Concept:
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| Moon Jellyfish |
For this project, as I was playing around in Grasshopper, I ended up with an abstract spiraling tower that reminded me of sea anemones or the oral arms/tentacles of jellyfish. I decided to base my tower off of Moon Jellyfish as I liked the concept of a glowing centerpiece.
Process:
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| Arctic with Maker2D Orthographic Sketches |
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| Ghosted Colored Layers |
The bottom portion of my tower was made through Grasshopper, and then I added the rings on top to somewhat replicate the top of the head of the jellyfish without just using a dome shape. I utilized Boolean Difference and Boolean Union to make the two rings separate pieces detachable from one another as I was keeping in mind how I would assemble this once it was 3D printed.
Materials:
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| Keyshot Rendering - Front View |
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| Keyshot Rendering - Pedestrian View |
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| Keyshot Rendering - Birds Eye View |
I tried to utilize interesting materials like lights, glass, and colored metals to make my simple design more visually appealing. I imagined the sphere centerpiece illuminating the tower like how the tops of Moon Jellyfish heads glow. I went with using different shades of blue in the spiraling tubes to add more dimension in the bottom of the tower.
Overall, I am fairly satisfied with how this project came out to be even though it came out more simple than I anticipated. I tried to keep in mind what would seem realistic for me to print, but I would say I would like to be more ambitious in future projects to push the limits of my creativity.
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| Castle-Tower Printed Model |
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