Psyche Inspired
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Psyche Inspired: Chris Vasquez
Chris Vasquez (Photo Credit: Chris Vasquez; Editing Credit: Abigail Weibel)
Institution: Arizona State University
Major: Drawing
Psyche Inspired Class: 2017-2018
Heavy Metal Light Show
Chris Vasquez
Major: drawing
Genre/Medium: wire and LED string lights
About the work: With Psyche, you never have to take down your holiday lights! Inspired by festive holiday light sculptures, I wanted to create something reminiscent of those while keeping true to the design of Psyche.
Psyche’s Journey to a Metal World
Caralie Cedarleaf (Text), Jeremy Seidner & Chris Vasquez (Illustrations), & John Domenico (Story Concept)
Majors: sculpture (Caralie); computer science (Jeremy); drawing (Chris); ceramics/materials science (John)
Genre/Medium: creative writing and digital illustration
About the work: This children’s coloring book tells the story of Psyche’s journey. Read the book online or download and print the full book to color the pages yourself:
Psyche’s Journey to a Metal World
(PDF: Regular – 3MB / Large – 39MB)
Mylar Psyche
Chris Vasquez
Major: drawing
Genre/Medium: Mylar and drawing
About the work: I created a custom Psyche asteroid Mylar balloon so you have the opportunity to see the metal body floating through space. Your party has never been more metal!
Hypercolor Psyche
Chris Vasquez
Major: drawing
Genre/Medium: illustration in Photoshop
About the work: This rendition of Psyche is based on the neon hypercolor, ultra-futuristic styling of 80’s movie posters and artwork. It depicts the portion of the mission in which the Psyche spacecraft will enter into orbit around the Psyche asteroid, gathering information while in an optimal zone to do so.
The Heart of Psyche
Chris Vasquez
Major: drawing
Genre/Medium: illustration in Photoshop
About the work: For this project I created an illustration depicting both Psyche the asteroid and Psyche the spacecraft. I drew the latter as an exploded diagram, with all the pieces orbiting/surrounding the asteroid as if it were the heart of the spacecraft. I intend to portray the importance and reason for the mission at a glance while also acknowledging the complexity of work being put in by all involved parties.
Papier Mache Psyche
Chris Vasquez and Kari Sanford
Major: drawing (Chris); engineering management (Kari)
Genre/Medium: wire, foam, paper
About the work: For this project we made a replica of the Psyche asteroid roughly the size of a laundry basket. We used a papier-mâché technique in order to achieve this goal, using wire, foam, and paper. This provides a tangible way for people to “interact” with the asteroid.
