Art Projects

Sketches and Schematics

Growing up, I watched a lot of sci-fi and fantasy movies with my dad. Along with building LEGO sets as a little kid, these were formative experiences for my creativity, both on the technical side as well as the, albeit less-present, artistic side, particularly in drawing. I’ve come to appreciate how much engineering and other fields make use of both sides.

Sketch of the Master Chief and the Arbiter from the Halo video game series.

Sketchbook Highlights

Here are some of my favorites, compiled in a sketchbook I started in freshman year!

Sketch of Gen 2 Light Cycle from the Tron movie series.

Residential Architecture Portfolio

In 12th grade, I took a residential drafting/architecture class. I learned basic drafting techniques and conventions, and worked on the capstone project of designing a house that meets building codes in my hometown of Alhambra, California.

Overhead photo of physical model of the house Jacob designed.

Music Mixing

In my junior year of high school, the Halo video game series had its twentieth anniversary. While I had previously dabbled in YouTube videomaking (and when I say dabbled, I really mean it haha), I felt inspired to make more of a hobby of YouTube, by creating mixes of my favorite video game and film soundtracks, starting with Halo before moving onto a much larger variety.

Image of video thumbnail for Adventure Anthologies Volume III, a medley of film soundtracks.

Terra Cubus

Although I’ve created a handful of other non-music-focused videos, using the free, open-source editing platform Shotcut, my proudest YouTube video - and still my proudest personal project - is a tour of Terra Cubus. This is a giant kingdom I built in Minecraft over the course of two years, following shutdowns during COVID-19.