Here is my first attempt at building the creation I made previously in Rhino, The Great Deku Tree. As a side note I opted out of adding the mouth/moustache because I ended up making them much too small, and couldn't get them to a size good enough for crafting accurately as well as looking decent once on the sculpture.
Designing Cool Things
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Papercraft Object: Prototype
Papercraft Objects: Digital Sample
Originally I was planning on creating a few different prototypes of objects that I wanted to create, but realizing how big the one I first decided on was, I decided just to go with that one. Here is my rhino design for a recreation of the Great Deku Tree. It is one of the first Legend Of Zelda characters I was introduced to within the first Zelda game I ever played, and therefore became the most memorable for me. he is the guardian of the woods and known for being very wise- after all he is really, really old.
The model is a sort of cross between a couple versions of the great deck tree, because I wanted to personalize it. (Do to time constraints and workload, I didn't give myself enough time to add line differences for cut/score lines), but it still worked out well.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Papercraft Research ~ Zim & Zou
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Mesh Mashup Finale- The People Skates
I had lots of fun fancying up my people made roller skates, and decided to make it into a pair to make it more realistic. I took my original model back into Meshmixer to clean up the model (most notably the eyeball wheels), and learned the importance separating different parts of a model that you want to turn into different materials. I present to you, pictures captured for different moods, the finale of "skates made from people, for people." enjoy. or not, it's slightly creepy.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Mesh Mashup- Selection and Refinement
After our breakout room critiques, I decided to go with my "human" roller skates. the original concept was taking man made into the most literal form, creating an object that is made by people, and making it out of people. the main idea I wanted to build on for my refinement was how unsettling the skates become the more realistic that they are. I decided to try and make it more human-like.
Original Idea
Some simple additions were made, meant to create some extra unease, as the original build was but more intense.
Items From Thingiverse
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Mesh Mashup - Concept Generation
As an artist, I have become familiar with the idea of using others works for inspiration within my own artwork. with the idea of remix culture I have learned plenty of new information and have gained some ideas that are taken a step further, and literal pieces (not just the idea) of artwork are used in order to create new works.
I had a bit of a struggle approaching art from this new perspective, mostly with idea generation and how I wanted to place different objects and concepts together, but ended up having plenty of joy in creating my own builds. All of the objects are from thingiverse, with a few shapes here and there added from within tinkered.
Mashup 1: Tree of Knowledge
In many cultures and stories, plants and most specifically trees are known to hold knowledge. In the same way, books and the sharing of knowledge in general is an important part of being human, because we live through our own and others shared experiences and stories. For this mashup I decided to take that idea in a literal sense, putting the two together. I also found it a little ironic that we cause the destruction of one in order to create the other.
Tree- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2846782/files
Hatchet- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3792193/files
Book- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:975039/files
Mashup 2: Oily Tea
Convenience is not always a good thing. This is meant to show the clear crossover between a casual convenience, like pouring yourself a lovely cup of tea in the morning, and a negative convenience. Having oil widely available is nice, maybe. but not as much at the cost of the many, many tonnes of oil that gets spilled into oceans and freshwater completely destroying entire ecosystems and rendering perfectly good water useless. (that's what the fish bowl is meant to represent)
Teapot- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2984264/files
Fish Dish- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1213049/files
Oil- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3844765/files
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Objectified Response- Dyson Design
After watching the documentary Objectified, the one thing that intrigued me the most was definately the way in which Dyson vacuums are designed. (more specifically cordless ones) As they are explained in the film, they are for the most part made to more explicitly show the way in which they work quite clearly, which I think is pretty useful design-wise when it comes to vacuums. a good mix of addition to a design in order to show functionality, and simplicity to make it understandable. I decided to build a model of one of the many varying cordless designs, the one I like the most.
Papercraft Object: Prototype
Here is my first attempt at building the creation I made previously in Rhino, The Great Deku Tree. As a side note I opted out of adding the ...
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After watching the documentary Objectified, the one thing that intrigued me the most was definately the way in which Dyson vacuums are ...
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Doing research into papercraft designers and objects, I found myself incredibly drawn to the art of Zim & Zou a graphic design studio th...
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Here is my first attempt at building the creation I made previously in Rhino, The Great Deku Tree. As a side note I opted out of adding the ...