Objects n Things

Snowmobile Prototype The reason I chose the snowmobile is because it's a sport that I've been doing since I was very young and it's something I enjoy doing. Additionally the snowmobile is a very challenging concept to try and unfold into a paper craft object. It allows for quite a bit of detail if I feel up to the task. From bumpers and handlebars to headlights and skis. The concept can be simplified fairly easily like what I did for the prototype, but some of the newer snowmobile models are quite complex and leaves room for improvement, which I plan on doing. I based this first design on an old Yamaha that my dad owned, a fairly simple design with nothing that difficult to design and fold. I designed the snowmobile in Rhino and got the initial concept set. I then unfolded it the best I could into a flat template. Once I got the design down and the tabs attached, I realized the design was too long to fit onto the page and still be to scale. So I actually ha...

The point of this project was to design objects in Rhinoceros 3D for papercraft. I did this by initially creating a geometrical 3D object, breaking it apart, and then unfolding just like actual paper. The papercraft objects I chose to design were mostly either inspired by my previous post about paper and light artwork created by Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker, or were parodies of the object it was based off of.  (Fig. 1) A sword, normally a heavy strong weapon used in combat, now reduced to a light harmless toy.  (Fig. 2) A tank, again a very heavy and powerful war machine, turned into something that can be destroyed with a handheld lighter  (Fig. 3) A small house, with some holes cut out and some drawing on the outside this would look very cool with a light inside, almost like a decorative Christmas village house.  (Fig. 4) A pencil is normally used to write on paper, something that I have done way too much. Now it is turned into paper,...

The Relationship Between Light and Paper Paper is one of the simplest materials used in art, and also on of the most variable. Artists Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker use this variability and simplicity to their advantage in combination with light to create amazing art. Deepti and Hari use light boxes layered with paper on top to create very vivid scenes with volume and depth. By layering these papers on top of one another they can create the illusion of things fading into the background as they get lighter. Usually they start with a general plan, and then start cutting the background first, slowly adding things into the foreground as they go. Each layer is cut meticulously and then all set up in the end.  I'm very drawn to this and inspired by it because it's taking something that is very simple and colourless and creating depth, motion, and a story just by layering and cutting it. No ink or drawing, no folding or manipulating it, just exploiting this one proper...

My goal when mashing these three objects together was to create a new concept completely separate form the original designs. By combining the head and hands of a human with the body of a dragon I created a new creature that is even more unsettling. It could even be considered a juxtaposition of something like the Egyptian sphinx. There's just something incredibly strange about a large scary creature contrasted against something as familiar as a human head. My original concept only had the face of a human, but after some deliberation with classmates they convinced me it would add to the effect if it had human hands as well. This object got the greatest reaction after viewing it, and all my classmates agreed that it held the most potential. That's why I chose this object out of the 10 previous ideas that I spewed out. It allowed for the most improvement and could be modified the most compared to the other ideas.  Here is the process that I went through creating it. Or...