Family Room
A room in my parents’ house. A demonstration for a prospective client that later helped with my current occupation.
Ferry Terminal
One of many views of a future ferry terminal and boat basin.
Good Eats Kitchen
Studio kitchen from a popular television show. A bit of a challenge since no measurements were used, only the reference shots from the show.
Living Room
Another residential interior. Many measurements and pictures were used in creating this piece.
Building Exterior
Work in progress of the exterior of a building in Hoboken. Also my first experiment with using Vray for textures and lighting.
Tunnel
A proposed tunnel for a college. The client was worried that the tunnel would feel like a cave, though the rendering showed otherwise.
Zork White House
>You are West of a white house. There is a mailbox here.
Main Street
To garner interest in a client, this mock-up was created of the Main Street of the city. This illustrates a possibility of renovation to the area.
Franklin Gateway
One city requested a design for a more walkable area. This intersection acts as a gateway to that walkable community.
Gateway Map
One of a series of maps for a town-wide comprehensive plan. This particular one isn't exact, a sort of impressionist version of how the land will be utilized.
Villas Illustrations
A sketch was made by another individual. Rather than have them redo the sketch from scratch for another redesign, I augmented the sketch to the one below.
Catfish
Here, for fun, is a submission to an online photo manipulation forum with the theme of combining movies with the same actor/actress. Here I improved Catwoman by combining it with Swordfish.
This website
Surprise! I did this site, too. Provided a learning experience with jQuery.
Brookhaven2030
Website for the massive 20 year planning of the town of Brookhaven. The first time I’d done interactive elements like PHP forms, and LimeSurvey.
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Cedar Swamp Road
A small site detailing the redevelopment of Cedar Swamp Road in Glen Cove NY. A small site and my first experiment with a liquid layout.
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Staten Island West Shore
The mini site where people can get downloads relating to the plan. It is password protected so don’t try going there.
V. Baras Architects
Reworked existing site to flash for a smoother, more visually appealing, experience.
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Game Show Network
An example of a 10 second promo for GSN.
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techLive
An opening animation for the, now canceled, show, techLive.
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Good Eats Kitchen
A 360 view of the kitchen from the Food Network show "Good Eats". The audio and reference shots are from the episode Behind the Eats.
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About Mark E Curtis
I first got into the idea of computer generated imagery when I saw the video for Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. I was amazed how essentially a whole other world was created, like a parallel universe. Silly thing to get inspired by, but hey, I was 4. My fascination with computer generated art continued to flourish through my hobby of video games, which continues to this day. After a relatively unsuccessful attempt at learning to code in High School, I went back to focusing on creating the art. It was around then that I first dabbled in photo manipulation, slight touch-ups or silly jokes with images.
Upon graduating High School I traveled to York, Pennsylvania for my first taste of higher education. While I went specifically to study 3D, they dropped the course right as I had enrolled. I did, however, become better versed in multimedia. From web development to video editing, those two years ran through the gamut.
After graduation, a bit of a dry spell ensued, working retail for a couple of years, until I decided to go back to school. This time, my education would take me to Philadelphia.
Once in Philadelphia, I studied what I originally wanted to… 3D computer graphics. Again, my education was broader than just that one topic, as I learned techniques for animation, both in the traditional and more modern sense. Even my previous retail experience came in handy as I got a job with the same company while attending school.
After my second stint in College, I went back home and got a job doing websites and layout with the same person I worked with at my first design oriented job. After a few months, I got an opportunity in New York where I am today. My multi-disciplinary history has my days ranging from working on the various media shown on this site.
