More peculiar hideout sketches.

Yeah, more of this idea.

I have a list of different hideouts/hidden residences I wish to draw. Here are some early sketches for two more.

First, the cliffside hideout. Somehow I got the idea of an enclosed, industrial living space build in to the side of a cliff, with no real indication that anything was there. I began sketching, and happened upon the idea of the entrance being concealed behind a waterfall, with a metal walkway leading to it. The walkway is, as far as anyone else knows, just a viewing path that connects to a local nature trail. Not the access platform to a hidden futuristic residence.

Should one go behind the waterfall, they would find a small cave. At the back is a smaller space behind a rock wall. A hidden switch allows access to the elevator shaft, which leads downward to the actual space.

The next one concerns a living space beneath a canal/artificial river in a city. It would be situated underneath a bridge which spans said body of what. a nearby maintenance structure, ostensibly used for the bridge and its lighting, would contain a secret elevator that leads to the residence beneath. This one needs to be hammered out a bit more, but it would feature a skylight/overhead aperture which would give the resident a view of the water and sky above. Again, this one in particular needs more work, so more on this idea will be posted as time goes by.

Sci-Fi concepts: Pod Towers.

This was an idea I had been kicking around for a while, but only finally got around to sketching it recently.

This is part of a series of unusual shelters and/or living spaces in a sci-fi context. ?IT evolved from the idea of some kind of modular, semi-obscure shelter that could be placed atop a relatively tall building (at least five stories) and somehow concealed amongst the various structural elements of said building. One of the ideas was to hide a shelter/hideout by making it look like part of an antennae setup or similar tall, metal construct. This, combined with my fondness for plant forms, led to me sketching out this idea of multiple “pods” arranged along a tall lineal element. Given this arrangement and the design of each pod, it becomes less of a hideout, and more of some sort of strange sleeping chamber. Regardless, that is the direction it took.

These hideouts/sleeping pods/listening posts/whatever are small, and arranged vertically, with a sliding canopy providing access. They would be made to move along the axis element. They would have two small levels, with room for a bed and perhaps a few other things, but not much else.

How did this strange idea evolve? I like the idea of a person having all these small hideouts, scattered across a city. This allows them to seek immediate shelter if need be, as one of the micro-residences would always be within close distance.

This isn’t exactly a serious concept. Just a cool sci-fi thing I thought up, which I might use in a comic or short story one day.

Just a simple wood model.

This was an assignment for Architectural Design 2. I won’t go in to all the details. It’s just a wooden frame for an exploration type assignment. In any case, this was made primarily with basswood, and is mostly held together via zapkicker. There are a few details you can’t make out from this angle. I have more photos of this thing, so I may upload those later.

 

Time and design.

A good design is like wine, or cheese. It needs to age before it reaches any real level of potential. You can’t just hammer it out in a few hours, or even a few days, and expect it to stand the test of time. It needs to appreciate in value.

Like a crystal growing in solution, or a plant, good design has an emergent quality. The best parts crystallize and the ephemera falls away.

Math Poster.

Math Poster
Yup.

Pink.

A girl in pink.

New website layout.

The website is currently down as I switch domains and create a new layout. I would like some feedback on the new layout.

This is just a rough/mock up. The final thing would look a LITTLE different, even if I went with everything seen on this design.

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