winter 2010 Digital Drawing superstars

Callie Schnider


Chuck Hansen


Chase Kahmann


David Mellor






Joel Swensen


Elena Kelly


Keith Stedman


Mckenzie Sampson




Nerys Newbold




Niklaus Kamrath



NJ Huff


Olivia Storm






Paul Pederson


Travis Harper

spring 2010 digital drawing

bianca smith


amy chan


julia morlock


micah cerelli


russel kamp


chloe amelia

concept:time

take the concept of time and graphically communicate a unique representation of it. Considering a specific site and using a clock mechanism were required elements to the project. Photos are of the following students projects; Bethany Schmidt, Kyle Loescher, Irene Landeros, & Steven Uppinghouse.

digital-analog • bridge

...as the physical output devices for digitally born material become more affordable, and hence more available, it is imperative that artists understand the amazing translations that can occur simply by changing dimensions. This project was simple; draw a concise iconic graphic inspired by nature and make it 3-D. A variety of construction methods were discovered and cardboard was suggested as the media of choice. Most often the idea of extrusion was opted in the solutions, which in itself is a beautiful translation...

PROJECT skateboards and apparel

We are the Advanced Design 1 Class, Artd 494, a Digital Arts course within the Art Department at the University of Oregon. The artists and designers in this class include Jess Andrews, Liz Bayan, Winter Gibbs, Sean Kesterson, Nick Stokes, Steven Uppinghouse, Peter Yoon., and myself Associate Professor Michael A. Salter. Always seeking to push beyond comfortable definitions of art and design we set out to develop a company. From previous experience I knew the skateboard industry to be one of the most exciting and experimental platforms for design, often acting as the leading edge for much of the visual culture we see today. It is a place where humor and irreverence confront their audience with ease. We spent many hours around a table in discussion over names, tactics and ideas, resulting in the brand PROJECT. This discourse bonded the participants conceptually as they laid down the ground work for the entire research. I charged them to serve themselves as a market. This company name acts as the umbrella for which many individual lines can exist, and it stands for a very open and experimental laboratory for its participants. Each artist and designer in the class carefully developed their own line. Each line was to be a tight and thorough application through both a series of skateboard decks and t-shirts. In all, 7 lines were created for PROJECT.

Throughout the winter term, nearly 10 weeks, the entire PROJECT was developed and delivered. Using a print on demand website called Deckpeck.com we are able to offer all the company's goods in a traditional online retail point. This is a free service provided by Deckpeck. We design, and they allow people to buy the goods directly from them. In addition to this commerce option, and elemental to the development process has been the creation/production of all our designs as actual goods. T-shirts and skateboards have been made available as prototyped, hand built-comps in an exhibition and sale event. The event was carefully studied as a retail experience and installation/environment.

Our commerce website can be found at http://project.deckpeck.com/, and most of the products exhibited at the exhibition/sale are available for purchase.

PROJECT, and its participants, would like to thank the generous support of the University of Oregon Art Department, The Digital Arts Area of the Art Department, Barbara Herring and KungFu Nation, and BambooSk8.

pattern plus paper sculpture

This Digital Illustration project is somewhat formal. The project asks to develop several functioning patterns. The project also asks to appropriate a paper sculpture template and modify it slightly. We then wrap the 3 dimensional form with the 2 dimensional pattern design. Conceptually the project is wide open for interpretation which students addressed to varying degrees.


eli werthamer


cole tamblyn


nawal alaoui


weston conat



samantha overall


sean kesterson