Loren John Presley
Author, Artist, Autism Advocate
Hello and welcome to my world of imagination and adventure...
I'm a young author of children's and young adult books that aim to be unique and inspiring. I've been writing ever since I was six years old, always striving to express my imagination as a story teller.
Aside from writing, I also illustrate my books. I love to draw, whether it be on paper, on the computer, or 3d imaging.
I also have autism. I was diagnosed when I was fourteen, and thanks to good teachers, good family, good friends, and my undying will to be able to function in my environment, I can more easily communicate and reach out to my fellow human beings.
Here, you'll find some information on a couple of my books that have been published, as well as some of my other acheivements. Through everything I accomplish, my utmost important goal is to give insight to others through my unique perspective; to communicate a special message through my imagination and experiences...
Loren John Presley
Now, with the purchase of either The Anastasia Project or Starship One, 30% of the proceeds go to help a family in need of keeping their home!
With the economy recovering from recession, the homes of many families are still threatened by the inability to meet the demands of mortage payments or property taxes. One of these families are special friends of mine, and I'm raising a fund to help them get by. With every book I sell, I'm personally giving 30% to my friends. By purchasing my books, not only do I wish you a good read and a unique adventure, but I thank you for helping me support my friends, the Voydas, in Pennsylvania.
Be well, everyone.
Loren John Presley
-Books-
Second Edition
-My Robot, NINA-
NINA is a large scale robotic's project I'm working on with a friend. I originally planned to finish her before the end of October, 2008, but I ran out of funding, time, and resources. I'm continuing my work on NINA. The building process is slow, but hopefully I and my friend will get a good deal done this year!
So far, NINA is able to analyze data through a rudimentary computer vision system, hold a very limited conversation with me through speech recognition and voice synthesis, and will hopefully one day be able to accomplish a variety of tasks around the house, such as serving refeshments to guest. Hopefully, NINA will also be able to nightgaurd the house while the family's gone, and maybe even detect dangerous household fires. The whole goal behind her is she's an expandable project to fit different niches.
-What is Autism?-
Autism is a neurological condition so vast and complicated that it's difficult to explain. But in a nutshell, it's a condition that appears in early childhood and effects the senses. Here, I talk a little bit about autism and how it effects me personally...
-My Career as a Graphic Artist-
Recently, I've taken up a career in Graphic Deisgn. I do Book Illustrations, Logotypes, Buisiness Cards, Tabloids, and even animations.
Some jobs I've been offered to do are illustrating a short story about a girl who wants wings (a book in the works by a close friend of mine), doing graphics for baby showers, and creating an animated version of the book, "Curvy Herbie and Straight Nate - A lesson in Curved Line Thinking," which is a book written to students with autism.
Here are a few samples of my work. I'm up for hire, so if you have a small business and are in need of business cards or a logotype, or if you'd like to hire me to do a poster with a special theme, have a book you'd like illustrated, or maybe even an animation, I can do it!
