Welcome to the official consolidated portfolio website of Julius A. von Brunk: an eccentric multimedia artist based out of the New York metro! In this website, you’ll find a collection of various graphics that I’ve designed both professionally and freelance over the past years. My graphic design talents are very diverse and can include both technical and creative work, as well as for both web and print. Regarding experience, I’ve been consistently working as a graphic artist for various companies in the New York City region since early 2010. Prior to my migration from Central Pennsylvania, I’ve done numerous freelance projects for clients on a smaller scale. My primary professional job tasks have generally included package layout design via Adobe Illustrator, as well as creating virtual and hard-copy mockups of new products for major retailers. I am well-adept with following branding guidelines — such as style guides, logos, company Pantone colors, and retail displays.
Package design is specifically my strongest talent, and in the past I’ve designed multiple consumer goods packaging for a variety of items, including small electronics, cell phone accessories, sporting goods, and promotional giveaways. As a personal hobby, I’m an adult fan of LEGO, and I’ve created dozens of large and elaborate sculptures with said medium — some of which have gained quite a bit of notoriety, notably my Nintendo-related projects which have been been featured in Nintendo Power and exhibited at Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center. One of my most ambitious projects was a large 5-foot replica of an NES controller, which uses thousands of LEGO bricks and is actually wired to function. I’m also an independent photographer with a Nikon D5200 and a variety of lens types. My usage of camera equipment is more than just a hobby, as I often incorporate it for product photography in my jobs. All content on this website was created by me, unless specified.
Background photo: “Brooklyn Bridge” taken by Julius von Brunk. Widget area photo: “Manhattan Bridge” by Julius von Brunk.Some ideas for uniforms.This is what’s in her walkman in case you were wondering. Some one on /tg/ requested some Ice Planet 2002. And as previously indicated I like the theme. I have some asks I guess I should reply to. I’ll post some sketches too Shields with snakes on them. Character commission for a role-playing game. Backstory: Due to her extaordinary talents in conjuration she was once on the fast track to becoming arch-mage, receiving training at the prestigious Royal Conservatory, but she was expelled on account of her care-free attitude. Now she gets by putting her abilities to use busking. Some say it’s a waste of talent but she’s probably happier this way. Cadets at the Military Academy spend all day studying martial arts and doing calisthenics. Here are two members in their sparring gear. They have a reputation for being a bit hot-headed and arrogant but one day they will become elite soldiers.
Wizard houses part 2. I’m having a hard time bridging the gap between how my pieces are turning out versus how they look in my head (which is a frustrating problem not just for artists). Sun Tzu says in the Art of War that if you go to battle and seek to win you will inevitably be defeated, but a victorious general has already won before he rides to battle. The planning and preparations are what lead to victory, not the fighting itself. By not having the toolkit to steer myself in the right direction early on I’m rolling the dice on whether or not my painting will turn out good. So what I’ve been doing is spending some time setting up a library of custom textures and brushes that will facilitate the process of getting the look I’m going for. These are some experiments I’ve done as I’m refining these tools, but it’s amazing how once you get your tools set up to suit your needs, painting suddenly starts feeling like pushing a hot knife through butter.Been doing these to warm up every day.
The point isn’t to make good paintings, but just to make observations.Items 1 to 60 of 181 Items 1 to 60 of 181On Saturday, August 25, 2007, members of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group converged at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, CA. The meeting was primarily supposed to be about LEGO Space, and most of the members brought space-related models to show. Charles and Adrienne stole the show with a huge arrangement of microscale spaceships and a dramatic centerpiece: a giant red and white Bellville/space/castle mashup, which converted at the touch of a hand from a dramatic castle to a viciously armed spaceship! Other models featured were Jim’s version of the pneum-ADD-ic machine (design by Kevin Clague) from the book LEGO Mindstorms Masterpieces, Jeremy’s Mindstorms and Technic models, Kevin’s Star Wars base (on the ice planet Hoth, from The Empire Strikes Back), John’s medieval half-church, a desert train diorama by CJ, and a miniature downtown by yours truly.
We have talked about having more meetings there, perhaps with a bit more promotion, either later this year or early next year. Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or view a slideshow of the photos. LEGO has been doing these “Yoda build events” all around the country as promotions for their retail stores. We finally got a chance to participate in one! Members of BayLUG spent most of the weekend of July 20 and 21 helping out with this project. A Master Builder from LEGO, Stephen Gerling, was on hand to construct the giant LEGO sculpture of Yoda from Star Wars. It was based on a smaller model built almost entirely out of 2×4 bricks in brown, tan, and sand green colors. To build the giant sculpture, kids were invited to come and construct giant LEGO bricks. Each brick was 8x16x4, or exactly 4x in each dimension the size of a standard 2×4 brick. Lots of 2×4 and 2×8 bricks in each of the three colors were on hand, and laminated instruction cards were set out for the kids to follow.
We ended up with many many bins full of the giant bricks, which were used to construct the Yoda sculpture. In fact we had plenty of bricks left over, so at the end we took the instructions away and just let the kids build whatever they wanted. The event was a lot of fun. We didn’t get paid, but we got some very special deals on bricks from the store to compensate for our time :-) My LEGO club, BayLUG, has been honored to be able to display some of our work at the local LEGO stores. We are doubly fortunate in that we are the only LEGO user group in the neighborhood of not one, but two LEGO stores: Hillsdale Shopping Center and Valley Fair Mall. It can be a bit of a challenge sometimes coming up with two different displays, so sometimes we will cycle them from one store to the other. The last few times we’ve put in a display I have taken pictures using my cell phone camera, but never got around to blogging about them. So instead of having one post for each installation, I’m posting just one entry to cover all of them.
There are several dioramas represented here: A “Save 9V Trains” display, featuring several train models on shelves to show what is possible using our favorite train technology. Installed 1/13/2007 at Valley Fair. Undersea diorama by Mathew, with various club members adding boats and other small models to complete the display. Installed 5/30/2007 at Valley Fair. A microscale town, featuring Russell’s COIT tower and several small buildings and vehicles by Loren. Installed 6/2/2007 at Hillsdale. We’ll be installing new displays in both stores soon, so watch this space. I’ll try to be more reliable about blogging them… This blog entry corresponds to two photosets on Flickr, so click each of the big pictures to go to the corresponding set page on Flickr, or view the Save 9V Trains slideshow (just 2 pictures), the Underwater slideshow, or the Microscale Town slideshow. The BayLTC meeting in May, 2002, was to plan for the upcoming train show. Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or click on an individual photo.