Jonathan Gloria : "Exotic" Prosthetic Accessory

Concept: For my prosthetic accessory, I was thinking about doing an accessory that you could wear out to a party, or wear it out to go jogging. When I look at pictures of the jogging types of prosthetic legs, I saw a bunch of the prosthetic jogging legs, and they had a bunch of open space with not a lot around. So I made my prosthetic accessory have holes and curves, so that it would be aerodynamic, easy to run in, and still look good out with any prosthetic leg type. 

 Technique: I made the leg out of curves, and cut off the foot part when I finished getting it the right shape. I added different sized rings around the leg, and some of them were at different angles to make it look more interesting. After I added all the rings, I did the Boolean difference to make the dents.I also used some curves to cut the holes out from inside the leg and make the inside holes. I used project to surface on the side that cut off the triangle on the side, and I also used project to cut the back part of the leg to slip it on and off.

Materials: For my prosthetic I used different types of Anodized Rough colors. I tried out the plastic materials, but I wasn't a big fan of how it looked. I really like how the colors looks a little bit like metal. I didn't want it to be super shiny like metal, and I didn't want it to look like it would break easily like plastic.

Victoria Mayfield: "Division" Prosthetic Accessory

Concept: When I first began the process of designing my prosthetic accessory, I really had no idea where to begin. I knew I wanted to do a modern design, but didn't know what would work as an addition or in place of a prosthetic leg. I began working up sketches of possible ideas, but didn't like anything that I came up with. I was sketching while I was at work and came up with this design. I thought it would translate well to a mesh shell, that I could then simply clips onto the main rod of the prosthetic leg.

Modeling: I used many different modeling techniques in order to achieve my final version of Division. I used the curve tool, the loft tool, and the ellipse tool in order to create the main shape of the accessory. I was then able to use the arch tool to trace the pattern of my design. I then extruded the curves and used boolean difference on a plane to give me the cutout of my design, 

I extruded that and then used the flow along surface tool to wrap it around my original calf shape, which gave me the shell. I did this three different times to achieve the mesh look I had in my design. I would then just scale down each shape and put it inside the other. From there I used cylinders and rounded arches to create the support struts on the inside. Finally I used the fillet edge tool on the outer cast circles. I chose to leave the inside edges unfilleted to give it a more modern look, which is what I was going for. 

Materials: For the materials of my design I decided I wanted to stick with the modern theme I started with. I used a vivid, shiny white plastic material. I wanted the material to be plastic to ensure that it would be malleable enough for the wearer to pull open from the back and snap onto the pipe of the prosthetic. I used a basic matte black for the leg, in order to contrast with the bright white of my accessory. The support struts inside are what hold the layers of plastic together, and snap the accessory the main prosthetic, so ideally they would need to be made of a strong material like metal. So for this inner support system, I decided to use a shiny, silver chrome metal material. I wanted the material to be highly reflective, in order to give the illusion that Division is simply floating around the leg post. Overall, I am pleased with the final product.