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Ian's Artwork
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Besides computer graphics and web sites, I have an artistic bent that has seen me experiment with various media over
the years. This section highlights a few samples of my artwork and designs.
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Artwork in Various Media
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This section contains samples of finished art pieces in various media such as pencil, pen, airbrush, sculpture, even computer generated art. Click any image to view a larger, more detailed image.
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Engine drawing (pencil, 1978)
This was drawn during my teenage years when I flew model airplanes, and the full drawing shows the engine completely disassembled.
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Radio drawing (technical pen, 1984)
I liked the challenge of recreating the mesh over the speaker, plus I was experimenting with various ways of drawing shadows.
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Eye airbrush painting (airbrush, 1984)
This was my first ever experiment with using an airbrush. As I didn't want to also use a pen, I airbrushed a simple eyebrow and left out the eyelashes.
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House drawing (pencil, 1985)
I liked this house because of the curved arch over the main window and the intricate roofline details that reminded me of my parent's home.
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Circle drawing (technical pen, 1985)
What started out as a bit of arty / technical doodling spread out to fill the whole page and came out rather nicely.
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Ian hand castings (plaster castings, 1989)
I wanted to capture the natural "expressiveness" of my hands. The moulds were made by painting my hands with hot wax. (I've since discovered less painful methods).
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Chain image (computer generated, 1993)
To produce this experimental computer image of a chain, I wrote a program to generate the mathematical data describing the links for a ray-tracing program.
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Inge drawing (ball point pen, 1994)
I find that a ball point pen is wonderful for drawing details like hair. (This image is from a photocopy, so it doesn't do justice to the original drawing).
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Pentium pendant (hand-made pendant, 2000)
I made this pendant from a (until recently) working Pentium CPU. A reminder of beauty that is sometimes hidden beneath the surface.
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Calligraphy letter M (fountain pen, 2002)
You may have noticed the calligraphy headings used throughout this web site. I've always loved penmanship, and used a fountain pen even in secondary school.
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Ian Knot diagram (sketched 1994, enhanced 2000, optimized 2004)
When I set up the web site for my Ian Knot, the World's Fastest Shoelace Knot, I scanned and coloured in my original 1994 drawings.
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Manufacturing / Printing Designs
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This section contains samples of items that I have designed and drawn either for printing or for manufacture. Click any image to view a larger, more detailed image.
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Sovereign coin advertisement (technical pen artwork, 1984)
I created six illustrations of sovereign gold goins for use in advertisements. A cutout was used to turn any coin illustration into a pendant.
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3 Buck Note leaflet (technical pen artwork, 1983)
These leaflets were designed to look much like the Australian banknotes of the era (which have since changed substantially).
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3 Buck Coin (technical pen design, 1986)
Following the success of the above 3-Buck notes, the Australian currency once again inspired the design of our 3-Buck novelty coin.
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Diamond ring drawing (ball point pen design, circa 1987)
During my years working as a precious metals merchant, I designed numerous diamond rings to customers' requirements and had them manufactured by jewellers.
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Gold dragon trinket (wax sculpture / gold casting, 1993)
I carved the master for this tiny dragon trinket from a special wax which was then used to make a mould for the final gold casting.
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House extension plan (computer designed plans, 1998)
I drew an accurate floor plan of our existing house using computer. This was then easily modified to create plans for our house extension.
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Salera's catalogue (image editing / desktop publishing, 2005)
After setting up in-house desktop publishing, I subsequently produced numerous high quality jewellery catalogues (eight in one year alone!).
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Ian's Logo Designs
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This section contains samples of logos that I have designed or drawn up either for myself or for others. Click any image to view a larger, more detailed image.
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Ian's personal logo (circa 1980)
My first logo design was for myself; it spells out "I-A-N" in 3-D. You can see I was experimenting with 3-D graphics at the time.
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Australian Gold Exchange logo (1983)
We wanted a bold "A-G-E" logo that was suitable for stamping onto bullion bars. This logo is also symmetrical in that it reads the same upside down.
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Adelaide Coin Exchange logo (1984)
Whilst the shape of this logo has nothing to do with the coin business, it guarantees that the company's initials "A-C-E" will be remembered.
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Australian Coin Dealers Association logo (1986)
In this instance, the design was not just inspired by, but in fact was largely copied from, a traditional Australian coin from 1937.
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Thomas Timber Designs logo (1988)
This was designed to look like a traditional brass plaque, and in fact such plaques would be affixed to their furniture.
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SayData Business Services logo (1988)
SayData was a business that supplied computing solutions. This logo represented the customers' transition to computing.
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E&F Computer Services logo (1990)
As this business followed on from SayData, I maintained a similar "digitised" style representing the transition to computing.
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The Spa Works logo (1991)
The overall rounded shape was representative of plumbing, whilst the old-fashioned faucets lent a traditional air to this design.
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Ray's personal logo (1999)
My nephew Raymond was impressed by my personal "IAN" logo and asked me to design a similar 3-D one with either his name or initials.
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This page last updated: 29-Aug-2010. Copyright © 2005-2010 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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