EMOD DESIGN
P.O. Box 8671
Calabasas, CA 91372
email: [email protected]
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*In This Site: Artist Manga Group (a free art sharing program), and samples of emod design innovations, architecture, animation design, and story design.*


Welcome to emod design's web site. emod design is everything modern omni design, which is communications (anime/manga (animation/comics) and movie design concepts, as well as practical design (architectural, fashion, vehicle, equipment design). I am a do-it-because-I-love-it artist with a wide range of interests, including story writing, performance, and directing talents. I love practical concepts for architecture, with some interesting ideas on new construction techniques, and am developing several projects for societal improvement including a better type of coffee shop. My primary creation medium is computer graphics (regular and poster size prints), including 24” mechanical and architectural plans and elevations, 3D renders, fashion, animation design, and various art posters. I am interested in animation/movie design, and am looking for opportunities to provide concepts for intelligent projects. Also, I am interested in providing architectural, equipment, fashion design looks and tidbits. Please mail me if you have a project that might be of interest to emod design.

ARTIST MANGA GROUP (free art sharing group)

  emod design hosts a creative sharing program, in particular with those who love the medium of "manga", and "anime", the Japanese words and style for comics and animation artwork, but any enthusiastic artists who would like to share their creative efforts in any medium are welcomed to send in piece. All artwork will be kept on file at AMG, or Artist Manga Group, and when you send in a creative work it will be included in a scanned collection of other entries, and sent back to you via real mail so you can check out other creative people's creative ideas. To enter, send in a copy or original picture you have made on a max. 8 by 11 sheet, along with one stamp for a letter size return collection. Along with your entry, include your age, two or three of your favorite titles (comics, anime, whatever), and a brief description of yourself and your interests. If you can fit you picture into a 5" tall and 8" wide maximum, you may attach it to an email. Your profile and artwork will be kept on file, and used for possible joint works, (as interests and skill levels are matched up). All ages and skill levels welcome, with any variety of artistic interests such as models (send a picture of), a clip of writing on any subject, maybe an idea, a poem, a story line, or any creative tidbit you think is worth sharing. Small sketches welcome! Not all work sent in will be displayed in mail-back collection, but the best pieces from all recently received. A few of the most special pieces received may be added to an update to this web site. *Address below

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1998 AMG SPECIAL ENTRIES


 

    These are some special entries from AMG. From right to left are: Envelope characters, Gilbert Navarrete age 16 from Apple Valley California. Gilbert really goes all out for these envelope pictures, and they really stand out as great efforts. I really like the colors in these, and the one with the green around him is Gilbertís "self character". We can look forward to more great work from this enthusiastic artist. Keep 'em coming Gilbert! Next is "Oh My Goddess" character by Sabrina Moore, age 13 from West Hills California. This is truly an outstanding work by Sabrina, who at age 13 found the wisdom of xeroxing her line pencils, and then coloring them in. The composition on this piece is spectacular, and really displays a creative talent. Rating: Waaay cool! Last is "Sequoi" by Nemiku (me!) age 28 from West Hills California. This is a character I developed for my picture book in progress, "Visioner II - Rainy City" (preview in this web site)
    Artist Manga Group shares art freely with any people who enjoy sharing their art. All artwork sent in will be given freely away for people to enjoy sharing and getting feedback for their drawings, paintings, models, whatever, and all subjects and sizes welcome. If anyone would like a piece of artwork seen here, send a request via email or real mail describing which picture or file you would like, if you would like a print or data, and if you want a print you must mail in two stamps for each 8 by 11 of the picture you want. You can also order full poster size for some emod design pictures by Nemiku using a 300 dpi 24" color plotter (specify if you want full poster size, or specify a size in-between. Send five stamps to receive mail tube with poster inside.) If you want data, send in a zip disk with enough stamps to cover return postage (usually about 5 or 6 should do it, depending on envelope or package for disk you use to send in), and specify preferred data types (TIFF, BMP, JPEG, EPS etc. and preferred program i.e. FreeHand/Photoshop etc. and pc or mac) for bitmap and vector pieces. (Some files may not be available. Any extra stamps will be returned.)

NEMIKU'S ANIME/MANGA RECOMMENDATIONS: "Kiki's Delivery Service" - Now on sale in Video stores
Send your art entries or requests for pictures to:
Emod Artist Group ( Or if you are a manga artist, put Artist Manga Group or AMG)
P.O. Box 8671
Calabasas, CA 91372

"Visioner II - Rainy City". (Picture book in progress by Nemiku)


 This is a story about a world secretly being conquered by ancient demons, the original long time dominant life form of what was then not a universe, but a matrix of dimensional islands. These evil and fiercely combative creatures created and ruled the known format of existence for untold time, but then a product of their own creation emerged, and this creation was a scientist who was made to generate technology for the ancient demons. It so happened that he overthrew the demons, and recreated the whole of existence to his own design. The scientist, deciding that the universe should be based on love rather than endless combat, and that this way called "love" should be the perfect ruling power of the universe, he split the life energy of the ancient demons into positive and negative, or male and female, and based all life on a hierarchy of these split creatures. However, there were many mistakes and evils that were possible of this new format of life, necessitating a long and terrible program of the experience of these wrong things. So the scientist set the program in motion, however, some of the ancient demons found a way to resist being split by the scientist, and escaped into nether dimensions, quietly planning their reemergence into reality. Finally the demons found a way to enter the new reality, keeping concealed from detection by the evolving creatures of the new format, and thus began their plan to destroy the work of the renegade scientist.
 Now in this world where we find the Rainy City, the hidden demons had been working their evil for thousands of years, undermining the basis which made the creatures of the new format strong. Now at the end of a yet another terrible age for the evolving creatures, the demons had succeeded in corrupting most of the souls there, because the demons cleverly disguised their development and recruiting of evil slaves as the very basis of survival on that planet. Those that saw the evil, only saw it as children, and if they lasted longer in seeing the evil, even they were eventually turned from seeing it, because necessity and the inability to understand were long term effective. Only a rare few could refrain from joining in the way of evil, even if they did not understand it any more than the rest of the world, but for refraining from way of destruction to the soul, they were hated and rejected by the world. Being poor and driven out of every place, they became homeless, just sitting in various places, because there was nothing to do that was not evil. In the heart of Rainy City, which was the center of glory, power, and proliferation of the way of evil, there was one such homeless child who happened upon a retired mad scientist in the heart of the city, and from this relation emerged the second recorded incidence of the Visioner, known as the "TechnoVisioner". She, according to the plan of the doll maker, started the revolution of liberation for their kind...  those with true hearts.


MORE CONCEPTS BY emod design

 Fantasy architecture has always been a favorite of mine, and now with the use of computer 3D programs I can really let it hang out.  I call this file "emod house", and it includes a massive background and complex structure. I manage the file by hiding most of it when I am working on one part of it. I use Macromedia's Extreme 3D 2, which came with a terrific graphics studio including FreeHand. It is a lot of fun to use once you figure it out, and I have really enjoyed just scratching the surface of all I can do with it.

Most of my works start out where I draw key elements like figures on the drafting table, scan them, and then vectorize them in FreeHand, but this poster for "Visioner II -  Rainy City", was created from start to finish inside the computer. This picture is entirely vector, which means it is all path/shape identified information, rather than a bitmap, which is information per unit of resolution (image dots per inch or pixels). The advantage with object based files (vector) is that they are much smaller, faster to manipulate, and have many editing advantages. The advantage to bitmap type files is that many more effects and certain control over images can be done that cannot be achieved with vector. As technology improves however, we may see a closing of the effects and control gap between vector and bitmap.
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Here are some more samples of emod design. The first picture is a look at one of the rooms inside the "emod house" shown previously.  Next is a 3D design for a ship I call "Amagun". Next is an plan overview for the emod house.
 

METAHOUSE


    The gray wall picture is a concept sketch for my "MetaHouse" , the idea of which is to construct houses out of solid fiber plastic pieces with steel frame inside, making for a house structure with many advantages, including: collapse proof: (no matter what earthquake hits), theft safety: (every MetaHouse is built with super sturdy doors and windows with multi latch and auto steel shutter features, making MetaHouse a much tougher nut for theives to crack), maintenance: (all plumbing and electrical accessible by panels, ending the need to tear out walls for repairs and modifications. All parts (doors, windows, walls) are uniform replaceable parts with no-nonsense installation.) Living: (ultra noise protection from outside and next room noise, making family and communal living easier. There are no hard to clean cracks and crevices in a MetaHouse, no need to scrape and caulk, and no need to paint anything, inside or out on a MetaHouse (although optional). All variety of colors and textures are provided for interior and exterior panels.) Expansion: (Since MetaHouse structure is so sturdy and modular, rooms and sections can be stacked easily) Last ability : (No matter what earthquake or flood may occur, the basic structure of the house will remain intact, leaving you after a disaster with a home still that can be moved and reset by cranes and haulers, and fixtures replaced. Because of the ultra sturdy nature of MetaHouse, they will provide housing that lasts much longer, increasing the ratio of houses to people over time, and lessening homelessness. Also if there are needed changes to the neighborhood, the house can be disassembled and moved on trucks.) Construction and production: (Since MetaHouse are basically made from large interlocking pieces, once a site is graded, the basic house can be built in just a few days, with fixtures and utilities in additional time. Once the plans and production facilities are established, the parts that make up MetaHouses can be mass produced, reducing housing cost, and at the same time increasing quality and safety of homes.)
*Call for a complete explanation ~emod design (818) 313-8959
 

QUIET COFFEE CAFE

    Another project in concept phase is a new kind of social coffee house, where people who like quite requiring activities can come to get out of the house or office, and be with other people, yet take their work with them. The problem with today's coffee shop, is that any number of things from crying babies to inconsiderate people can prevent serious quiet work from being done, as well as ruin the enjoyment of a social outing combined with things such as art, study, writing, whatever. The idea of Quiet Coffee Cafe is to create a nice, public place to go, where its visitors understand the quiet nature of that place, as well as certain basic rules of consideration patrons must abide by. Consider the benefit to our societies of a public, social place to go to study, read, work on your business, draw, write, whatever,  where considerate people of all sorts understand and cooperate in not disturbing others with loud talking, tapping, and so on. It would be great to be able to get out the house, and bring work with you, such as a notebook or laptop, drawing paper and pencils, etc., and it would bring people together for this simple common goal of allowing one's fellow citizens to work on quiet things. My current idea is to call this "The Quiet Coffee Cafe", but I'm opened to any suggestions from investors who might be interested in funding this project. I am looking for any organization or individual to develop this cohesive benefit to our cities. Please contact emod design if you know of an interest in this project. ~emod design (818) 313-8959

email: [email protected]
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P.O. Box 8671