing.

Personally I would pick Illustrator or fine artist, as those two appeal to me the most out of the two. You might like design better, I don't know. Whatever you pick, I'm sure you'll be successful. :)

And you can always, you know, switch.

[Asamin]

[QUOTE=Chruser]Everyone has artistic talent, it's just a matter of deciding what medium to express it with. Improvement is a by-product of trial and error (mainly error).[QUOTE]

That makes me feel so much better about myself.
This is about the best i could do. It was on the back of a piece of paper in 8th grade computer ed.
4506
why won't it just let me post the pic? It is making me post a link.....

[Vault Dweller]

Everyone has artistic talent, it's just a matter of deciding what medium to express it with. Improvement is a by-product of trial and error (mainly error).


Quite true. I suppose I misspoke earlier. I have no graphically-oriented artistic talent to speak of. My talent seems to lie in manipulation of the written word.

[Asamin]

My talent involves the art of music. I play around 10 instruments and can read all of the clefts easily.

[Chruser]

I just completed a Magnetite-related project for the Kiruna municipality in Sweden. Basically, it involved doing something with their refined sources of iron ore. So I built a train track out of it and designed a free-floating maglev train for it. My project teacher had a 10-minute fit with me and told everyone that my design process is "too logical", uncreative and bad. Oh well.

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/DireTireTrain.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/MagTrack1024.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Palmisade.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/TrainRenderCollage01.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/TrainRenderCollage02.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/gear/Trackrun.jpg


I'll post some animations later (and re-render the last image with a higher amount of rays to remove some grain; it was part of an animation. With a render time of around 1h30m per frame with even a low radiosity setting, I was running out of time before the presentation).

[Lenny]

If everyone train was as beautiful as that, the world would be a better place! It's a brilliant design!

I don't get what's so bad about your design process being "too logical". Surely the most logical designs are better than illogical ones?

[osmoses-jones]

you using lightwave i am buying one since student edition is cheap and if you buy comercial upgrade is only 95 dollar good deal. Anyway nice train.

[Asamin]

That is one insain train! I would love to see some animations.

[Lenny]

You know, it's getting harder and harder to tell if these things are photographs or just renders. Stop being so good! :p

I like the design of the lighter. Reminds me of the train somewhat - are you experimenting with different variations of that design in different products, or is it just co-incidence?

And I must ask, if you weren't at that school, would you be creating things like the train, the mouse, the egg in the cup, or the lighter above? Because I for one think they're "seriously cool", to use a phrase I never would use normally.

[Chruser]

Hmm, I'm not sure where my post went. I'll repost it:

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School is fucking getting on my nerves. I need to get out of here. Apparently I have to last until June 6, or I'll have trouble getting loans for other schools in the future.

I have hardly had any time to draw lately due to project reports and whatnot. Anyway, I had a lighter redesign task, and I really wanted to build a physical model of my train, so I bred my Maglev with the bic fireplace lighter and produced a bastard child:

http://www.christianhagg.com/Ligh.jpg

http://www.christianhagg.com/Escophagus.jpg

The model still needs some finishing touches, details and polishing here and there, but I may as well photoshop it. I try to remain in the school studios as little as possible.

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Lenny, I very much doubt I would create things like that if I hadn't attended design school. It has been great in terms of teaching model building, but there's not much of that at all during the second and third years. On top of that, all other classes are a waste of time and effort for anyone who doesn't specifically intend to become an industrial designer in the future. My misantrophy is apparently at conflict with their method of teaching.

[Lenny]

I have hardly had any time to draw lately due to project reports and whatnot. Anyway, I had a lighter redesign task, and I really wanted to build a physical model of my train, so I bred my Maglev with the bic fireplace lighter and produced a bastard child:


I don't know if I skipped over that bit in your first post, but I thought it looked to much like the train to be accidental. :p

So is that an actual photograph of your lighter next to a regular one, or a 3D model? I honestly can't tell.

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As for school... stick with until June 6th at least, and then think hard about it.

Where do you see your life as going? What do you want to do as a career? Are you sure there's nothing they can teach you in your second and third years that might prove beneficial? If you drop out what will you do instead? Find a regular job? Apply to a different school? Scrounge off the government for money and sit at home getting fat?

[-Spector-]

Damn nigga, you've got some skillz.

Mad E-props for you.

[Chruser]

I don't know if I skipped over that bit in your first post, but I thought it looked to much like the train to be accidental. :p

So is that an actual photograph of your lighter next to a regular one, or a 3D model? I honestly can't tell.

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As for school... stick with until June 6th at least, and then think hard about it.

Where do you see your life as going? What do you want to do as a career? Are you sure there's nothing they can teach you in your second and third years that might prove beneficial? If you drop out what will you do instead? Find a regular job? Apply to a different school? Scrounge off the government for money and sit at home getting fat?

It's a physical model. Photographing things in a studio tends to make them look more 3D rendering-esque due to the controlled, artificial light. I'm going to attempt some photorealistic renders later to see if I can make them indistinguishable from the real thing. The problem is mainly to get the level of physical wear and tear just right. Out-of-the-box 3D renders are too unrealistically perfect.

As for my future career, I'm definitely going to return to fine arts for 1-2 years. After that, studying illustration or even industrial design again at a different school sounds like a viable option. I don't really have against industrial design as a subject; it's just my school that has an atrocious teaching methodology which involves assuming everyone can and will conform to a particular practical, down-to-earth mode of teaching. And then there's ergonomy, adjustment to fit the needs of customers...

Actually, I guess I kind of have problems with being pushed around until I produce something to please others. I've always wanted to do my own thing, so perhaps fine arts really is the way to go. Unlike illustration and industrial design, fine arts values the picture or artwork itself, while the former subjects put the subject matter first. Fine arts also asks questions, while illustration answers them.

[jamer123]

wow i have a design for an airplane its really cool

[HandOfHeaven]

You should upload it!

[Chruser]

Urgh, fuck art school.

Anyway, here's some stuff; some of it with inspiration, some of it without.

Two Nintendo DS paintings (using Colors! (http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors)):

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ds03.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ds04.jpg


Some uninspired and anatomically incorrect junk:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/sit01.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/niet.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Spamadam.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/EESP.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/snorkigt.jpg

[Chruser]

Art school is killing me. Drawing and painting are losing their interesting and entertaining aspects. I'm not sure if it has become obvious in my drawings yet.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Sitdwn.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Situp.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Stander.jpg

[-Spector-]

Do you or your teacher have an old lady boobs fetish?

[Asamin]

Your art gets better and better! lol

[Chruser]

Fuck this. I'm done.

[arranz]

Dude those are all freakin SWEEET , fuckin design school is Sick dude damn, that train has to be the illest train ive seen yet :O