Category: Design

Star Tours, an attraction at Disneyland, was recently revamped and updated with new technology after being a popular attraction for decades. The new ride, set during the time between the new and old trilogies, is now 3D, and has a segmented story that is randomly selected each time resulting in a slightly different experience.

There 5 elements that are randomly selected and put together:

• The opening sequence has 2 variations
• The first planet that is visited has 3 variations
• The rebel alliance messenger scene has 3 variations
• And the final destination has 3 variations.

This creates a total of 54 combinations for this attraction.

Naturally, to maximize the enjoyment of the experience, I created a check-list with all possible combinations to keep track of my progress each time I go to Disneyland.

Hopefully I can experience all combinations before my Disneyland pass expires, however I find this highly dubious since I visit far less frequently than once a week…

I’ve been meaning to post the iPhone 5 vector for a while now. I also have some older iPhone 4 vectors that I have also been meaning to post.

I am most pleased with the way the “hero” illustration turned out. The iPhone 4 reverse is okay, but chrome like finish of the Apple logo and writing is a hard look to try to represent on a flat static display.

Phone 5, Front View, Black

iPhone 4/4s, Hero View

iPhone 4/4s, Back

I just started rereading all the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books which I haven’t read since I was in high school. Although it has the words “DON’T PANIC” in large, friendly letters on the cover, I’ve always been partial to the green character that is on the front of many of the books.

It turns out that this friendly little character is named the “Cosmic Cutie.” What I also didn’t know is that Douglas Adams vehemently disliked him, and tried very hard to disassociate him with the franchise. It turns out that when the books were first published in the United States, the publisher felt that having this green character on the front of each book would help the readers know that these books are part of the same series.

Even if Douglas Adams didn’t care for him, it’s too late and many of us fans have become fond of the little guy. The version you see above was made in Illustrator. I then took him and superimposed him upon a star field for a nifty iPhone background. Maybe not as neat as digital wristwatches, but pretty fun none-the-less.