Related Video

http://youtu.be/UqQCWNiH4Ks

This video is about a metal worker in the United States. He relates to what I'm trying to convey in my model as his art is about taking something raw and simple and making it into something beautiful.

Update

Just an update on my sketchup model after week 3 work

Sketchup Model with 3 Textures

This is the workspace and stairs for Shinya Kimura with my "Solid" texture applied to the walls and "Shiny"texture applied to the stairs themselves.

This is Antonio Stradivari's workspace and stairs with the "Dull" texture applied to the the walls and floor to represent wood.

36 Textures

Stairs (Preliminary)

The two words are "fast" for Kimura and "fine" for Stradivari

 The top image is the one I have used for the sketchup model. The words are "Fast" for Shinya Kimura (above ground), and "Fine" for Antonio Stradivari (below ground)

Shinya Kimura

Bike Art

N - hard, V - flowing, A - loud

Stradivarius Violin Etching

N - Wood, V - innovating, A - delicate

Jiro Ono Sushi

N - food, V - slicing, A - soft

New Years Eve

This is a photo of a New Years Eve firework. What is interesting is that the blur effect is completely accidental, the camera was moving as the shot was taken and the camera couldn't fully focus. However, it did manage to focus on the firework itself which has created an interesting picture, almost as if it's professionally done and has had after effects added.

Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa. The tallest building in the world. It is both an amazing feat of engineering and architecture. To hold such a huge amount of steel, concrete and glass up, a large amount of engineering and architectural designs were incorporated, from the simple "step" structuring - as the tower goes up, at certain point there is a step inwards so that it takes on the shape of a steeple - to the innovation of a new structural system known as a buttressed core.
As you can see, it also creates an immense contrast with the landscape. The tallest, newest and arguably one of the most expensive buildings in the world in a desert...

Peacock Feathers

Artwork; Andrew McDonald; 2006

This piece was done during Visual Arts in Year 7 at school. It was done using colour pastels and watercolours. Although done a long time ago, it remains my best piece of art so far (mainly due to the fact that I didn't do art after Year 8).