Faith Romero: Week 15 Extra Credit Skateboard 1

Design Intent 

    For my design I found a YouTube video I wanted to incorporate. The video went over how to use a Food4Rhino plugin called Parakeet. I wanted to challenge myself with what I could create from the grasshopper script.

https://youtu.be/dTN-VIO5zwI

Modeling Techniques 

    I began with creating the skateboard base, I placed an image and modeled the board. I then ran grasshopper to try the Parakeet plugin. The plugin created geometric patterns I placed a point, xyplane, and brep. I set the point and geometry and dragged a tilling and pattern generation. I played with different patterns looking for something that I liked. Once I found this star pattern I baked it to my rhino plane.  

    I assigned the colors, looking for a way to make the pattern more dynamic. I made the majority of the lines red since it took up most of the surface area. I then went into the pattern and created polylines to define the stars. I wanted the medium laser line and placed a surface over them, I then trimmed the object giving the individual stars a plane. I wanted more depth on the bigger stars and repeated my process with the shallow lines. 

Rendering and Materials

    While rendering I wanted to simulate what the board would look like after the engraving, I went with a base wood type for the board, a slightly darker wood for the shallow lines, and a dark wood for the medium lines.