Self Supporting Structures Remix

So for the next project in my 3D object design class we've been paired up and have to make a remix of two of the objects (done by both of us) of our choosing. Anyway the two we've decided on are the ones shown below!



This object done by Olivia Carr, you can find more of her stuff at: http://olivias3dobjectcreation.blogspot.ca/

She's done some pretty cool stuff with mixing our concepts together!



This one is my own. Now moving on to the remixed objects I've created, and as I've mentioned before you can find Olivia's concepts at: http://olivias3dobjectcreation.blogspot.ca/.



The first mix of the two I designed. Pretty basic but I wanted to start of simple.



Aaannnnnnd this one kinda jetted off of the first. I really just tried messing with the form of the thing.



And now I've started playing with the "cut out" Olivia had in her original object. Some of them have some complex geometry in the "cut out", and I wasn't quite sure if that looked right to me. So on the upper left hand object I simplified it quite a bit, I thought that looked a lot better, sooooooo I kept the idea!



And from that I thought it might be cool to form more of a vase kind of shape. Again with the same type of simple geometry.



Then I began to think that the simple texture of the vase was kinda plain, and boring, so I thought to add some soft spine-like bubble things on the outside, as well as a bit more of a "rippled" extrusion.



And this is the same object as seen above, just contorted in different ways.

I think if i had to choose one that I liked best it would have to be this baby right here: 
it's slightly more simple than the two above it, and I kinda like that, I feel if the object is too complicated it can take away some of the simplistic ascetic I associate with a 3D printed object.

So there ya have it, hopefully Olivia and I can find one we both agree on! Or even mash some of them up even further. Thanks for reading.

Digital Sketching Self Supporting Structures

So I made 10 different self supporting structures, (or what I hope will end up being self supporting) that I can eventually refine and mix with a Partner from my class. Anyway here are the ten examples I have!





















I think my favorite would have to be the somewhat digital looking structure. I think it will be interesting to remix it with someone else's idea, hopefully theirs isn't too similar! But there you have it, looking forward to refining some of these ideas! Can't wait to see what we get in the end!

Papercraft Final

So in the end with my paper craft design I decided to leave it pretty much where it was, however, the idea came up in a critique of adding a few friends for the little green monster thing. So that is exactly what I did. Take a look.











And there you have it! A few friends! Now I'd like to maybe add even more of them, and start a little series of geometric monsters! When I can find some time between all of my other classes... Anyway here are the templates for the designs if you were interested.







I had a lot of fun working on this project, granted managing to fin them together could be quite a pain sometimes, designing them and bringing them to life made it totally worth it!

Papercarft Texture Update

So I took my previous design in paper craft and added a texture to it! It defiantly makes a big difference (in a good way) and beyond a few more refinements I think she's lookin' good! I'll put up both textured and non textured pictures so you can see the differences yourself!







So from seeing this you can probably gather that I like creepy little monster like things, sooooo thats what i went for when designing this texture! I think it came out looking pretty good! (Like I said, besides a few refinements and better craft.)





As you can see there's a pretty big difference between the two! Anyway, I plan on refining the final model more, but this is where she's sittin now!