Objects

  1. A chrome Dragon Pick photographed against black.

    Dragon Picks

    A loose drawing became eight thousand chrome dragons—and an education in everything a mold, a plating line, and a box will not forgive.

    Functional Art / VIEW Conference Speaker Gift / 2019–2026

  2. The Dragon Opener photographed against a light background.

    The Dragon Opener

    I turned a loose drawing in virtual reality into a functional steel prototype—and eventually one thousand small metal dragons.

    VR sculpting / 3D printing / Manufacturing / 2017–2023

  3. A rendered teapot lit by a panoramic environment.

    Capturing Light

    Panoramas, image-based lighting, and free high dynamic range images.

    HDRI / Image-based lighting / Panoramic photography / 1999–2014

  4. A pale mineral-like procedural basin surrounding a softly glowing blue-gray void.

    Making Art with a 15K Shader Swatch

    I hacked a shader swatch to render at 15,000 x 15,000 pixels.

    Procedural art / RenderMan / Shaders / SIGGRAPH

  5. A whimsical vaudeville theater rendered like a pale turquoise, coral, and ochre watercolor painting.

    Building a Watercolor Render

    Giving my own VR sculpted theater a stylized treatment.

    RenderMan XPU / Painterly rendering / VR sculpting / Stylized looks

  6. A dense mass of flowing blue, turquoise, and violet procedural hair curves on a dark gray background.

    The Unsullied

    I made 300,000 curves look like Sulley to test a new RenderMan workflow.

    RenderMan / Houdini / Procedural curves / Hair shading

  7. The back bar at Third Rail in San Francisco beneath an Eat Jerky sign.

    Bar Coasters

    Six limited-edition letterpress prints, disguised as inadvisable cocktail recipes.

    Illustration / Letterpress / Bad puns / 2013