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Radiant Light

krane — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:40:36 +0000

The Radiant Light wall piece has two perspectives. When looked at from the side it only appears to have rows of walls and chambers. These represent obstacles within our society which an individual may be faced with or impacted by. These include violence, hatred, theft, love of money, drugs, alcohol, lust, pornography, pre-marital sex, divorce, etc.. As a person begins to break free of these things their perspective of life and the surrounding world begins to change. This is represented by moving from the side of the art piece towards the center, realizing the cross which begins to take shape.
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Looking at the art piece from a front view represents a person’s realization of God’s existence and the acceptance of this greater power into their life. The rays emerging from the cross represent God’s power and authority over everything in existence so that with him we can overcome all obstacles and struggles. This demonstrates my personal journey in life as I went from atheism to becoming a Christ follower at the age of 24. Since then I have been taking all necessary steps and overcoming life’s obstacles to gain a clear vision of what God expects of me as his follower. It’s a challenging journey but, since that day my rewards have been quite astonishing.
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For New Life Church – Renton, Washington
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As always, check out this time lapse video to see the entire build from beginning to end.

Forza 3 – 1/6 scale Audi R8 SuperCraft

krane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:51:43 +0000

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.

LOL

krane — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:27:38 +0000

LOL = something completely random and fun.

Loran Lichty Paper Portrait

krane — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:29:20 +0000

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.

Freedom Gundam 4 foot papercraft

krane — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:25:17 +0000

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.

Upcoming

krane — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:51:10 +0000

Too many ideas, too little time.

Comments Update

krane — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:09:33 +0000

Kranestyle.com now accepts visitor comments. So, what you waiting for? Comment on some of my work, or send me an idea for a new art project.

The “big wall” project

krane — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:43:12 +0000

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.

Featured in Book

krane — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:07:01 +0000

I just found out that some of my older Flash work was published in a recent book called Motion Graphic Design: Applied History and Aesthetics, by Jon Krasner. Nice.

Papercraft head, self portrait

krane — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:41:50 +0000

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.