Ed Whetstone: Project 1, 3D-Print (Art-Deco Owl)

This post has all the content for Assignment 1, the 3D Printing project.

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Week 1:

first draft of model

I have a big fascination with art deco, which uses lots of straight lines and wing motifs.  The first draft of the model pulled from architectural elements as inspiration:

Owl motifs aren't super common, but they make the occasional appearance.  I started out just figuring out the shapes for a barn-owl style head

owls have a very complex face shape, due to the arrangement of their feathers.  I simplified to the point of abstraction.

All elements were polygon modeled in Maya

The first draft had three major flaws:

1. the wings are too thin for 3d printing
2. no base it won't be able to stand alone
3. the design just doesn't have the full-on art-deco feel that I was going for

Week 2-3

The final draft re-works the wings and adds a base and legs:

ultimately, as befits something in the art-deco/streamline moderne style, I'd love to see this piece in variations of black and chrome

This was the final version sent to shapeways: