Chunks and Bits

 Here is my second report of progress so far. I made pretty good headway into this, and so far I've only gotten stuck on one object. It's been a little slower then I want, but currently I'm super busy so I'll forgive myself a bit :'D I'm almost complete all the internal workings of the watergun! The biggest challenge so far was shaping the trigger- it had a very clear flat and curved side of the rectangular shape that I had to figure out. There was also getting it bent to the closest degree I could to the real thing. The spring was relatively simple thanks to the tutorials in class. As for the 'plumbing' its mostly just tedious work of creating tubes, shelling them, and lofting some other shapes. It's easy and I usually do a few minutes of it after other work. Close ups of the newer pieces: Here's a quick shot of the real things: And finally, to end this blog, here's what I have left to do: The red plug is giving lots of trouble. It's lik...

 Here is the finished product of our surface design project. Below, is my greyscale rendition of my previously colorful design.  And now the printed version!: As you can see, it's already on my wall. I really love how it turned out! The only error I can see is that the darkest part, which was burned off the most, spread charcoal out. I wasn't sure how to clean it with out further rubbing it in and staining the wood, so I left it be. Honestly I love this design more in these more natural colors, it turned out so charming. I would love to work with the laser cutter more in the future :>

 This week has been very hectic, but I still managed to do decent groundwork for this project. I mostly focused on mapping out and figuring out commands I could use, and getting used to the digital calipers. Here's all I've gotten done so far! First I got down basic measurements for every single piece. Of course I will be double checking as I work, but this really helped me break it down and make it look less intimidating. The casing is definitely going to be the hardest part. Lots of filleting, smoothing, and working with curves. Plus, it should be accurate enough to snugly hold the spring cage in it the framing meant for it. I did manage to get some of the shapes into Rhino and mess with rendering a bit. There are small intricacies I'd like to add, like little ridges of plastic and making sure it's evenly hollow throughout. These will be revisited later, as right now I just wanted a base to work from. I honestly can't wait to see how the clear plastic will look re...

 For this project, we will be taking apart an object, dissecting its parts, then measuring each part and putting it into Rhino! Here is what I have selected: °\(^▿^)/° For this project I was super interested in taking apart an old piece of tech. So I went to the thrift store and did some digging. My first find was simple- a cassette tape! I think it will be my first choice in the end, out of all my objects. Also, if you have good eyes, you will see my cats paw in one of the corners :> Second is a choice I'm on the fence about. With this object, it would depend on how complex the inside ends up being. I really like all the clicky buttons and chunky shape, so if things work out I would totally work with it. Here's my 'if all else fails' pick! Though I still think this would be fun to dissect then put back together. Of course I still like the bright neon colours and think the end product (the dissected model in Rhino) would look super fun. Overall, I am most interested ...

 Real World Research: From these findings, I mostly drew from the cat themed ones for my own design. I also liked the bold colors of the floor murals, as well as the simplicity they had. I wanted my design to be simple, cute, but bold and eye catching. The Design: There are actually two that I created. I'll put both here but know that I'm leaning towards the rainbow demon one. I love both but one works more like a pattern then the other- that other one was more of a test to see if I could make cool button designs. Here are the funky fellas ↶( *`ω´ )Ψ Extra design :> ε=٩(●❛ö❛)۶