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Lebron James Suit Design for Nike Superhero Elite Collection

This past year I was tasked out by Legacy Effects to create Lebron James’ suit design for the Nike Superhero Elite Collection. We were asked to take visual cues from the shoes and create a whole suit. Lebron’s suit needed to look strong, powerful and angular, so I designed the suit to have a lot of sharp angles, and also to incorporate the carbonfiber elements from the shoe.

After my 2D concept was approved, I 3D modeled and rendered the the suit in Maya and composited it onto Lebron. Here is the final image:

Lebron James Nike Superhero Elite suit final concept.

Although it was never used in the marketing campaign, I was asked to create a full suit. Here is a render of the back of the suit:

Lebron James' Nike Superhero Elite suit back render.

I started the design process in photoshop. Here is my 2D illustration composited over Lebron:

Lebron James Nike Superhero Elite Suit 2D design

Here are the some images from Nike’s Superhero Elite campaign also featuring Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.

Superhero Elite line-up with Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Kevin Durant. Image from Nike's ad campaign.Superhero Elite suit details. Image from Nike ad campaign.

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Working on Tom Cruise suit for Oblivion

While at Legacy Effects, I had the opportunity to help create the shoulder pieces for Tom Cruise’s suit in Oblivion. 

Left image: Me at Legacy modeling the shoulder piece. Right image: a 3D printed kneecap piece from the suit (modeled by Jim Charmatz).

Left image: Me at Legacy modeling the shoulder piece. Right image: the 3D printed piece.

Here is the suit after the shoulder and chest pieces were 3D printed, molded, cast, painted and then attached to the suit:

Oblivion final suit

Here is the official Oblivion poster displaying the shoulder pieces that I worked on:

Oblivion movie poster

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Brewco Original Publicans Artwork

Here is the latest Brewco artwork, featuring the Manhattan Beach pier. The client had this 50″ x 40″ piece recreated in glass, gold leaf, silver leaf and mother of pearl.

Here is the final art:

Brewco Original Publicans artwork

 

This is the final glass piece on the wall at Brewco Manhattan Beach:Brewco Original Publicans glass art piece

 

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Abraham Lincoln Bust 3D Sculpt

Here is a sculpt of Abraham Lincoln that I created in Zbrush for Stratasys, the world leader in 3D printing technology. The piece was recently 3D printed on an Objet printer and then painted to appear as a bronze sculpture by Ed Pioli of Stratasys. It was recently on display at Siggraph 2013.

This was a fun project to work on, as I used numerous references of Lincoln throughout his life. I even used photos of his death mask to fine-tune his likeness.

Below are my renders of the 3D sculpt:Abe Lincoln Bust sculpt- three quarter view Abe Lincoln Bust sculpt- front view Abe Lincoln Bust sculpt- profile view

Below are some photos of the 3D printed and painted sculpture.

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Abe Lincoln bronze cast of 3D sculpt.

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Character designs for Orbit Commercials

Here are some designs I did for the recent Orbit- Heights and Orbit- Polo commercials. I helped Legacy Effects design the Nachos, Salisbury Steak, and the Mashed Potato characters. The script changed a bit since I saw the storyboards, so the characters are doing different gestures in the designs than they are doing in the final commercials.

Here are my designs:

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Check out the commercials here:

http://youtu.be/u1eBPHflgng

http://youtu.be/JHoNMWBGoQk

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Brewco Music For Your Palate Poster

For this latest Brewco poster, I was asked to reference Sergei Vasiliev’s photo “Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Print No.15”. Currently on display at the Saatchi Gallery in London, Vasiliev’s exhibit is a collection of photos of Soviet prisoners covered with tattoos. These tattoos displayed the secret code language of criminals in the USSR. Although I did use some Soviet nuances, I opted to keep the tattoos a bit lighter and use Brewco reference instead.

Here is my final design:

Brewco Music for Your Palate Poster

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Brewco White Stripes Poster

Here is the latest Brewco Manhattan Beach poster. The client requested that I feature The White Stripes for this piece. This will likely become part of a series of rock & roll themed Brewco posters.

Here is the final piece:

Brewco White Stripes poster

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Legacy Effects 2012 Christmas Card

In November of 2012, I had the opportunity to design Legacy Effects’ 2012 Christmas card. Legacy requested a decorative, somewhat tribal snowflake design with “Legacy Effects 2012” integrated into the snowflake.

Below is the final back and front design:

Legacy Effects 2012 Christmas Card

 

 

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Brewco Hoppy Holidays poster

Here is latest Brewco poster just in time for the Holidays. The client requested that Santa have a pretty blonde sitting on his lap, and pouring him a beer. Naughty ole’ Santa….

For this poster I referenced a number of Haddon Sundblom’s Santa illustrations for the vintage Coca Cola Christmas ads. Sundblom actually studied under my great-grandfather, Antonin Sterba (1875-1963) who was a portrait painter, and who taught at the Art Institute of Chicago. Here is a link to the website I created for Antonin’s works of art.

Brewco Hoppy Holidays poster.

Here is poster currently on display at Brewco Manhattan Beach:

Brewco Hoppy Holidays poster on display