Concept: After seeing several interesting mug shapes, from
those designed to hold a cookie inside to those that are shaped like various
animals, I decided I wanted to do my own design for a coffee mug. A Joyous Mug
came about from my desire to create a mug with a surprise on the inside that
reveals itself as the drinker finishes their coffee. From there, I was inspired
to make a mug that looked quite dark on the outside, but with a shining smile
on the inside. The ring of semi-spheres was inspired by a common decoration for
dungeon levels in Mario, which is a single row of silver spikes on a dark grey
background. I decided to do spheres rather than spikes so as not to stab the
coffee drinker’s chin.
Modeling Techniques: The cup shape was created with a Sweep around two curves, using circles to create a round mug shape and Offset to make it hollow. The top edges were rounded off with filleted edges for smooth drinking. I created the face by starting with a sphere, and then building other shapes to use for a Boolean Difference for the facial details. A polar array followed by a Boolean Union created the ring of semi-spheres around the top.
Materials: The mug is made of a glossy ceramic material, as most mugs are. The outside coloring was designed to be similar to my inspiration for the outside, with dark grey for most of the mug and the semi-spheres painted a light grey. On the inside, the colors were inspired by emoticons, with a bright yellow face, round black eyes, and a bright red for the inside of the mouth.
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