It has been very eventful now that I have finally been out of the navy for well over a year and I am officially nearing the completion of my first year enrolled at the Art Institute of Seattle. Although this is not a requirement for Industrial Design students, I am going to embrace this tasking with all the passion and verve that I normally put forth in my work. I figured for my first post, I would actually post something a little different to inspire the minds of all my fellow classmates. My favorite artist throughout history is M.C. Escher. I enjoy detailed illustration, photorealism and surrealism, therefore Escher is just my cup of tea. Anyway, I would like to show you a clay model design that I rendered for my second project in Clay Model Making that was very Escher inspired. I wanted to render the three basic shapes as 3-dimensional objects and still capture the effects of shadow and form. I also wanted it to feel like an actual il...
