presence • 2D animated presentation

2D animated presentation for presence to be shown in the lobby of the public safety building in salt lake city, utah. in order to provide casual passersby with a quick synopsis of the process used to create the sculpture, the main body of the animation features a short section which repeats several times.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, animation, compositing, photo editing, copy editing, layout
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • completed artwork being installed

the public artwork presence in the process of being installed at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

photos: buster simpson

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, production/fabrication files, concept illustrations, pre-visualization

Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

voxel foot • 3D model & renderings

3D model & renderings of voxel foot proposed for the elliott bay seawall, seattle, washington.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, pre-visualization

Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

voxel joystick helmet • 3D model & rendering

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, animation
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • 3D model, renderings & compositing

3D model & renderings composited into the site model showing the new position for the sculpture due to site requirements — for the public art sculpture entitled presence at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, compositing, production/fabrication files
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • 3D model & renderings

revised 3D model and renderings showing final model including new collar design — for the public art sculpture entitled presence at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, pre-visualization, production/fabrication files, animation
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • 3D model, renderings & compositing

3D model & renderings composited into the site model — for the public art sculpture entitled presence at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, compositing, production/fabrication files
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • 3D model, renderings, technical drawings & production/fabrication files

3D model, renderings, technical drawings & production/fabrication files showing individual components labeled and color coded for fabrication — for the public art sculpture entitled presence at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, technical drawing, production/fabrication files
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

mobius vapor trail & colored wheels • 3D model & renderings

concept renderings for two proposed public art pieces for the ground transportation waiting area at sea-tac international airport, sea-tac, washington.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering
Clients: buster simpson–artist/designer & linda beaumont-artist/designer

bloomingdale park & trail • proposal layout

cover page from the 12-page public art proposal layout for bloomingdale park & trail in chicago, illinois.

Role: 3d modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, technical drawings, proposal layout, copy editing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

bloomingdale park & trail • 3D model & renderings

3D model & renderings for the proposed public art amenity in bloomingdale park & trail, chicago, illinois.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, compositing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

bloomingdale park & trail • 3D model & renderings

preliminary 3D model & concept renderings for bloomingdale park & trail in chicago, illinois.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

presence • photo editing & compositing

photo editing and compositing to produce numerous unique silhouette profiles from which eight final selections were made. the overall process I devised consisted of having 72 participants photographed in high contrast (photos: stephen keen) then dividing their silhouettes into six strata each in order to mix and match facial features to end up with a set of completely unique profiles to be used as the basis for the final sculpture. A total of 156,238,908 combinations were possible using this method — for the public art sculpture entitled presence to be sited at the public safety building in salt lake city, utah.

Role: photo editing, compositing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

recovery • 3D model, renderings & compositing

concept illustration showing 3D modeled renderings of tetrapods and root wads composited into site rendering (provided by project architects) – for public art at the u.s. army corps of engineers headquarters in seattle, washington.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, pre-visualization, compositing

Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

boise water table • proposal layout, compositing & additional modeling/rendering

layout, compositing & additional modeling/rendering for the four-page public art proposal boise water table for the city hall courtyard in boise, idaho.

Role: 3d modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, technical drawings, proposal layout, copy editing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

tectonic platter • proposal layout

two-page layout for the tectonic platter public art proposal for the city hall courtyard in boise, idaho.

Role: 3d modeling & rendering, concept illustrations, technical drawings, proposal layout, copy editing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

tectonic platter • 3D model, renderings & compositing

3D model, renderings, and compositing for the tectonic platter proposal for boise, idaho.

Role: 3D modeling & rendering, compositing
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

eat crow, cut bait • self-published book design, layout, photo restoration & copy editing

selected pages from the 80-page self-published book documenting buster simpson's fish and crow related artworks from the 1970s through the 2010s – printed by blurb.

Role: layout, copy editing, photo editing, photo restoration, production files
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer

portland south waterfront greenway • 3D model & renderings

Role: 3D modeling & rendering
Client: buster simpson–artist/designer