Week 14 - Milestone Projects

Very First Assignment - Build a Building

Looking back at this very first assignment I remember how frustrating it was to try and make something in a software I  knew so little about using. If I were to redo this assignment now, it would be a much smoother (and more organized) process, and I would know how to better use reference images to increase accuracy.


Project 1 - Laser cutting

The laser cutting project was such a blast, and I love how the final piece turned out. I think it's funny how much more intuitive I found Rhino as a vector drawing program than Illustrator, which I was also learning to use at the time. Rhino's incredible snapping system have forever branded my usual Adobe software a tragic disappointment in comparison. Most of the art I do is digital, and I really love opportunities like this project to bring my digital work into the word as a real physical object.  As for doing part of this project differently, I would really just want more practice working in this style, to get better at designing for physical layering.


Model an Organic Object

The biggest aspect of this project I will take forward is how easy it is to 3D scan! I still find Rhino's organic modeling tools quite difficult to work with, and if I were to redo this project I would probably want to use it as an opportunity to learn some of Blender's sculpture tools.


Project 2 - Reverse Engineered Object

This project was a really fantastic way to spend time getting really comfortable using Rhino. If I were to do it again I would try to make sure all the pieces I modeled were proportioned correctly against each other and fit together, even if that meant straying from the measurements I got for each individual piece. It would also be cool to try out some better rendering software, either a Rhino plugin, or an entirely different program, to get some more quality renders.

 

Project 3 - 3D Printing

I came into this class incredibly excited to try out 3D printing and I was not disappointed! It was awesome to learn how the 3D printing process works, and to apply it to making something really cool. I would still love to have my own 3D printer someday, and now I actually know how to make something to 3D print. I both really like how my little spaceman turned out, and have so many ideas for what I would change next time around! If I were to redo this project I would focus more on the functionality of the joints, following my references much closer, and I would make the whole thing way bigger so it isn't such a pain to string in the end.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Project 2 - Object Options

Image
It took me quite a while to find some good objects for this project. I ended up going to a thrift store to look for some things that would work and seeing objects I liked that we already had but I hadn't remembered about when looking around at home. I ended up finding 3 random objects around the house that seemed like they could all work quite well for this project. The first object I found was this small music box. It one of that random knick knacks I have kept in a desk drawer because I like them. It looks like I could probably take it apart without damaging it with a screwdriver. The next object is this apple peeler. I found the kitchen seemed to be the best place to find random mechanical objects made up of different parts. The last object is this small manual ice cream maker. This one is the easiest to take apart and put back together because it doesn't require any screws.
Read more

Project 2 - Building Object

Image
The object I am recreating digitally for this project is this music box. I started by disassembling it into all its separate components. Most of the modelling was pretty simple, starting by drawing in 2D using measurements from the object. Then I was able to extrude the 2D drawings into 3D shapes. I did a mixture of building the shape of the object and building the negative shapes to subtract from the object. For the "drum" of the music box, I tried giving it a different song. I used a website  that works like a digital music box and found a song I liked.  I used a screenshot of the song and the "comb" I had modelled as references for where to put the bumps on the drum that hit the "keys" of the music box. In order to get the 2D representation of the song onto the cyclical "drum" I had to first use the unwrap command  to get a flat plane the exact size of the outside of the cylinder. I then took the pattern of bumps that I modelled and used the f
Read more