WCC05 participants, look for Felix's..., Automotive Art & Design Certificate Options

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Before you toss that piece of paper one of you will win, I want to explain what you won... This is my contribution to the WCC05 charity and I thought it would be cool to do a sketch for a fellow 914 owner.

A little about me: I had an early passion for art and excelled into high school. I took a break from art focusing instead on police law, engineering prep, and partying. After 4 years of junior college (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) my old friend Ron convinced me not transfer to SJ State for an engineering degree and instead attend the Art Center College of Design with him to study Transportation Design. It was not the best financial decision because I had a Cal grant for a State College and not for a private school. We spent the night putting a portfolio together and driving the next day to Pasadena to drop them off with our applications. A few weeks later, I was accepted and he was not. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif) This was in the early 80's when I began to build my V8 914.

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QUOTE (teenrookie @ Apr 21 2005, 07:16 AM)

Felix- What a gift!! Are you a freelance artist or do you work for a firm? I used to do facility management for three different automotive design studios (Toyota, Ford and Mazda)  Your work is definately on par with what I have seen there over the years. So did you friend become a cop? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

Thanks,
getting into a California design studio takes ALL three of: talent, timing, and showmanship. I could have pushed for a job in Detroit but was too Cali oriented at the time.

My only professonal transportation design work was an airport bus for Gillig. It was really fun since they never had an in-house designer and they gave me full design freedom (within mechanical constraints). They sent me to England where the interior panels were manufactured, Texas manufacturing plant, Colorado for the front and rear caps, and to Germany for the huge annual Transportation Show. I was lured away from aesthetic design to the now ailing semiconductor industry where I remain today... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

I was the one who got a cert in Admin of Justice but never pursued that field.

My current plans are to make Neo914 SEMA worthy to open doors for design opportunities...