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2.2 Exercise Reflections

nineSquareGrid

2.2.1 Nine Square Grid | Model and Sculpt expertise to the test in a classic Grid Exercise, borrowed and adapted from basic 3D visual design. Well at least the was take at first. after Discussion with the teacher quality and accuracy is better then precession. Which a lesson i had learn throughout this class. Not only that as the artist I would much prefer to depict this art piece in an understanding way that I believe gives it more character. At least being appealing to the eyes. The Modify forms tools used extruding and scaling. The understanding of this excise were all still delivered and taught to me as a sculptor in fusion. The rubric was seems to intimidating to me but sooner than later we gather a further understanding of how these things work.

sculptAndSlice

2.2.2 Sculpt and Slice | Introduction to Slicer, an indispensable Fusion 360 tool that slices and converts 3D models into 2D patter

Slicer and Fusion have been budding heads lately therefore the pdf slicing of the 9 square kid document has not been working properly.  Please visit 2.3 to see Slicer used on the finial design and a more in depth run down.

The .pdf as noted in the exercise

logoEtch

2.2.3 Logo Etch | Using the Personal Logo design from the previous project, create a fabrication-ready graphic file to take to the laser cutter after safety training. We don’t do the actual laser etching yet! The exercise is only to create the file.

PDF of The JMM LOGO  Fabrication ready!

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ART 102 Self-Evaluation

Self-Assessment of Work

A qualitative self-assessment of your own work for the term.

  • one exemplary feature about your work this term.

  • The biggest challenge I have faced during this relative to this course was my development as a designer transitioning into the three dimensional world from being a two dimensional artist. I have Dabbled in photography, prints really all multi media. Accept animation and 3D

In addition, consider some of these questions as they may apply to your work:

  • Project 2 I consider the most successful synthesis, it was my introduction into the art form breaking my gloves of and pushing the needle through the threat to a possibility that I was beyond uncertain fo prior.
  • project2  brought the most challenge, for the barrier to entry.
  • project 4 that may have failed for you in some fashion provided an opportunity for learning and growth barrier to entry has been hard to start up in especially for 4.2
Attentiveness 
I have been attentive in class. I have avoided working on unrelated coursework, inappropriately interacting with telecom devices, conducting irrelevant conversations, watching lolcat videos, or making Mark Zuckerberg even more rich and powerful.
Punctuality 
I have been punctual. I have usually arrived on time, and if I have been tardy, I have consulted with online course materials first to find out about missed content delivery. I haven’t been “THAT person” … you know, the one who held the rest of the group back.
Persistence 
I have been persistent. I have stayed through to the end of a planned working session and I haven’t given up easily on difficult material. I haven’t let a wonky machine or a hiccuping app keep me down. I’ve played through the pain!
Preparedness 
I have been prepared. I have done all assigned readings, tutorials and exercises in preparation for next class. I have anticipated “Murphy’s Law” (if something can go wrong, it will!) and factored adequate slack into my project planning.
Curiosity 
I have been curious. I have asked questions right away if there is misunderstanding. I have researched online course materials on my own. I’ve never expected someone to Google something for me that I couldn’t Google myself!
Politeness 
I have been polite. I have actively listened to others speaking or presenting. I haven’t disrupted class by randomly taking breaks, but rather waited for an appropriate time to request one. I’ve followed the “Golden Rule” and treated others as I would wish to be.
Responsibility 
I have been responsible. After an absence I have never asked “Did I miss anything?” when I know the answer will be “Yes.” I have never felt entitled to a re-presentation of missed material. If I needed more information after consulting course materials, class recordings, internet resources, and my colleagues, I’ve made an appointment with the instructor during office hours—and kept it!
Focus 
I have been focused. I have been aware of and met my due dates and deadlines, taken notes, kept myself mindful of material already presented, and I remember where to find it when I need it.
Helpfulness 
I have been helpful. I have assisted colleagues who are in need of any help. I have contributed to critical discourse during presentations by offering constructive feedback.
Professionalism 
I have conducted my studio responsibilities in accordance with best practices discussed in the syllabus.
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4.2 Exercise reflections

4.2.1 Modeling implied motion

  • Modeling implied motion  A 2D object—moving through space, leaving a volume in its wake. This implied motion is generated through a series of parametric modeling techniques known as Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Loft. Though we’ve worked with them before, we take an advanced, deeper dive in this exercise.
  • Extrude The act of extrusion implies a linear motion of a shape through space, or the pushing of a mass through it to conform to its contours. Extrude takes a shape in one direction.
  • Revolve  To revolve implies rotation of a shape about a linear axis.
  • Sweep  A sweep guides it along a sinuous, curving, and sometimes twisting roller-coaster of a path. A sweep takes a shape on an implied roller coaster of a journey
  • Loft a loft changes the shape along the journey itself. Instead of a path, the Loft function in Fusion 360 relies on the orientation and alignment (or non-alignment) of a series of two or more planes to generate highly complex form.

4.2.2 Mold making

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4.1 Reflections

4.1.1 parallelUniverses

Visual Principles in chapter Eight Uncovers


Direction and Contrast navigate through Directional Force and Movement, which influence the attention we pay to focal points and visual structures by creating implied paths for the eye to follow through the work.  

 

 

Then there are Static optical illusions that are  created by a phenomenon known as anomalous motion. The illusion of motion generated by the cinema, which is covered in greater detail elsewhere in these readings.

Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Rotating Snakes, 1999.

 

 

4.1.2 LinkedIn Learning

Fusion 360 parametric sketching and Rapid Prototyping

Displayed above is the finalized version of the linkage, or well as far as I needed to go while developing and understanding for these tools. Very complicated barriers to entry but in the end they come simplistic I wish Fusion Made the UI more friendly but never the less they work.

 

4.1.3 Collage and montage in art

Collage and montage in art,

Modern art has always been different to say the least but here is we start to see creative expression of characters displayed in ways you could only imagine during this age displayed in your mind. Highlighting a difference in the time, expression and the possibilities of a collage.

Definitions Below are provided by the Professor William Cromar,

  • Sculptural methods
    • Additive | Exemplified by building up a mass like clay, but also typified by the process of 3D printing.
    • Subtractive | Typical of carving, or subtracting, material from a block of stone or wood, but also demonstrated in CNC milling and routing (which is the tool for our project!).
    • Assembly | Gluing, nailing, or otherwise fastening discrete objects together, it is in the Assembly process that we see a collage sensibility emerge in sculpture. This can be done conceptually in 3D modeling.
    • Substitution | Substituting one material (say, the clay from above) with a more durable one (say, bronze metal) is one strategy found in mold-making. But the transformation of material states can also imply an expression of abstraction—simplifying a form into the essence of its mass by unifying its material.

Low and high relief

 

Bas relief (left): Ben Nicholson,
Painted Relief (Plover’s Egg Blue), 1940

High relief (right): Robert Longo,
Corporate Wars, 1982

Louise Nevelson

Louise Nevelson is an immigrant from Russia whose family fled religious persecution, she made enduring contributions to American culture as an artist She inspired generations of women artists from Eva Hesse to Rachel Whiteread with her ability to abstract form at a monumental scale using humble materials. Last but not least Louise Is deemed the artistic patron saint for this project.

 

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3.4 Fabrication 

3.4 Fabrication

The Yodaphant

 

 

 

This concept combines an Elephant where while we know exist in real life are scarce and actually have been removed form the United States to preserve them. Then Yoda, the legendary character from Star Wars. A Character that we all have known and deemed to be fantasy. While stars Wars has lead many ventures to successfully bring the character to life. I have not, this 3D model essentially jumping off the monitor and into my hands has opened a door for only wanting to create more things that were not here before my existence.

The choice of filament for this design was the standard white material that is free and available to any students at Penn State Abington’s Maker Space. Since is this a 3D model being printed in real life the character is already there with the back story of it simply being a Yodaphant that is tangible. whether this choice makes a difference in the perception of your work.

Cite of source: Yoda.STL Thingiverse, Elephant pre-downloaded model from Mesh Mixer library imported models that I have appropriated and transformed.

Notably any model used in this assignment are covered by a particular licensing  scheme (for example, Creative Commons Share-Alike 4.0), Everything posted here is under educational and personal purposes only if any one who owns copy right would like it to be taking down contact me.

Along with any material that is copyrighted, to claim Fair Use of the material under US copyright law if the work is sufficiently transformative by creating the Yodaphant,. Transformative work simply means that, as an author, you have fundamentally altered the intellectual content of the work such that it constitutes a new idea.  Essentially saying Stars Wars I have no intentions in monitoring this product.

the  photographing of this 3D object the Yodaphant is what set off for me to make me want to more. It opens the door further the possibilities for not only photography but as an artist. Opening that creative possibility for an aged teenager who has drifted away.

 

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3.3 Design

Design

PART 1 | CONCEPT AND ITERATION

3.3 Through the Looking Glass

  • Through the Looking Glass 3D printing is our version of jumping through your monitor past the frame into the view port software. Where we connect what we see on the screen into an object that has a new layer of life in the real world.
      • Technical specifications While working on the designs I started using these formats for the very first time. OBJ and STL’s which are basically the standard for most 3D Modeling software. During this process it also made me aware of a term called Faces, which essentially are tiny triangles that make of every aspect of the designs creation. Kind of like puzzle pieces. For the MakerBot in the Abington Maker Space we had about a maximum faces that could be printed, which was around 10,000. Not saying we can not surpass that but to have the most efficient workflow we stay under or around there as the limit.
      • Enter the Glass …  (Links below set a guidelines for anyone following me during this process)
      • … And make a choice
        • DIY  The do it yourself aspect: As stated before I have never been the biggest Star Wars fan however I have always appreciated the artistry. During this assignment I combined a simplified Elephant three dimensional model provided by meshmixer, and the beautiful Yoda design grabbed from the thingiverse (pleaser refer to the previous blog post 3.2 Exercise for more information.)
  • Options if you get stuck… 

Concept sketch ideas 

I have never been the biggest sketchers of my artistry pre determined to casting the design. I usually just use my creative as an element in my work flow. How with this project It just came to me. It felt too good to pass. Yodaphant, I knew I wanted a face and another Object and but not a lifeless one with no character or an unrecognizable one. For me Yoda was that, that perfect fit where we intertwined it all.  Below is a sketch designer in photoshop to give you an idea of the finial project and direction I was going for.

3.3.1 Through the Looking Glass

 

PART 2 | FINAL

Iteration ideas

Above we have screen grabs of the workflow / progression of the Yodaphant. It started off as the faceless elephant and with combing cleaning and figuring out a way to stabilize the planes and flatten the bottom. The design ended up a beautiful Yodaphant.

Scan Library

3D Digital Scan Library | Share meshes

Depending on much you love the design, maybe you want to enhance or just modify the design well good news you can. It has been uploaded the the 3D scan library linked above!

 FINAL VERSION.

 

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3.2 Exercise Reflections

3.2.1 Digitizing and mesh modifications

Digital scan using the 3D scanner

MakerBot Sketch Classroom Desktop 3D Printer for Education | Canada

Digitizing in the sculptural techniques of casting and mold-making.As is true with those sculptural techniques, digitizing can be used to transform an object: make it in another material, scale it, distort it, or combine it with other stuff. In this exercise, we’ll be introduced to the possibilities inherent in basic digitizing.

In Abington Maker-space the Three D scanner is much not bigger then three by three ft. You do not have room to scan a full sized fridge, but Things like the toy sized model of a cyber Truck, are well in the realm of possibilities.

Clean this scan using Meshmixer: Linked below is the list of steps provided by professor William Cromar that will guide you into using mesh mixer to scan a mesh. Rather the mesh has been imported or downloaded.

In my case I had used the thingiverse (screen grab above), which a Digital 3D Design site, where they had a million different things, well I am speaking figuratively right now but who knows in the future. It is certainly in the realm of possibilities. They had a ton of 3d scanned objects or designs that I could import into Mesh Mixer and create a never seen before work of art. At least that is where I was going when I begin working on this. While on the thingiverse I had found this amazing design of Yoda. I have never been the biggest star wars fan but have always adored the artistry.

From there I had imported in the thingiverse and begin cleaning it.

I mixed this process with Design, so please refer to the 3.3 Design  blog post for the follow up throughout the process.