Mystic Lake Casino Hotel website
Building and launching a high-traffic website is no easy feat for a development team, let alone one guy working solo! I spent the better part of a year setting up a host, building dozens of content types, converting a very tough design into a workable front-end, and integrating complex workflows. Fortunately, this project was kept manageable thanks to Drupal, and ongoing support from the professionals at Acquia. Read more »
CONvergence decor: Mascot Statue
I was commissioned by CONvergence, the Midwest's largest science-fiction and fantasy convention, to build a statue of their mascot "Connie", a superhero robot. Connie is the brainchild of comics illustrator Christopher Jones, who has drawn hundreds, if not thousands, of variations of this character. This sculpture, however, was the first time she had been seen in three dimensions. Read more »
CONvergence Main Stage CAD model
Before I even begin a production design, I spend lots of time studying the environment where that design will live. Often times, you'll see me scurrying about a production location with a tape measure and a notebook, taking dimensions of every last detail. Then, I reproduce that environment in a 3D CAD modeling program. Read more »
Web Trend Map
Information Architects has released this awesome map of how Web 2.0 is plumbed together. I've been staring at it for the last hour! Amazing stuff!
Check out the original full-size image on Flickr!
Acquia Professional Services gets my vote
When my client was squeamish about using open-source software for a new web application project, I suggested trying the enterprise support services provided by Acquia. Read more »
Drupalcon 2009 - Washington DC
Excellent progress was made at this year's US Drupalcon held in Washington D.C. from March 4 - 7; most notably, the creation of new design group aptly named "Design for Drupal". Read more »
Mohogo prank website
I was commissioned by film director Ryan Wood to build this prank website to coincide with the premiere of his film Fear of Girls 3, the latest installment of short films about the travails of being a role-playing gamer. Read more »
Giza Plateau Ouija Table
This is a prop I built for the Egypt 1929 : 2008 New Year's Eve Party. The piece was used in the "seance room" as a decoration.
The table itself was customized to be inset with Plexiglass and made into an Egyptian-themed Ouija board. Beneath the glass is a back lit golden scale replica of the entire Giza Plateau, including 9 pyramids, 5 temples, boat pits, walls, causeways, the Sphinx, and the eastern cemetery. Read more »
Guitar Wall - Secret Door!
My den is where I do drafting, video editing, programming, songwriting, and where I just hang out. To the casual observer, it's a just another finished basement with tacky wood paneling.
However, if you approach the music instruments hanging on the wall and pull on the neck of the guitar on the right you will have found the entrance to my bedroom! Read more »
Guthrie Theater: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream
I'm rather proud to be part of the crew that helped create the set and effects for A Midsummer Night's Dream, now playing at The Guthrie Theater. There is a very comprehensive review of our scene shop's production on the Star Tribune website, including a time-lapse video of the set load-in week. Read more »
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