David Balan

Dream

Let's step away from the jargon for a bit.

There was a time I was a dreamer, a wonderer, a darer. This is what came out of it: photo composites, posters, drone flights, and the first house I ever built in 3D. Nothing here has a problem statement. Click anything to see it big.

Athletes

A series on movement. Mostly basketball, one Serena.

Serena Williams mid-serve in a white dress, a swirl of motion circling her on a lavender field
Kobe Bryant mid-air in gold, wrapped by a purple snake, on an orange field
LeBron James in a gold Lakers jersey, a ring of motion circling him on a purple field
Michael Jordan mid-dunk on a red field, a motion arc trailing behind him
Kobe Bryant rising through purple smoke in a gold jersey
Jayson Tatum driving in a white Celtics jersey, a ring of motion arcing behind him on a dark green field

Composites

Exercises in surrealism and Afrofuturism. Nobody taught me; I learned by making the next one.

The Empire State Building rising from the open sea; below the waterline, a full moon over a city skyline at night
A giant KAWS Companion figure sitting over a forest road at dawn, cars approaching
A view through an airplane window onto mountains, a small figure crouched on the sill
Two giraffes wading in a flooded avenue under an elevated train, a wooden boat behind them
A coffee cup seen from above, turned into an island in a clear sea, clouds drifting across its rim
Iron Man flying over a purple canyon, lightning in his wake
A red moon framed by a tall cutout above a desert, a small figure walking toward it
A pyramid split into floating tiers above red dunes, two moons and lightning in a sand-coloured sky
A woman standing in shallow green sea beneath a mountain peak, dolphins leaping behind her
Elephants walking across the clouds above a mountain range, a crescent moon overhead
A woman's face above a bank of clouds, lightning striking around her
A lone walker in the dunes under a pink moon, a city skyline rising behind the ridge
Subway stairs leading up to sea and sky instead of the street
LeBron James in a Lakers jersey wearing a crown, light pouring from his eyes
A figure at a window looking out at a snowy mountain under a night sky
A phone camera bump turned into three helipads, helicopters landing under a full moon
A protester seen from behind with a fist raised, holding signs for Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Tony McDade, over an orange sun and brushstroke

Posters

All personal studies. No client, no brief.

A small red moon in a black sky, with lines of red type above it
A Moonlight poster: a man holding a boy afloat in the sea under a full moon
A poster for Supernova: a face in blue and magenta behind mirrored title type
A poster for 71 Seconds: a hooded figure holding a hammer against an American flag
A Kingsman poster: five people in suits beneath a gold logo, a cathedral behind them
A Star Wars poster: the Death Star above two figures facing off with red and blue lightsabers
A poster for 71 Seconds: a nail polish bottle spilling red above a city skyline
A Fast X poster: a car on a cliff beneath a huge blue planet

In the air

Drone flights over the city. Ten seconds each.

Looking straight down on a Manhattan block, traffic moving through the grid
Rising above a steel suspension bridge at dusk, the Manhattan skyline behind it
Sweeping along the bridge cables toward the river at dusk
Pulling back from the bridge across the river as the city lights come on
A ferry passing under the bridge at dusk, its wake trailing across the river
Looking straight down on an elevated train curving through a rail yard

The house

The first time I tried 3D: a sketch, a clay pass, then the render.

Line drawing of a modern two-storey house with a slanted roof
Grey clay render of the same house
The house rendered in white with a navy roof and a wood garage door

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