Telepresence
posted: April 14, 2010
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Definition: Telepresence videoconferencing emulates in-person meetings with life-size images of remote participants. Specially constructed telepresence rooms provide the lighting, sound, acoustics, furniture and ambiance of a face-to-face meeting experience. Average Cost for a Conference-ready room: $300,000
This was a challenging and fun feature assignment for Stephanie Brockway at ComputerWorld magazine that was used for both a full page and cover. The assignment idea was to create two heads facing each other to illustrate the headline. One face is live and the other is half-embedded in a screen and virtual.
Sounds like a simple and straightforward assignment , yes?. Well, it was anything but simple for me. Every little design modification on the face or the hand seemed to tell a different story and I didn't want their teleconference to look like a lovers quarrel or the guy explaining how he crashed his company car. I sent my designs to Stephanie and she replied, "Great sketches, we love #4 and #6 and prefer #6 and please, include her ponytail". And it was that simple, thank you Stephanie and April!.
This was a challenging and fun feature assignment for Stephanie Brockway at ComputerWorld magazine that was used for both a full page and cover. The assignment idea was to create two heads facing each other to illustrate the headline. One face is live and the other is half-embedded in a screen and virtual.
Sounds like a simple and straightforward assignment , yes?. Well, it was anything but simple for me. Every little design modification on the face or the hand seemed to tell a different story and I didn't want their teleconference to look like a lovers quarrel or the guy explaining how he crashed his company car. I sent my designs to Stephanie and she replied, "Great sketches, we love #4 and #6 and prefer #6 and please, include her ponytail". And it was that simple, thank you Stephanie and April!.
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Adam McCauley April 14, 2010
Great! I love all the sketches too, love seeing how your strange and amazing mind works. Where's her ponytail?
Richard Downs April 14, 2010
Thank you, Adam!. I couldn't fit in the ponytail without pushing her head too far out so I solved the request by adding more hair, they were happy with the adjustment.
Victor Juhasz April 14, 2010
Super. Love the idea process, love the way you've treated the hair in the finish. But those eyes are freaking me out.
Douglas Fraser April 15, 2010
You're a texture fiend. Interesting process. You sketches are very structurally very exact.
Richard Downs April 15, 2010
Hey Victor, Thanks!. You, the guy who draws soldiers in combat maneuvers and, despicable business and political leaders and, I might add has adopted a few renegade pit bulls!. You're freaked out by a few eye balls? I don't buy it!. :)
Hi Doug, thank you, I come from a family of engineers and architects and I guess, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
