CONCEPT ART + GRAPHIC DESIGN, 2023
NASA ASSAULT RIFLE
NASA'S ETHOS WAS REFLECTED IN ITS ROCKETS, ROVERS, & DATA. OF COURSE, THAT WAS DURING THE SCIENTIFIC ERA THAT PERISHED WHEN WE ARRIVED ON MARS. AN AGE BEFORE EUROPA WAS COLONIZED, CONJURING MILLIONS OF MILES OF TREACHEROUS BORDERS. INVISIBLE LINES STREAKED ACROSS AN UNFATHOMABLE AND UNGUARDED SPACE THAT ONLY BREWED DISCORD. CONFLICTS THAT SOUGHT TO STARVE THEIR NEIGHBORS LIKE VERMIN, BLOCKADING THEIR FOOD & FUEL. AS BASTIAT SAID, "WHEN GOODS DON'T CROSS BORDERS. SOLDIERS WILL."
ONE OF THE MANY WEAPONS DEVELOPED BY NASA FOR THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE, THE NAR, A STANDARD ISSUE RIFLE IN THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE, IS HIGHLY TEMPERATURE RESISTANT, LIGHTWEIGHT, & BATTERY POWERED.
WHEN THE BARREL BEGINS TO OVERHEAT, PRESS THE GAS RELEASE (ILLUMINATED) BUTTON TO EXPEL HEAT.
THE CHARGING CONTACTS MUST BE FIRMLY SITUATED ON THE CHARGING STATION FOR PROPER CONNECTIVITY. GREEN LIGHTS TURN ORANGE WHEN CHARGING.
EXTENDABLE STOCK
I WANTED TO APPROACH THE NAR'S DESIGN WITH THE SHAPE LANGUAGE BEING THE PRIMARY FOCUS. IT NEEDED TO BE INTERESTING BUT PRACTICAL. AS SHOWN IN THE INITIAL THUMBNAILS, I BEGAN WITH SILHOUETTES AS THE FOUNDATION.
