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| AI File |
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| Mask |
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| Just after spray paint |
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| First coat polyurethane |
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| Final Board |
Friday, May 3, 2019
Ryland Smith Week 12 Laser Engrave Skateboard
Concept: I like the idea of synergizing with the skate community that is free form and intuitively inspired so I created a bit of a psychedelic design with the whimsical tag, "We Did It". "We did what" you ask... like I said on the board, "We Did It".
Techniques: I used Illustrator to make the design. I traced an image of the board and scaled it for the reference layer. I pulled in a design of a cow elk I made in photoshop as a raster engrave. I then formed the various shapes and set a fill at the same color with the stroke at .01. The laser engraver ends up forming the fill in raster but the edges are crisp using the vector stoke on the edge. After it was engraved the, "W" in "We Did It" had disappeared. So I masked off the letters and spray painted. There was bleed through the mask so I took a sharpie and outlined the text adding more contrast. Then I did a coat of polyurethane. After that coat dried I again went over the outline of the text with a sharpie and finally added a second thicker coat of polyurethane.
Materials: Baltic Birch Wood, white spray paint color works well on wood, black sharpie for rich black outline of text, semi-glossy polyurethane.
Marvin Robinson: Tetrahedron
Concept: The was inspire by a child's toy such a mobile with easily recognizable shapes.
Processes: I first started in Adobe Illustrator and made sure the line width was with in tolerance and output the tetrahedron into rhino to refine layers for processing and laser cutting. Perforated lines were used to weaken the structure in order to for assembly. Once the cut was finish the tetrahedron was assembled with adhesive.
Materials: The materials use were cardboard for rapid prototyping and cost effective assembly.
Processes: I first started in Adobe Illustrator and made sure the line width was with in tolerance and output the tetrahedron into rhino to refine layers for processing and laser cutting. Perforated lines were used to weaken the structure in order to for assembly. Once the cut was finish the tetrahedron was assembled with adhesive.
Materials: The materials use were cardboard for rapid prototyping and cost effective assembly.
Marvin Robinson: Laser Engraning
Processes: The process was similar to the the tetrahedron was that layering is key to making sure the laser cutter understands how to process and cut each layer.
Materials: The material is a small mahogany skateboard that is similar to the shape of a surfboard.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Ryland Smith Week 13 Laser Scanning
Concept: Two of the architectural spaces had water which led me to ponder what water based objects may work well for 3d scanning. The answer I came to was a shell.
Materials: In key shot I chose a black semi transparent plastic as the color would absorb light to give it form while the specularity would reflect its environment.
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| Scan |
Process: The scanning was done with a 3d scanner. This required several rotations, and a clean up process in Rapid Works. Took into rhino and chopped off the bottom in order to place it properly in a scene. Finally in key shot I rendered after camera matching and pulled into photoshop employing several passes to build the desired composition.
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| In Rapid Works |
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| First Render |
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| Revised render |
Anna Phengsakmueang: Week 9 Laser Cutting
Concept
As a representation of nature, I based the general structure of the project off of a deer. To reflect the organic shapes that are found within nature, I made the parts of the structure to be more curved rather than sharp. To also balance out the structure, I ensured that the antlers were not to big but were still easily distinguishable to be that of a deer's.
Techniques
Using FlatFab, I began with the general face shape of the deer from the side using the X-axis perspective. Then I started to add more shapes along using the Z-axis perspective to add more dimension to the head of the deer. The added shapes were of the shape of a deer head if one were facing its eyes. The shapes were smaller in the front than the back, to add the realistic dimensions of an actual deer. After the head was created, I began with the neck and body using the same process. However, I did not position the head high enough, so the legs were made smaller in proportion to the rest of the body. Throughout the process of creating the deer, I used the guide tool to help make both sides of each part symmetrical. This tool made it effective when creating the antlers for the head. To finish up, I made sure that each part was connected to another, at least halfway, so that they could attach in a physical format. Once the deer figure was created, I imported the file into Rhino to adjust the cuts and add each aspect of the deer into layers for laser cutting. To adjust the cuts of where the pieces would connect with one another, I duplicated the cut and dragged it past the original while keeping it straight along the edges. This way, the pieces would be properly cut so that they would fit with one another more easily.
Materials
The material used to make the deer was a twenty-four inch by forty-eight inch piece of E-Flute cardboard that was 0.06 inch thick, which I sent to the Machine Shop on campus for laser cutting. While rendering it in KeyShot, I chose to use wood materials for the structure of the deer. For the different sections of the parts, I chose a different shade for each piece to add contrast to the subject.
As a representation of nature, I based the general structure of the project off of a deer. To reflect the organic shapes that are found within nature, I made the parts of the structure to be more curved rather than sharp. To also balance out the structure, I ensured that the antlers were not to big but were still easily distinguishable to be that of a deer's.
Techniques
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| FlatFab Deer Creation |
Using FlatFab, I began with the general face shape of the deer from the side using the X-axis perspective. Then I started to add more shapes along using the Z-axis perspective to add more dimension to the head of the deer. The added shapes were of the shape of a deer head if one were facing its eyes. The shapes were smaller in the front than the back, to add the realistic dimensions of an actual deer. After the head was created, I began with the neck and body using the same process. However, I did not position the head high enough, so the legs were made smaller in proportion to the rest of the body. Throughout the process of creating the deer, I used the guide tool to help make both sides of each part symmetrical. This tool made it effective when creating the antlers for the head. To finish up, I made sure that each part was connected to another, at least halfway, so that they could attach in a physical format. Once the deer figure was created, I imported the file into Rhino to adjust the cuts and add each aspect of the deer into layers for laser cutting. To adjust the cuts of where the pieces would connect with one another, I duplicated the cut and dragged it past the original while keeping it straight along the edges. This way, the pieces would be properly cut so that they would fit with one another more easily.
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| Rhino File for Laser Cutting |
Materials
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| KeyShot |
The material used to make the deer was a twenty-four inch by forty-eight inch piece of E-Flute cardboard that was 0.06 inch thick, which I sent to the Machine Shop on campus for laser cutting. While rendering it in KeyShot, I chose to use wood materials for the structure of the deer. For the different sections of the parts, I chose a different shade for each piece to add contrast to the subject.
Asa Rodriguez- Laser Scanning
Concept
I decided to scan a bluetooth speaker that I use pretty often, as I thought it would look interesting in an architectural context
Techniques
I used a single 360 degree scan and aligned and fused the scans, then took the file into rapidworks to clean up the scan with the sandpaper tool to smooth down bumps. Finally, I took the model into keyshot and set up the render.
Materials
I decided to scan a bluetooth speaker that I use pretty often, as I thought it would look interesting in an architectural context
Techniques
I used a single 360 degree scan and aligned and fused the scans, then took the file into rapidworks to clean up the scan with the sandpaper tool to smooth down bumps. Finally, I took the model into keyshot and set up the render.
Materials
For the main body of the speaker, I used an anodized aluminum to mimic the orange color of the real speaker. Though it's not super visible in the render, the holes have an inner mesh textured with a perforated black metal.
Kaylie Moore: Week 12 Laser Engraved Skateboard Deck
Concept
I wanted to create a simple, clean design in Illustrator that I could raster engrave onto my skateboard deck. I chose to depict a hummingbird because I wanted to use some type of bird and felt that a hummingbird would work well with the floral lines and shapes I was using.
Techniques
I used Illustrator to create and format my design. I began with an image of a hummingbird, which I used as a template as I drew and positioned the shapes using the pen tool. I then filled each shape with black so that they would be engraved at a single depth.
Materials
I engraved the design on a 7.5" wooden skateboard deck.
I wanted to create a simple, clean design in Illustrator that I could raster engrave onto my skateboard deck. I chose to depict a hummingbird because I wanted to use some type of bird and felt that a hummingbird would work well with the floral lines and shapes I was using.
Techniques
I used Illustrator to create and format my design. I began with an image of a hummingbird, which I used as a template as I drew and positioned the shapes using the pen tool. I then filled each shape with black so that they would be engraved at a single depth.
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| Design in Illustrator |
Materials
I engraved the design on a 7.5" wooden skateboard deck.
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| Finished board |
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