Gren's Halloween

Last year at NYIT I graduated with my Bachelor in Fine Art/ Computer Graphics. This animation was done in about a month so it still needs many changes and tweaks here and there. It was honored Best Animation Project at the NYIT Animation Festival 2009. I hope you enjoy it!


Gren's Holloween- Youtube

Thank You!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone for all the appreciation! It definitely is a big motivation. It took me by surprise to see how much of a hit the wallpapers were yesterday! I want to let you all know that I will be creating more backgrounds. Ill be putting up around 3 backgrounds a month for you guys to enjoy on your android phones. Once again, thank you all so much and I love to hear your feedback! Also, special thanks to Droid-Life.com. They are and should be your "go-to" source for anything droid related!

Lakes On Fire

For the past couple of months I've had the pleasure to be working closely to a musical group from Brooklyn, New York. They are Lakes On Fire. We've been working on developing concept art designs for their album artwork. The Lakes On Fire artwork includes work from myself and Dawn Slavanski. We are close to production as Lakes On Fire is almost set to release their EP named Wake.

Follow them on bandcamp, myspace, or facebook!
lakesonfire.bandcamp.com/
myspace.com/lakesonfiremusic
facebook.com/#!/pages/Lakes-On-Fire/162996044890?v=wall&ref=ts

Droid Wallpapers

Hey guys! This is a very much needed update! It's been almost 2 months. I've decided to give you guys a treat. Here are 4 wallpapers I've created for your phones. I hope you guys enjoy them. Let me know what you think. I want to hear your opinions. From time to time I'll be posting images of my work. Make sure to check out my website johnv-velez.com!

another year over

There's a little over and hour left of 2009 and I use this moment to express some of my thoughts about the year and what's to come. 2009 was a an interesting year with many experiences. Through the good and the bad, I did learn a lot about myself this year.

Design is a very big part of my life now. This year I graduated from NYIT with a BFA in Fine Arts/Computer Graphics. I've taken some time to really analyze what I want to do with the skills I have acquired the past couple of years. I have witnessed that it has been difficult for many people to find a career in design. As difficult as it is, many people expect a job to land on their lap. Some go in different directions after they see the struggles. They finish school thinking design is going to give them the "big bucks".

I am proud of myself because I have surrounded myself with a team positive people that have helped me see many things I didn't before. Design isn't just a job for me anymore. Design is a lifestyle. It's crazy how people pass school with very little effort, and expect to get a job with just a portfolio. We need to have passion for what we do. When you take what you do and turn it into a lifestyle, it only gets easier. Everything runs much smoother. I only hope some take this advice and follow it because I know what it was like.

Now it's time to start of fresh. Many goals are set for the new year. Lets make 2010 great! Hope everyone has a great new years eve. Best of wishes for this year!

john-velez.com

Hey guys, you can check out my work at: john-velez.com

Droid Apps

After some looking around in the android market, I've found some very neat applications to add to my Droid. I've come up with a list of my personal favorite applications that I find essential and fun. I hope these are helpful. If you want to add some of your own feel free to comment.

FREE Applications found on Android Market

-Advanced Task Killer Free (kill your running applications to save battery life)
-Android Agenda Widget (Shows your calendar events on your home screen, very clean and nice looking)
-Backgrounds (hundreds of backgrounds to use as wallpapers, ability to save image or set as wallpaper)
-Pandora (Your personal radio)
-Twidroid (great twitter client for droid)
-Twidgit Lite (very nice and simple twitter widget to update your status)
-Weather Widgets (great looking temperature widget)
-Dolphin Browser (if you want multi-touch browser, "pinch and zoom")

PAID Applications on Android Market
-Beautiful Widgets (Best Temperature and Clock, inspired by HTC Sense UI)
-Beautiful Widgets 2 (Some Clock Widgets and SMS widget inspired by HTC Sense UI)
-Pure Calendar (great looking, add, remove, edit events on your homescreen)
-Pure Grid (calendar inspired by HTC Sense)
-Pure Messenger (great looking widget, shows gmail, sms, facebook, twitter, email messages on a homescreen widget)

Here are image examples of the listed android applications & widgets:

I worked on a very interesting project for a client who is starting up a very unique business. This is a mobile barber shop. He wanted to see how the work space could work inside of an RV bus. This is where I come in and show how this space would look like visually using 3D modeling. This is a very unique idea and I wish him the best of luck.

The project was created in AutoDesk Maya and rendered using mental ray. Here are 3 render examples.

Pocono Home

so my girlfriend and her brother have been spending some time trying to decorate their Pocono home for their family. I've been helping them and I decided to create some low poly 3d modeling of the room with different arrangements. This way they can get an idea of what it would look like visually and they don't have to waste time buying furniture that might not work. Here are some renders of the space.