Thomas Perugini: Week 4 Detergent Bottle

My main inspiration for the bottle design was that of hot rod cars. The curves and edges were heavily incorporated into the overall look, as well as the colors. The cap was loosely based off of a construction worker's hard hat.

For the main bottle shape, I did a 2 rail sweep between two curves. I then offset the curves to make a nice indent on the top and bottom. The handle was made by using a boolean subtraction from an extruded curve, and then filleting the edges to make it round. The ribbon was made by a 1 rail sweep of a circle. The rail was a curve projected onto the bottle model. The cap is a filleted cylinder with a few mirrors of a swept circle, and another cylinder at the bottom.

As with most other detergent bottles, mine is made of a hard, shiny plastic. The cap is a grey hard plastic, and the inner top of the bottle is a rough, clear plastic.

Travis Fowler: Jug

Concept:

This project was thoroughly uninspired. I liked the general design of the tutorial bottle and when I went to my laundry room to look for inspiration, I realized that the detergent bottle I had come up with after following the tutorial was still more imaginative than the jugs holding my own detergent. 

Techniques:

The fundamental surface creation tool introduced in this tutorial was the rail command. After my encounter with the Boolean problems in the flashlight assignment, I was weary of each new command and how it might interact with the curves of my model. Rhino commands are fairly intuitive and can usually be sorted out just by reading the prompt in the command window. The offset surface tool was the only technique that gave me trouble here but the rhino help window is VERY helpful.

Materials:

I like blue, it is my favorite color. I decided to use a variety of blue plastics for the jug. I was afraid that the unblemished design would suffer from its simplicity but it is truly amazing what a single semi-transparent section of material will do for the complexity of a design.

Tara Intyrath: Week 4 - Detergent Bottle

Concept: For this model I used the base of the tutorial to make everything not straying too far from it. I did want to try making a label or tape around it and that was a lot harder than I thought it would be but I managed to something. I watched the Deadpool movie recently so that's why I chose to make a "duct tape" for a label as there is a joke about covering Ajax labels with the name "Francis."

Technique: The techniques used to make this model used a lot of curve and solid tools. To make the main surface of the body I made a base curve for the bottom and two cross section curves going up before and used a sweep. I used more curves to split the surface into several surfaces and then closed the body again using sweeps to make inner surfaces. I learned that you have to join some surfaces together before using "create solid" as the program can't use some surfaces when they are separated. It made me frustrated for a while before I figured this out. I then later used techniques shown in "how to create a thread screw" videos on elearning.

Materials: Choosing materials wasn't very hard. I just need a plastic body and plastic cap. I decided to go with blue for the body as Ajax detergent is usually in a blue bottle. I chose a clear plastic for the cap so you can see the threading in the model. For the tape, I made my own duct tape texture and added it in there with the name Francis on it. I would of made an Ajax label to go underneath the duct tape to make the joke more thorough but that would of took more time in photoshop which I am not too familiar with. 

Victoria Mayfield: Detergent Bottle

Concept: When I first started modeling the detergent bottle I didn't know how I was going to make it different from the rest. Once I started laying down curves I decided that I would use bold and interesting lines in order to give my model some extra pizzazz. The bold lines highlight my simple bottle design. When I was looking for references online most bottles were simple and had nothing extra. So I tried to build on the idea of simplicity and make it more daring. 

Modeling: The tools that I used for my detergent bottle were curves to lay out the main shape, and the sweep 2 tool to create the body. I also used curves, the split and the delete tool in order to create the main bold line down the side of the bottle. As well as the fillet edge tool to create a smooth design. I wanted to stick with the idea of interesting curves by giving the handle finger grips. I created this effect with a simple curve, the extrude curve tool, and the boolean difference tool. I used the helix tool, and boolean difference tool in order to create the spout and the cap. 

Materials: For the materials I did want to stay true to what a detergent bottle would be made out of. I wanted to further my bold design by using colors that were just as vibrant. I went with a shiny purple plastic for the main body, and highlighted with a streak of shiny yellow plastic. I chose these colors as they are complimentary and were pleasing to the eye. I deviated with the main color theme a bit with the spout, making that a shiny black plastic material. Overall, I am pleased with the way that the detergent bottle turned out with the modeling techniques and materials I chose. 

Alec McKay: Week 4 Detergent Bottle

Concept: The shape of my bottle was loosely inspired by one shape of All detergent that I found. The top is at an angle, and the handle cut-out is an oval that sits fairly low on the bottle. The cap has a few different grooves in it to provide traction to twist it off.

Modeling Techniques: I used the offset tool to make the bottle surface into a hollow bottle that’s still read as a closed surface. The screw on the top of the bottle was created using the one rail sweep of a curve along a helix curve. The whole for the handle was created using a two rail sweep that was later filleted for a soft edge.

Materials: The coloring for my detergent bottle was inspired by All detergent, which usually has a blue bottle and a yellow cap. The cap and bottle are both made from the rough plastic material. Every bottle of detergent I looked at was made from plastic that wasn’t too hard or shiny.

Christopher Rickett: Week 4 - Detergent Bottle

Concept: The concept was pretty straight forward. I wanted to make one of those large volume detergent bottles that you can get at the store, but have it be a bit unique in its shape.  The indention around the bottle is a little larger than a normal one would be.

Technique: To make this model, I used multiple curves to build the majority of the bottle. To make the bottle itself, I made use of the sweep rail tool. There is a screw thread on the top of the bottle that was created using rail sweeping as well.

Materials: The materials used are a variety of plastics. One is a hard plastic that was used for the lid, and the other was softer plastic for the bottle which gives it a malleable look. The spout is a a transparent plastic.

Jung Choi Week4 Detergent Bottle

I couldn't really think of a theme for the detergent bottle. I just created a fairly generic detergent bottle that I have used in the past. The indented part, I left clear as many detergent bottles have a way of telling how much detergent is left in the bottle.

I used the sweep and trim tools on extruded curves to create the body. It was hard to get the shape I wanted using the curve tool. Then I used the sweep1 tool on a helix around a cylinder to create the screw part on the top of the bottle, then used boolean difference to create the cap. 

 The materials I used were mostly plastic. The clear blue part was made with a blue gemstone as I liked the color the best and it most closely resembled laundry detergent. Again, the color scheme is also fairly generic as the bottle itself.

Christopher Clark Detergent Bottle

Concept- I modeled a pretty standard detergent bottle. The curved handle is based off of the attempts of off brand detergents to stick out somehow. The otherwise basic design also infers an off brand product.

Modeling Techniques- I used curves and sweeps to create the base of the bottle. I also used curves to create cutting planes to seperate the pieces and cap them off using trim and boolean union. I also made use of offset surfaces to create the label and some of the shape of the bottles base. I also used sweeps, trims, curves, and boolean union/difference to create the cap for the bottle.

Materials- I attempted to use bright contrasting colors create a brief awareness of the bottle, though the pair is contrasted by a neutral gray, all hard rough plastics. The label was a shiny texture to differentiate it from the rough plastics. I also attempted the liquid inside of the cap, going with a dark green color that many liquid detergents seem to have.