At first I chose the model that I used for the Shapeways that was more detailed version of the original for the assignment one. However, the detailing was too much that lowering the resolution to be easily recognizable was not possible. The hand aspect was something that I could not let go and searched for…
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Assignment Shapeways – Day of the Dead Inspired
When I came upon choosing for a Shapeways model to send. I could not find something that I truly wanted to make in such a short time. But as I looked at the model I had already constructed and some of the work of detail that I left out because I was afraid of the…
Assignment 1
Diana Amador For my project I choose to do an airpod case and filled it with flowers. I see flowers as something that are very peaceful and usually trigger your sight and smell senses. Airpods are used for music which use another senses. I enjoy both of these things differently and I thought it be…
Assignment 2 – Hemli’s Coin
I play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons so for our shapeways print I decided to create the talisman through which one of my character’s casts his magic. This specific character, Hemli, is a mischief maker who get’s his power through a pact with an equally mischievious diety named Squelaiche. Squelaiche loves gold, small creatures,…
Assignment 2: Ranger 1 – Daniel Barrera
Inspired by my favorite movie of all time, Interstellar (2014), I wanted to make my own version of one of the vehicles used in the movie known as Ranger 1. Interstellar is a space exploration movie and when I first saw it, I was fascinated by the design of the ships they used throughout different…
Jeffrey S. Assignment 2 (shapeways)
Jeffrey Stahl jstahl@uic.edu 8477672141 DIMENSIONS: Material: white PLA/ versatile plastic X- 40.018mm Y- 45.656mm Z- 21.277mm This model is a figure of a chibi style character that I made using simple…
Assignment 3D Meshmixer Model. (Lady of the Sea) Alayna Culp
Lady of the Sea I decided the object or thing I use daily is my body. I feel during quarantine I have realized I take my body for granted. This is a vessel that literally gives my soul the freedom to interact and be in this world physically. I felt when I was quarantined my…
Jake Studdard Assignment One – Keeper of the Speakers
The object that I chose was one of the two speakers that sit on my desk. I spend most of my time at my desk and a lot of that time I spend listening to music. Because my desk is in the living room of my apartment I will also often just play music out…
Assignment 1 – A Part of Oneself
When it came towards an object that we would see regularly. I came up without many thoughts or rather anything that would interest me. I then moved into wanting to create a dissection model of a lady bug or a scarab but I do not normally see those. I started to ponder longer and for…
Horse Head Stick – Grandfather Energy – Juan Baños
Everything that makes up our world is made of energy, including the objects and things we live with. The object I have chosen is the head or effigy of a horse from a cane that belonged to my grandfather, which helped himself to walk. It is an object made of bronze and for me, it…
Max Kawula Assignment 1
During the quarantine, my Nintendo Wii saw a lot of usage. Despite it being more than 10 years old, I keep coming back to it so I can play my, even older, 20 year old n64 games on it. The Wii has a nice design, very minimal and low-profile, which gives it a look…
Assignment 1: My Tech Companion – Daniel Barrera
Ever since the you know what pandemic occurred, I found myself with a lot of time to do things that I wouldn’t really have time to do. Most of that time was organizing myself in the digital world, the world of the internet. This consisted of cleaning out old emails and deleting old files to…