The Future, according to Microsoft

I LOVE good ui design. And since the the movie "Minority Report" the idea of touchscreen everything has been slowly becoming a reality. Now Microsoft has pushed it along a little further with their vision of the future. I absolutely love many of the concepts and only wish I had the budget to pull something like this off. Oh well back to my 99¢ green screen.

UPDATE:
For those of you interested in mimicking the desktop you see in the video, you can actually download the design and customize your own desktop using the download found here.

Special thanks to painkilla05

Fun in SF

One of the benefits of being unemployed is having time to do things you normally wouldn't get the chance to. So with that in mind, had a great time in San Francisco this week, enjoying the sunshine and random shopping(Bruce Lee Urban Outfitters shirt on sale, Waaachaaaa!) With little to no crowds around.

Anyways, had fun with wifey and a friend and had a great lunch at the 50's retro Lori's diner. And you know, retro is besto for me(bad joke). Nothing can be finer than eating at a diner(gotta stop with these bad rhymes) ;P

Current Inspiration

Currently listening to and inspired by:

Darkstalkers tribute, Concept-to-Completion

So I entered a piece into the "Darkstalkers Tribute Book" but unfortunately did not get in. So here is another entry into my concept-to-completion series. For those of you who don't know, Darkstalkers is a capcom fighting video game based off the idea of monsters and other baddies(think Street Fighter meets monster mash). Below is my interpretation of the rocker zombie Lord Raptor, chasing after the werewolf John Talbin, after having his foot bitten off. A nice bit of off-piece humor. Total creation time for concept, sketching, inking, and coloring: 3 HOURS.

On to the next competition.

Wireframes

Below you an see the wireframe layouts I made before beginning work on the corresponding websites. I'll upload some side-by-side comparisons when I get the chance. As you can see though, the initial designs may not always translate to the final product(especially when the client has changes). All part of the design process really.

Epicera Consulting



Daisuke Photography



Coconut Grove

Evolution of SChhen.com

So I'm cleaning out a bunch of files from my old hard drive(a good habit to get into) and I came across a lot of old work files of my website. Now I feel it is always good to go back to see how far you've come in your work. A good way to measure yourself as an artist and designer. Looking back now I notice a lot of things that I could have done better, and a few things that still stick with me to this day. So below is a comparison of my SChhen.com website throughout the years. Or better yet, the "Evolution of SChhen.com."