For this project, we had to use Tinkercad to design our own original 3D piece. I chose to make mine a necklace for one of my favorite kpop groups, EXO. At first Tinkercad was incredibly frustrating to work with, but after a couple of days I got acclimated to the controls. Because the design wasn't too complicated, the project really came down to positioning the shapes where I wanted them to be. Watching the 3D printer was fascinating, and I find it really incredible that something I designed on a computer is now a physical object. Overall, I am happy with the product I created and would do it all again.
For this project, I took Halsey and Sailor Moon and morphed them together. I chose these two because I really love Halsey's appearance and I have always been captivated by the artistry and proportions for Sailor Moon. Though these body proportions and characteristics are obviously unattainable, I do believe that there is some pressure in the media for girls to look a certain way. Almost every model depicted in ads and runways is rail thin, and the "plus size" models are just normal people. This tells girls that in order to be beautiful, they need to be skinny, often much skinnier than is healthy for their bodies. Makeup is applied on even child models, and girls are always depicted as super feminine. Legs must be smooth, hair must be perfect. Even men face stigmas, such as a perfectly-muscled body and ultra-masculine fashions.
I decided to do the project again so I could follow the prompt more closely. I chose a few different dessert items for the same reason as I did on the last piece. This project really isn't that hard, just very tedious!
For this project, I chose to use Brown Bear and Cony Bunny plushes because I have had a lot of interest in them as of late. Instead of them just being ordinary stuffed animals, they are now completely edible! My theme for this piece was cute desserts, just to add some character and keep it kawaii. I included ice cream, black licorice chews, a cookie, and Starbursts. For me, I think the most difficult part for me was controlling the clone stamp and making the textures look neat and believable. If I could do this project again, I would probably spend more time cleaning up the edges and would paint on a different layer (the ice cream texture was applied directly to the background on accident).
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AuthorBeginning computer animator and artist. Archives
January 2016
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