My Buddies Albert Ng, John Park and Ben Mauro were doing a form language exploration, and I was feeling inspired to join. So this mini project is a response to their assignment. Truth be told, however, I don’t think that I actually followed the exact assignment as I picked my own inspiration and ran with it! I figured the more random, the better!

This insect began with a sketch exploration in brush pen that was inspired by a piece of ginger I had. I broke down the main form concepts found in the root, did a few studies then began the ideation phase. (If you are skeptical about whether or not ideation is a real word, like I was, you can find it being widely used in many design cultures like entertainment, automotive and product design, where it can be easily adopted).  In the end, this concept was a blast to create. The creature started to take on a life of its own and happy accidents helped make this journey loads of fun.

Below are some ideation sketches for this creature and also a series of vehicle designs I had.