On January 2009, I joined the team at Turn 10 Studios to work on Forza Motorsport 3, a racing simulation video game on the Xbox 360. Being surrounded by cars and car fanatics on a daily basis, surely enough, it resulted in a new papercraft model of an Audi R8, specifically styled to the game’s brand and visual design. In the end, the finished model was very well received by the team and immediately featured on the Forza Motorsport blog. Check out this turbo-charged time lapse video to see the entire build of this sporty Super Craft.

In my quest to find the next victim whose head was to be paperized I approached one of the pastors at the church I attend. I must note that not only does he have one of the coolest heads around, but he was a great sport for offering his head to the science of paper crafting. I figured giving him a portrait to hang on the wall would be a great memory to keep. But, I didn’t want it to be any ordinary portrait. That’s why I took it to the next level. Click here to view the grand unveiling of Loran’s paper portrait. Also, rilling with the tradition, view the second big headed dance video with twice the moves and twice the excitement.

A 4 foot tall papercraft model of one of my all time favorite diecast models by Bandai of Japan, based on a popular anime movie. I created this paper model over the course of two months, which included building the miniature model, creating a 3D replica and constructing the final enlarged paper version. The final paper model consists of 175 letter sized sheets of paper and around 500 individual parts. This time lapse video follows the etire construction process. Photography courtesy of ilove2photo.com.

This piece is actually titled, “Honey, can you make something for that big wall”, which is exactly what I did when my wife put me to the challenge. Having already stepped into the wonderful world of paper crafting, I saw this as an opportunity to take it further. This is a 60”x90” piece, consisting of 28 sheets of foam board, 110 strips of poster board, nearly 200 push pins, 2 cans of spray paint, 2 cans of spray glue, 1 can of tacky glue and 4 days of patience. Additionally, I created my very first time lapse video, to show the entire build in about 3 minutes. Photography courtesy of ilove2photo.com.

My first real attempt at photo realistic paper crafting. And what better way to try out this new technique than to make a 2:1 scale replica of my own head? This was a very interesting learning process, spanning within some 120 hours. I must say that there is no experience quite like holding an oversized version of my head in my lap while piecing it together. Here’s a video clip of my younger brother having too much fun with the paper head during its construction. Photography courtesy of ilove2photo.com.

I made this 24”x36” poster for my wife’s office using two little cat toys which usually hang out somewhere around my office desk. Her being a huge cat lover, she couldn’t help but love it.

This piece started out by me simply doing some playing around and experimenting with Illustrator. Having developed a theme, which might be interpreted different by every person, I decided to turn this into a poster for our loft.

With this piece, my wife and I face off to an analog battle, during our winter break of ’07. Using two canvas boards and acrylic paints, we start with a common theme and take off in different directions according to our personal styles.

This is a 2 piece tabloid poster set I did to celebrate the engagement to my wonderful wife and our marriage one year later. Today these two pieces have a lovely place in our family room.

My good friend Brandon, from shadowtouch.com (now brandoncadams.com) and I decided to start a design mural to see how our styles would flow together. Every now and then we’ll still bring this piece to life by giving it a few fresh pixels.

With a bit of time and experimentation, just about anything is possible visually, like this weird thing, using only a photograph of my car’s tail light and a few Photoshop brushes.

When I worked in downtown Seattle I would see these water hydrants all over the place. So, why not design a poster for one? I seemed to have a very strong bond towards this bright yellow one.

One of my former co-workers has this pug who is so cute that I just couldn’t resist using him for an illustrated poster. Not only did I turn Abbott into a world known super start, but I also left a great memory for the proud owner which she keeps on her wall.

Literally going for a midnight spin in my car, hoping that my camera doesn’t get trashed.

Sometimes…I just have to design something, even if it makes no sense.

I love Spring, and even more I love Summer which Spring brings, so I’m usually excited about Spring which brings me creative energy. Makes sense?

This is one of my older pieces, a 32”x24” poster, from 2003, created for my Art History 2 final project, as part of my research on graffiti. Although old, it’s still one of my favorites. It’s hip and looks good on my office wall.