Hi! I’m a designer, illustrator and serial hobbyist, recently retired after a career in tech. I love learning, making things, cultural excursions, and laughing till I cry. I don’t do much social media, but I figured why not make a blog to document and share my post-career escapades – what’s the worst that could happen?
Latest Posts
Black Cat (Illustrator)
A spontaneous detour: my vintage cartoony take on the legendary fireworks brand.
U.F.A. Maria (Blender, Substance)
Downsizing gone digital: exploring new ways to archive some of my stuff in 3D.
Predicta Pedestal TV (Illustrator)
Tomorrow’s TV yesterday: Philco’s Predicta TVs are an enduring icon of mid-century design.
2025 Holiday Card (Figma)
Continuing my annual tradition, this year’s theme is a tribute to a dear friend.
New Blog Cover (Blender, After Effects)
Revisiting some dormant techniques to punch up my looping homepage image with new art.
Washington Toy Show
On the lookout for ideas, we took a mini trip to the other Vancouver last weekend.
Tin Aibo (Blender)
First in a series of “everyday objects,” from an imagined alternate reality where tin still rules
Lambda Infinity (Blender)
Gone but never forgotten: reimagining one of Horikawa’s 1970s era plastic bots in tin.
Billiken Mighty Atom, 1992 (Blender)
The first in my next series of tin robots from Japan’s golden age. One down, 24 to go…
Synthdawg x OP-XY
Learning the ins and outs of my newest TE synth with the assist of a favorite publisher.
Yuki x 3 (Figma, Illustrator, Blender)
A quick little exercise I did to help reinforce some recent techniques I’m learning.
First Character Part 2 (Blender)
I drank from the firehose and finally got around to wrapping up my first character model.
Antelope Canyon (Illustrator)
Dreaming of tumbleweeds and red rocks from a memorable journey in the American southwest.
Holiday Card Shenanigans
Flexing my noob electronics skills to stretch out the capabilites for my annual holiday card.
Remembering Satoshi Kon
Gone too soon: the best animation director you (may have) never heard of.
Astro 1 (Illustrator)
Fan art of my favorite manga character; revisiting a technique I used for a freelance gig years ago.
Instruments of the Invasion, 1964
Perhaps my first truly post-work drawing, a tribute to the Beatles instruments from their first US tour.
Southern Coast (Illustrator)
My quick and loose(r) riff on vintage travel poster depictions of Italy’s beautiful southern coast.
Little Village (Illustrator)
Another isometric “city” illustration, this time combined with more organic elements.
Cardinal (Illustrator)
This is my second in a series of bird drawings, using similar techniques in Adobe Illustrator.
Annotated Beatles
A concise anthology of the Fab Four as interpreted through their UK discography.
Cocktails!
A page for sharing (and keeping track of) recipes for some tried and true adult beverages.
Double Bubble clock light hack
For years, I’ve wanted to control my repro clock lights separately when it’s plugged in. Done!
Nixie clock
my first post-work hardware project, a case design for some throwback tech with enduring appeal.
Jay (Illustrator)
Working with Adobe Illustrator’s Mesh and Warp tools to simulate a watercolor effect in vectors.
City (Illustrator)
Another one on the back burner for quite a while; exploring new techniques and fun with color.
Meet Gizmo, my tin toy robot GPT
My journey building a custom GPT for envisioning the world of alternative tin toy robot designs
2D character rigging (Moho Pro)
Another in-progress project, and developing a personal cadence for switching things up.
Whale Shark (Illustrator)
This illustration has been in my head for a while, the first of a planned series in this style.
First character try (Blender)
After some e-learning I’m attempting to build and animate my first character in Blender.
Astoria trip January ’25
We took a quick trip to enjoy a fun weekend in the land where Goonies never die.
My other Car is a Robot
Wait, there’s more: I made another site to share my casual obsession with sci-fi tin toys from Japan.