Andrew F. Scott: Project 1 Castle

Concept:

My castle is based on star trek deep space 9. It is really a space station

Process:
I made extensive use of polar arrays

Materials:

Jesus Javier Vela: Week 9 Laser Cutting

Vertical View

Concept

     Thinking of the recurring wave of organically shaped buildings around the world, I decided to build an architectonic piece. Like Capital Gate tower, I wanted the side of my piece to contour diagonally towards the ground. Three pillars make the piece free-standing while other smaller pillars add support between sections of the piece.

Approximate Rendering of Blend Operation

Techniques

     Flatfab, a 2D to 3D fabrication design software was used to make the piece. I first drew the top-most section. Then I attached a support pillar to it. I used the revolve operation to create the other two support pillars. Next, I added the bottom-most section to the opposite end of the first support pillar. I had to make sure this section interconnected the all three pillars. Using a blend operation, ten more sections were generated (twelve sections, total). Once the piece was down, I downloaded the flattened slab geometry as a .obg file. I formatted the file in Rhino, extended lines to intersections, transforming text into objects, and reviewing that the dimensions were accurate. Unfortunately, I didn't save the .txt file, so the piece was lost. Hence, a .obj file could not be generated to render in Keyshot.

Formatting in Rhino

Materials

     Before I sent the piece for laser printing, I made two prototypes. First, I printed the file using copy paper. The thinness of the material made it impossible for the piece to be free-standing. Next, I made a prototype using card-stock. The material was thicker, so the piece was able to stand on its side. When I finally laser printed the file using cardboard, the piece was able to stand vertically as well as horizontally.

Horizontal View

Jesus Javier Vela: Week 12 Laser Engraved Skateboard Deck

Original Photo

Concept

     While this project's first direction moved towards developing an abstract image, it eventually modulated towards realism as opportunities for visual interpretation became apparent. The final concept was recreating a photo of my friend attempting to look at her phone while wearing an over-sized panda head. Emphasis was placed on the panda head as well as the phone because they establish the visual conflict of the piece.

Layers on Adobe Illustrator

Techniques

     The design was developed using Adobe Illustrator. A photo of my taking was minimized with a three-color image trace. While some areas of the image were reduced to few lines, others were sustained by a field of blotches fighting for space. The image was then extended into objects and ungrouped. The objects were easily selected by similar color and sorted into layers designated by engraving weight. After playing around with the design, the final weights were raster, medium, and deep.

Laser Engraved Skateboard

Materials

     I used a blank 7.5" skateboard deck for the engraving at the Machine Shop. Given that the surface of the canvas was not entirely flat, certain areas of the board were engraved deeper than others. I am still pleased with the results, but the unintended consequence did undermine some of my effort to create depth in the design by adjusting the engraving weight relative to the distance of objects in the image.

Jesus Javier Vela: Project 2 Week 11 Polyhedra

Illuminated Polyhedra

Concept

     Given the semi dome-shaped appearance of the Half Truncated Icosidodecahedron helped envision the sun as a motif in this piece. Shapes were borrowed from past vector graphics I have designed, so it was interesting to re-purpose icons. This piece can be observed as an enclosed space where light enters through openings, and it can also be perceived as a lamp that projects symbols in the environment.

Formatting on Adobe Illustrator

Techniques

     Adobe Illustrator was used to develop the format of the polyhedra. Lines were sorted into layers designating guides, outer cuts, and inner cuts. Because some shapes in the polyhedra were not aligned to neither the X or Y axis, reference lines between shapes' anchors were used for alignment. Making the inner cuts required creating a dotted stroke path as well as simplifying the path.

Front View

Back View

Materials

     The piece was laser printing onto cardboard. the piece was able to stand vertically as well as horizontally. Assembling it required folding the inner cuts then glues the edges together using super glue. In the future, I will consider painting the polyhedra in a metallic color. The color could hint at architecture like the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The color is also industrial, so perceiving the object as a lamp will be feasible.

Carol Newhard Week 3 Castle

The concept for this project was a farm house with wrap around porches. As I began to work I put a more eclectic and unorthodox spin on the porch idea. My ideas were to add objects to this structure to make it have an unusual appearance. I wanted it to look like something no one has seen before.

The modeling techniques used were very basic and elementary. I used basic objects from the tool bar and tried to combine them in away that would create interest.

The materials used in Keyshot were  all elements are shiny white plastic. This was done to give the image a look of a industrial colony. By industrial colony I mean a corporate owned town. The lighting was meant to highlight this somewhat sterile environment. 

Carol Newhard Skateboard Deck Laser Engraving Week 15

My laser engraving project for the skateboard deck was influenced by the Three Musketeers. I began this project by photographing my grandsons together. I selected a photo with my oldest grandson in the middle and the 4 year old to the right as you look at the picture and the youngest to the left. My next step was to bring the photo into my computer to use as a template for vectorizing the image. After vectorizing the image in Vinyl Express Sign making software I saved it as an AI file and sent it to the machine shop for engraving.

The photo above is the photo I used as my template for my skateboard design,

This photo is of my completed skateboard deck.

Carol Newhard 3D Scan Week 14

Paige Ramos and I worked together on the 3D scanning project. Initially we were going to use a small furry bear figurine the texture of this figurine mad for a poor scan. We switched our focus to a rock we found in the landscaping around the ATEC Building. This proved to be a good choice. The rock had multiple features that we could use to match up and get a good rendering to close all the holes in the scan. 

The picture above is the final rendering of the rock.