Tag Archives: design

Rose City Textiles Interior Visualization

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Rainport Visuals

I have just completed a visualization for a proposed retail space modification for Rose City Textiles in Portland. Working with Rose City Textiles, I presented the space after combining their retail and warehouse spaces. This style of shopping seeks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged 3d, architecture, Blender, design, Interior Design, Maya, modeling, Oregon, Portland, remodel, Remodeling, render, Stephen Palermini | Leave a comment

Pin Up Inspired Art

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

I have recently started doing a series of pin up inspired art. I’ve taken some classic pin up poses and reduced them to their basic lines and forms. I hope that I’ve imbued a sense of whimsy and fun, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged art, character, create, design, graphic, illustration, Illustrator, inspired, pin up, poster, simple, Stephen Palermini, Vancouver, Washington | Leave a comment

Augmented Reality and You

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

I’m always looking for new ideas and new ways to interact with people. I have just recently begun working with Augmented Reality and its ability to take people further into a piece of art, a story or a website. Imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged Animation, art, artists, Augmented Reality, Aurasma, book, comic, comic books, create, design, graphic, interactive experiences, photographs, remodel, simple, Vancouver, Washington, wedding, writers | Leave a comment

Hangin’ With My Gnomies

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

I was recently hired to do a T-Shirt design for the Garden Street United Methodist Church college group. I was asked to run with the idea of “Hangin’ With My Gnomies.” I used the idea of the biker patch to … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged Adobe, cartoon, character, church, design, garden gnome, gnome, graphic, Illustrator, Methodist, Stephen Palermini, T Shirt, Vancouver, Washington | Leave a comment

Childcare Retrofit

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

I recently completed a design and animation for a leadership class team at a national insurance company. The team was tasked with identifying an area of their building they wanted to change and craft those changes. The team wished to … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged 3d, Animation, architecture, Blender, blueprints, business, childcare, design, freelance, indoor play, insurance, Interior Design, leadership, leadership class, model, national, nursery, play area, remodel, render, Stephen Palermini | Leave a comment

Character Animation and Walk Cycles

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

My final project for my animation class this term was to create a 30 second walk cycle for a character. My initial thought for this project was to do an octopus. Knowing I had other projects on my plate this … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged 3d, After Effects, alien, Animation, cartoon, character, cycle, design, funny, greetings, images animations, Maya, modeling, render, simple, simplify, ufo, upstaged, Vancouver, walk, walk cycle, Washington, Washington State University, Washington State University-Vancouver | Leave a comment

The need to create

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

Sometimes the need to create is simply overwhelming. During this process of learning two new programs, Maya and SketchUp, I have often felt frustrated and stymied by my inability to create images the way I’m used to. This weekend I … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged 3d, architecture, Blender, create, design, digital portfolio, Interior Design, Maya, modeling, need, render, Vancouver, Washington | Leave a comment

Architecture Modeling in SketchUp

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

Over the last two weeks, I’ve had an assignment to model a piece of architecture that is important to me in some way. I chose to model Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Not only is this a great example of FLW’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged 3d, architecture, design, digital portfolio, Falling Water, Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Interior Design, modeling, Pennsylvania, render | Leave a comment

Modeling a Chair in Maya

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Rainport Visuals

After getting an Associate’s Degree from Walla Walla Community College in Civil Engineering Technology and working for the US Army Corps of Engineers for 3 1/2 years, I have gone back to school to finish my Bachelor’s Degree. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Continuing Thoughts | Tagged Chair, design, digital portfolio, Interior Design, Maya, modeling, render | Leave a comment

Ikea Inspiration

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Rainport Visuals

It always helps when you are energized by the projects you are working on. I love working on interiors. They offer many options and angles to work with. I was walking through Ikea the other day and happened across an … Continue reading →

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