☆.｡.:*Lost World.｡.:*☆

Here is the outcome for the Tetris which I did a while back. You can see my characters in this blog at some point. This was a class task which a few people took part in if they finished their walk cycles quicker than anyone else. The gif is very low quality but I have spent 20 minutes trying to get this in here so here it is. I ended up copying and pasting from my phone as my computer just wouldn't let me do it since the file size was too big and it was just a mess. Anyways presenting the Tetris final gif.

In this post, I shall be looking at 3D printers and how they can be used for other purposes such as food and making organs. I shall also be commenting on each and explaining the connection to my projects. The over arching project involving the 3D printing was the submarine project which had the actual 3D printing element but there was other projects which could relate to individual links below.

First up, we have food. Out of the organs or food, I think this one would be more successful since the organs would have to be specially made and you got the issues of the body rejecting the organ but with food, you can change out the plastic for edibles. Not quite sure how that would work currently as I haven't opened the link yet. Anyways, the comments for the link below are underneath this text block.

I decided to take some screenshots concerning my main questions involving what they are making, the demand for this and how it is printed with an example of what they have made. Its amazing how they made the advancement of cooking meat and poultry. I wonder if they would be printed in a paste and everything would have the same texture though. I suppose when cooking, the food changes texture so it could be more enjoyable than mush. In terms of the demand for this substance, it is surprisingly high. I didn't expect it to go up that high. Of course it is predicted but I think it would go even higher in the case of a food crisis as this might be a lot easier to make. It would also help out with malnutrition as they can pack it full of nutrients. The idea of printable inks which can be eaten is very odd. I do like how they have different textured items but this might taste very interesting indeed as it looks like it would be greasy due to the highlights but that could be from editing or the photoshoot. One problem which I think that we would run into is the amount of emissions produced. As researched on the previous post, this could either be a great sustainable side or very much unsustainable and to that, I don't think many people would by it due to the change of decision especially with the younger generations wanting to save the planet. I suppose that this link relates a bit to the caterpillars due to that people can eat them. Also it relates to the submarine project and all the food research that I have previously done.

I find this concept even weirder. It would helps saves lives but is behind in terms of the food vs organs. Below is a photo that I found interesting. I have found this link a bit interesting but I was mainly focused on an alternative. I do not know if they are already doing this but they could 3D print stents to help expand narrow arteries. Since I believe this could help a lot more nowadays. Mainly because obesity rates are climbing and obese people have narrower arteries due to cholesterol being clogged up which reduces blood flow to the heart. So I believe stents would be a better alternative to first get into since it could help prevent future problems before a new heart is required or another new organ due to health problems which aren't treated beforehand. Then I would believe that the wait list would be shorter to allow people whom medically need it due to something they can't control. Thus helping a lot more people. But then again, the global population is increasing which would mean a higher demand for healthy organs to do a transplant. There are many things going into this. In the mean time, I would just get more people aware of donating their organs so they can get a card so if they do die, then someone else could be saved. This relates to the submarine printing but also the stamp and seal. Since the bloody finger isn't an organ but they are both body parts.

The pricing of these 3D printers is amazing. But very expensive. I am not sure of the other pricing for other 3D printers. The one in the image of the link is £929 just for the printer but their highest one is £2759. Most of this goes over my head since I know very little about how one of these work thus do not know what to look out for. They do seem quite nice and professional and they have many many products that the highest one which I mentioned is probably not even the highest.

In this post, I shall be writing about how to make your own figure in Blender as well as resin casting. I think they might work hand in hand to mass produce some things since you have the model, you can replicate. I shall also be writing about the environment impacts of 3D printing which shall link into my previous post. It would also go in the sustainability category and I shall be relating to industry practice as well as personal things I do to reduce waste and reuse items.

First up is the model making. Here are my notes : Blender used, modifiers being talked about a lot - find out what a modifier is , they used a resin printer , I like how they explain how the printer worked, hidden supports inside and explains how to size up a character which doesn't fit in the printer, initial cost would be high but when you have the things, its cheaper in the long run. The person keeps having to buy extra things in order to complete the model. The actual printing process is quite odd and it pulls up instead of going bottom to top of a sheet. I like the effects of the airbrushing, maybe I could invest in a set when I get into 3D printing. Modifier =

The voice is a little annoying but not the worst. My prediction was correct and you could use this to duplicate the 3D print. Or you could always reprint it. De-gassing - removing bubbles from the liquid. Takes quite a while. Compared to the 3D printing, I think the 3D print is quicker but long term, this method is quicker. I like how they show how to be more sustainable in this process by reusing some plastic bottles. This is great as that means that you aren't using one time cups as moulds. Bad thing about the plastic is that it melts when hot, so if the reaction is quite hot, let it cool down a little bit. The whole thing actually looks good in the end. Not quite sure of this method but that would be because I do not know how each thing would feel in the end project. I think that would be the breaking point, how much the weigh and the feel of them after. I also do not know which one is more expensive so by doing a mould, it could be cheaper or not. Let me find out ….

This link goes through what is 3D printing as well as a little bit of history and how a 3D printer actually prints. Below are two sides of the argument as to whether it is sustainable or not : If you want more - check out the link

First up is the not sustainable :

Some parts high energy - high emissions

energy consumed vs product quality - higher the product - higher the energy consumption

requires X10 more energy per kg than factory

contributes to EGHE - damage earth + potential health risks

production of plastic

Now is sustainable :

If low temperature materials are used then less energy consumption e.g.// bio based polymers

Can use recycled plastic

higher efficiency

lower impacts compared to standard manufacturing processes

95% of the 3D plastic can be from recycled plastic

less energy used for transport of object ( fuel miles )

less manufacturing equipment needed

Since that related to sustainability which means to meet the needs of current and future generations without compromising own needs. - GCSE geography. Since I am talking about sustainability, here are some things I do in and out of the course to reduce waste :

Reuse recycled soda tabs for craft projects

Do not buy un-necessary items

Thrift clothing - so less in landfill

Recycle rubbish ( use correct bins )

Use public transport - reduce emissions

Compost vegetables #bunnyfood

Use recycling in my art - less new materials are brought

Use aluminium so less clay is being used

Refill water bottles instead of using the plastic ones

In this post, I shall be introducing Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay which was produced in 1914. I shall be talking about the methods which he used as well as looking into the peg system and the 2d method. I think Winsor used the cell method for this so I shall also be writing about that as well. And to finish it off, I shall be looking at the video and making comments on it I regards of quality, fluidity and content.

Writing for the video above:

The video its self is great in quality for the time period. I also like the introduction to the dinosaur as we start off by seeing a large fossilised dinosaur but I like that you see the work load . It does take its sweet time with the introduction, as you first see the actual dinosaur animation over seven minutes in. So for this part, I shall just be focusing on the animation of the whole thing. In terms of fluidity, this animation flows very nicely and I think that the frame by frame animation worked very well. I like the concept which the man thinks of this is how the dinosaur moved since back then, this would have been magic to see an animation move in this way. I love how all this was imagined. That how dinosaurs moved this way and the anatomy for this matches pretty well to scientists but also for the creature. The quality of this animation Is amazing. There are a few random black blobs but that might have been production. In terms of the content. It is a bit dry until you get to the last two minutes which more funny things happen like Dumbo getting thrown into the lake. I also like the water scene on top of that and how the lake dried up.

I shall now look at the individual techniques used and suggested research :

Cel Method : Hand drawn frames on clear transparent plastic sheets called cels. Photographed over static background so the drawings look like they are moving between frames thus creating the illusion of movement. Below is a photo of the process which I looked into. The diagram below really helped me in relation to understanding cel shading since I thought that everything was done on one layer not multiple.

Peg System : Using a pin or hole to help pages line up. This is very important if you want a smooth animation since for a smooth animation, everything has to be alined. this is also the more effective way of alining them since if you did it manually with out an assist, you would find it very hard. When doing my walking animation, I made it a lot more difficult with my self as I didn't use a peg so al frames were manually adjusted by me and it took a long time to time up. Below is a photo of the process taken from the internet as well as a diagram to help me understand it visually. Although the image below isn't as professional, it helped me a lot more than the professional looking ones so here you go.

2D Method : Creating movement in a 2D space. I somewhat understand this but in my mind, I just call this rendering since you are adding detail to a drawing. but I suppose, rendering is a broad topic and could not be referencing a 3D render. For example, rendering but only doing one part or indeed - their rendering could just be adding patterns instead of making the subject look 3D. Below is an image of a sum up containing some key aspects of the 2D method. There is a photo of frozen since it just helped me understand this concept. It seems from these definitions, I understand them better with images than anything else.

( not sure wether I have done a few of these as the computer is making it hard for me to find certain posts by not zooming in or out )

In this post, I shall do the catch up for the dinosaur related projects. I shall also explain what I am looking at, why and how it relates to my brief as well as my overall theme. I shall also be making comments with all of these videos and links.

In this post, I am looking at different dinosaur making videos and a link since they all relate to making giant props in the industry. These are important to help understand how the props are made and how animatronics work with the prop. It is also quite interesting to see how people puppet the giant props such as these dinosaurs. I am looking at these videos and links because it links to my brief and overall projects. My brief is titled the lost world so dinosaurs in themselves come from a lost world in the fact that their world got wiped by an asteroid ( and then they evolved to survive hence t-rex = chicken ). So in a way, the world they lived in is no longer due to the amount of change over the years. It relates to one of my projects have just passed which was the dinosaur egg. It also related to the past times when I was looking into their films.

The video below is talking about the transformation between the older versions of dinosaurs to the current animatronics and puppetry.It also boasts that their movie has the most dinosaurs than any other. They also go through a little bit about how they made the dinosaurs. It seems like the more of the animatronics, the better the audience love it. I like in the video that it mentions that this practice would be hard to take by AI which is kind of good for artists.By watching this video, I am learning about what is happening in the industry and in the way of giant props, know about giant transformations in the movies which can be seen through each movie hey have created.

Scales as being used. They have scaled up a model but in my new project involving the doors in my other blog, we are scaling down an object so that is a link. I like how they are using older techniques to make something revolutionary in the model making industry. This was quite interesting and I like how they are taking us through the majority of the process as well as explaining certain parts like why they add the slats and why they do what they do onto of the chicken wire. I like this due to the fact that other artists could use this in their own giant projects. maybe not in the same way due to other projects not being as big but it certainly helps. I also like how the director people regularly checked the project. That was great as it's better to adjust early on than later when a whole week could pass fixing the mistake. hence why I like them checking each process so that the artists, do not have to redo the whole thing al over again. That would be very annoying.

Other than going through the process in detail, they can teach in detail as well. They have a lot of useful tutorials here. Below are the prices for this course but I like how they have a 7 day free trial. These videos seem really good and for the quality seems amazing. They have a lot of repeat artists making the videos so that is a good sign that they are high in demand and the people watch and pay for them because of the quality. Also, having professionals help you in terms of digital education is really helpful since you might not be trolled in an art course at all or have less experience hence watching these can help you in the industry. But irritating if you don't have these resources but then again, watching them can help as well. Each video session has a trailer to have a preview as to what they are like . This is amazing since artists tend to start off with less pay. So this makes this site more affordable as well.

This is a link to a specific video In the site which specialises in making figures. the video for this course involves some important things which I shall be learning in this course including how to make an armature and basic joints. The beetle tutorial earlier when through a few of these so there are some great alternatives when you can't access these resources. There must be a lot to learn since the video is a decent 3 hours and a half which is amazing for a tutorial video. I am guessing that it must be in real life. If so, three hours is a great time.

In this post, I shall be focusing on the spider and caterpillar. Today and yesterday I spent a lot of time writing up these two projects. Because I used the same settings for each, I decided to combine these two projects into the same post, despite the spider having another photoshoot. In this post I shall be starting with the caterpillar and then moving onto the spider. I shall comment on what other props I have used to create these settings as well as why I have posed them like that and add some general comments to them.

I shall be writing the annotations like a book ( left to right, up to down ).Now onto the annotations of the caterpillar :

Image 1 - I really like this photo. I like how it is also not directly in the centre of the camera. I also like how it is looking up so we have that nice lighting reflecting from the eyes but its also looking up in the area without the caterpillar so yeah. Its cool. I posed them like that because (1) limited poses since it is stuck like that (2) its nice to have a forward facing one in there since I have worked quite hard on the face. I also have placed them onto a red leaf since there isn't as many red leaves there thus emphasising the caterpillar. Plus the reds match so that is quite nice.

Image 2 - This is more of a wide image where you can see the set up a lot more easily. I placed the giant wooden part like that . I really like the lighting in this one. It’s not as great as the first attempt since you can see the background not as much. But I do like the extended frame.

Image 3 -I quite like this one. I could say this is more of a product photo as the subject matter is placed in the centre and is the main focus. I like the warm lighting and how that creates a contrast. You can also see how there isn’t any giant white parts in the background which I like which hides that it is in a booth. Compared to the previous two, this one is facing more towards us which I quite like as it’s a bit of variation. It also looks like it is directly looking at us which I love.

Image 4 - Here is one last warm ish photo. I decided to go for a completely different pose and location. It doesn’t seem as natural up here than on the ground but then again nothing here is the typical normal. For this photo, I tried to go for the campsite evil look where someone places their phone light or a touch under their face. This one, although creative isn’t my favourite since you can see the divide and the white corner thus drawing attention always from the actual piece. To improve, I would angle is slightly different to have a block colour in the background instead of a split.

Image 5 - This photo is warm ish as well but I think I had the cool light on this. I quite like the posing of this caterpillar since it seems in-natural. I do like the fact that it’s incorporated into the background and the eyes are just amazing. The eye bags on them is magnificent and dark. Thus making it seem more creepy. Or indeed a little cute if people are assuming that it is just a little tired. But I like the look anyways . I used the composition to emphasise what the caterpillar is sitting on by positioning the leaves closer to the base of the stump. I like this as you can see a slab of the black background in the background. Sadly you can see the white but isn’t more like a dark grey which is nice. Might have to edit it later on if I have time.

Image 6 - This is one of my more favourable photos as I was experimenting with cool lighting as well as composition. For this image, I got the edge of the lighting so you could see the little rainbow above the caterpillar. Quite like this lighting trick. The composition was also nice as the layout had the caterpillar on the stump but also looking out like the first image. Since there are no leaves in this image, it really helps out with the lighting due to the cool lighting . This is because the cool lighting would juxtapose the warm leaves thus bringing more attention to the leaves rather than the caterpillar that I am showing off.

Now onto the Spider :

Image 1 - This image is not my favourite as you can clearly see where the stump ends as well as the coat white and black background . I think this might be one of the photos which I took to zoom in on some aspects since you can see a lot of the edges rather it be the circle of leaves or the height of the stumps. One thing that elevated this image was the addition of some items including some moss on the stump and some spiky things. Oh, and I placed some leaves up the stump the emulated a tree.

Image 2 - This here is a much better photo as it’s zoomed in a lot more thus cancelling out more the the weird edges. I like how this image contains the full spider from head to toe quite well since the image size hasn’t even been adjusted yet but the image sizing already fits one of the spider. The warms lighting is quite nice and at least it adds something interesting to the image which is the interesting shadows on the face. I think I have looked at the spider project too much recently so a lot of these comments aren’t going to be the best. Plus I liked the original photoshoot on the set as I believe they are more professional looking and cool.

Image 3 - This is a silly little one. It doesn’t really match my style but thought it would look cute. That being said, the leaf on top looks alright. I think the colour of leaf could be different and it would look better in red. With this image, I feel like it would also need cropping due the ring of leaves at the bottom and the cut off point being very obvious. I do like the part at the top where you can see the branches stretching up which is alright.

Image 4 - The next three images are a lot better in my opinion due to the composition but also lighting. This one has very strong lighting on the head so it’s immediately the focal point. The moss in the branches helps to hide the background which I like but do wish that I spread it out more due to it looking like it’s on one layer. One thing which I love about this piece is the legs . They are quite visible and do not hide away but also the little boots on the end help as well. The way which they spread out are quite nice and I like how much room this shows that the top has.

Image 5 - This evil spider looks amazing. What makes it an evil spider is due to the downward angle looking up as well as the cool lighting. Sadly you can see the top of the branches but we digress.

Image 6 - Very similar to the previous photo but there is more colour around the base where you can see more leaves due to the slight angle change in the camera. I like to pair this photo and the previous one as it’s like both the heads are having their moment to look straight ahead. The shadow effect is amazing and I love the contrast.

In this post, I am summing up some of the research and not going to be doing as much writing as I typically do since I want to go to bed before midnight ( that moment has now past and it is currently 00:20 am ).

Beetle sculpt. This has a very interesting process. What is immediately very different as they have the whole thing more planned out. To get the whole thing stable, they use a lot of wire and give guides. They also have drawn the different profiles. The downside of this is that most people would not have a lot of these things but I like how he is making it adaptable. I like the idea of wire and string thing as it had a great structure. He uses a process which we use to reduce the amount of clay used. But what a different technique he used is to wrap the aluminium with the to get the shape more accurate. What I find quite nice is the fact that he is using wire so that the clay would attach more nicely to the legs and I used clay as an adhesive for my caterpillar sculpture before adapting it. I like how in detailed this tutorial is as he is showing the whole whole process you could achieve the same results which is uncommon for tutorials. I also like how he names the tools as it would be a lot harder to achieve with the wrong tools. At the 5 minute 22 second mark, I shall stop writing this up so I could continue researching but next time when making creatures I shall refer back to his work as he has some great techniques which can make processes a lot easier.

Caterpillar image below : I like the before and after painting model. I am using the picture as a guide as to what you can achieve with the clay and what affects you can give the project in terms of texture and patterns. I love both ones and I find this helpful as I can see certain aspects which weren't modelled and were possibly 3D printed. This is great to combine both as certain parts would be far too fiddly and annoying to work with hence the printing. Either that or they were sculpted and baked so before working on the model, they were not crushed. I also like in this before and after how colourful clay wasn't used. I had used it in mine and I did get my desired effect but I find it cool that they did this from no colour. And finally, the whole design. I think I might push myself further into designing more complex things so I could get even more detailed projects.

Pinterest board below : Here is a board made from creating dinosaur and egg related images. I use Pinterest quite a lot to create quick mood boards and colleges for certain projects like the submarine or for the seal at the very start. Although this isn't a board but a search for dinosaur egg models, this is quite a good idea. But there is a downside for using Pinterest :

People get different results when searching up things as it focuses on your interest and not someone else's

its hard to find the original artists or people who put the images on since they can be reposted again and again.

Dining like Darwin below : This link here is kind of cool. I can’t really open them up to quote or explain certain parts since my phone shall delete this post but I can say :

Here are some cool links to some interesting sites and the reasons for looking into food things related to the bush meat market where people can eat practically anything. Thus links the the brief of the caterpillars being eaten for a determined benefit. Under the each link , I’ll put a sentence or two about how it relates to my project and what they are.

Weird foods below : Related to how scientists ate a wide range of creatures for “ scientific “ purposes. Could relate to my story as my story is based upon this era of time. Relates to the brief as the caterpillars could have been used for something either for medicine or meat.

How to make said weird foods below : Very weird food tourists like you can go out and eat. This was used to help make links so to how people got a hold of the caterpillars and whether they were sold or not. This link would advertise the caterpillars but also links could make anything seem what they want them to seem like. Eg the caterpillar could be tasty when in reality disgusting or the caterpillar could heal when in reality do great harm.

Beer can chicken below : Helps to make things on a very small scale. But also see how the small scale items can sell since there is a whole market for tiny items. Maybe we could make our own tiny item line. This links to help being able to make props on an even smaller level and also how to make miniature food which skills could help in other aspects of clay modelling.

Entomophagy below : Kyrstie was talking about this chicken. Apparently it tastes quite nice. This link also links to the concept of eating things which people consider weird. At this point, I think Kyrstie wants all caterpillars to be eaten with the amount of food links which she suggests.

Green Caterpillar below : Even more links about people eating food. Maybe I should make mine toxic to teach people not to over eat exotic food as it’s not sustainable if over hunted since it damages their local area and food chain. I wonder if people eat the insects live or not. Maybe mine should be eaten live then can grab onto your face and kill you via suffocation or just eating your face off .

Giant Caterpillar : I’ve already done my clay project so it’s a bit of a shame I didn’t watch this before hand . I did watch and research the caning clay method though so that helped a lot with the colouring and sculpting. This video contains a lot of helpful things and from memory they had to repeat the colour for all sections since they didn’t do slabs .

Model - makers below : Another painting one. This one looks epic and I love it so much. Shall definitely be using this link for the next project since I love the see through but coloured effect.

In this post, I am summing up some of the research and not going to be doing as much writing as I typically do since I want to go to bed before midnight and this is due tomorrow.

How spiders relate to the industry in terms of games:

For £15 this spider seems quite reasonable. The construction of this is a lot difference since no glue or screws are requires. I like how it branches out to other animals as well. The spider design reminds me a lot of x-ray designs which is call. I looked at a lot of those designs when piecing together my summer homework at the start of the year. They look cool in concept. I like how this spider is low down. I also believe that they did this to reduce issues as a spider with very long legs would be a lot more unstable.

Adam Savage - techniques and equipment. Talks about safety and his employees. Has a big following. Below is a link to his website. Here is his description from his bio :

Here he talks about the protection of his staff . He is talking about safety and how that impacts other people. Also he is talking about showing new employees around and basically what is required about them and if they know about the safety. But also how others react to others in the shop. Also about being easy to work with in regards to treating others in respect and acknowledging others. - good in regards for consideration in others and can help in the workplace.

Louise Bourgeois - sculpts and makes huge spiders like Mamon. I really like her spiders as they look amazing and I like the names which she gives them and the titles. I also love how she forms the legs. I love how they aren't all just straight, they are weird and wobbly. My favourite. I love unusual things. I might even make an odd spider for my room. Which is a bit odd since I hate spiders in my room due to the amount of places that they can hide in.

I love that so much as a mother can be a lot of things. Out of all her pieces, I like the sound of this one the most. I also like the aspects of the weird legs. I think the piece which she is talking about has spikes on the end of the legs to reflect the dangerousness but that could be a predator because of the blades but a protector as they will stop anything from getting behind.

How spiders are included in films. Arachnophobia - fear of spiders:

I love how they play with the fear of spiders. I also like the scene where the spiders seem to multiple. I also like how this seems comical to people who aren't afraid of spiders but even to the people in the film, their attitudes begin to change. Also the musical changes from happy to concerning foreshadowing a later plot. Also the phrase " I have a terrible fear of spiders " is so foreshadowing that it is funny. Also the typical stereotype of a female being afraid of spiders is the opposite and now males are afraid but the females aren't.

Aragog from Harry Potter .

I love this scene. I also like how Ron is being represented as having a fear of spiders. I love how this scene plays into many fears of the dark, spiders and it appears very claustrophobic. It seems very foreshadowing and …. you could guess what happens. I like how spiders are everywhere and are falling from the sky. It plays into the fear that spiders are crawling around a lot. I also like the fear of spiders in regards to biting. Mainly the fangs. They have animated this very well. The spider movements are very fluid and the whole scene has had a lot of touch ups to it. The acting is amazing as well.

Some more spiders . But it is the Harry Potter Exhibition where they showcase the scene. Even the show room is amazing. Of course it is a lot less detailed but the animatronics are very realistic and high quality. I wonder if this is the industry that I would get into. I love the whole experience. I think what really adds detail are those fine spider webs. I do not think they are made by spiders so I wonder how they make them. I also like the feature of walking around like you are in the movie as you have strong lighting and darkness. I do find the big spider a little disappointing but I suppose it is what they used. The effects look cool. It is quite nice to compare them. The finished product and the starting points. I do like the dog since in the film, I think it appears all lit up but unsure. I do not think that it is Hagrid's dog since the face structure is different.

In this post, I shall be finishing up the research on the egg project.

Here I am looking at other art inspired by dinosaurs coming out of eggs. They both look kind of cool In this post, I shall be making comments on each of them and comparing them to each other as well as my egg design.

I really like the first egg. I love how realistic it looks and I can appreciate the time it has taken to make it look like a baby dinosaur. I like how they have taken into consideration how the dinosaur fitted inside of the egg from how we can see it. I do think the egg shell is a bit thick but then again, it could just be because of the type of egg. I love the dulled colours on this one but one thing I would go to improve this egg is to add some shine somewhere. Whether it is on the eyes to make them seem alive or around the body to mimic the membrane of the egg which is slimy. It also seems like this egg is too perfect and that this baby uses the egg as its bed given how clean it is.

The second egg is not my favourite. Although we can tell that it looks like a dinosaur in the egg there us not as much effort placed in this. For example, the cracks where the dinosaur is braking out is very minimal . Also there is little depth between the egg and dinosaur which is very odd. One big difference is how much of the dinosaur is showing as the first one has most of the dinosaur on display but the second one only has the face and one hand. One thing which is a bit unfortunate so I am hoping its not true is that the second dinosaur egg looks like it was designed by AI. This is sad if it is an artist whoms work was fuelling AI but I doubt it. In my mind, it just had that AI style which is disappointing. It would also be so easy for someone else to design it even better. But it does have a museum background so less likely to be AI but then again... it does look like it a lot.

This post shall hopefully be the last one before the official photoshoot. In this post, I shall be writing up what happened with my experimental boots for my spider as well as give an insight into the set up for the stop animation, the process as well as the results. I did also do a mini photoshoot in the set since the lighting was really nice and the backdrop was cool.

The first image is of the spider. You can see in this photo how well the whole design aspect came out as you notice the eyes a little more. Even though they camouflage in since they are see through, they are slightly a different colour + you can see the shadow . The second and third image is of the experimental baking of the foam clay. Even though they were thick, I only put them in for 45 seconds due to them wanting to expand. In the end, I got the third image. As you can see, some of them join together which was a little tricky. Luckily some of the boots which stuck together fitted correctly into the legs. I did have to separate one set. You can see them on the photoshoot. To prevent the boots from falling off very quickly, I also hot glued them on. It was somewhat effective. One of the boots came off during filming and was missing a boot since I saw it too later. Whoops.

Once the spider was complete the next step was to step up the set for the stop motion. For this, we arranged an area for filming including a white backdrop as well as lighting and set up a camera for shooting. The second image is one from the actual stop animation. Unfortunately I didn't have time to complete the stop animation. I tried doing it on my own laptop but I kept getting into problems and after all of that, it wouldn't let me press play... Anyways, her is one picture from the 160 pictures taken,

I was shooting the stop animation with @lostwellietyler and Paige. Paige took all the photos and Ellie and I adjusted the spiders. It was fun but a little irritating after a while. The whole process of the animation probably took 20 minutes maximum. Which is a lot less time than I originally thought but then again, there was three of us.

I also took advantage of the lighting and effects. I thought I'll do a bit of a photoshoot at this time since the little photobooth was nice but it was very closed and a tall structure like mine was a little crowded in terms of height. So by taking these photos I could experiment. Also this brief was focusing in the workshop so the general setting doesn't need anything being done with it since the setting is in the workshop anyways. In terms of a book - here is my quick thoughts on each image :

Image 1 - Very cool, I like how the spider isn't that far away from the camera. I also like how it isn't centre and how this effect lets us see more of the room. In terms of lighting, there isn't a strong contrast on the spider but you can definitely see the shadows. I also like how tall the spider is and its height lets it be more visible. The legs. are a little hidden as they are blended into the background so I am happy with this image. You also get that nice contrast of the dark background where the spider is standing with the spider. So you can spread out the white.

Image 2 - This image is alright. The legs are a bit of a blur as well as the feet. I believe that I forgot to adjust this image since I did all the images in portrait mode so they are a bit blurred in the background which I think gives a professional photo vibe. But not for this one since the legs aren't in focus. I do like how the legs are more in the foreground so you can get that bit of depth between the leg and faces.

Image 3 - This one was a bit of a joke. I like to do mugshots. I do believe that this image is quite nice as it is a close up of the spider. The light shining through the background is cool. Just like every mug shot, something doesn't go as right as you want so that is quite a nice finish. It also gives the spider some personality and quirkiness.

Image 4 - Out of all the images, this is my favourite. The legs are in focus. You have amazing lighting and a contrast behind. It is just perfect. I am not sure what to comment on than I think this is the best and most professional looking image out of the whole thing and that the natural phone camera has captured the height perfectly as the spider filles the photo quite nicely.

Image 5 - This image may initially look the same but here is the thing. I included this image to show the importance how people and if they get Infront of the picture taking. On the left side, you can see a lump which could either be a person's side of indeed the camera. In that case, just make sure that no unwanted things are in the frame before taking the photo.

Image 6 - This last one has Paige's spider under mine. This was taken at the very start as I was experimenting with the shadows. Hence the subject matter being in the mid ground. I like the shadow concept but at the same time, the legs are a little too thin so it could just looks like a floating blob. This was a nice idea though.

Today was mainly focusing on the legs and any final touches for next week. In this post, I shall be commenting on if I had any problems with the constructions and how I made each part. I shall also be talking about health and safety as well as confidence in the machinery.

Using the design worksheet, I knew that I wanted the longs to be quite long. I also knew that the legs would have to be very sturdy since it would have to be carrying the weight of the giant face. So I decided to pick the widest rods I could find for my project. Since the regular cutters were going to be hard to cut with - I used the guillotine. I cut the first one into something that I was happy with and then used it as a guideline for the rest. I would line it up and then remove it so I wasn't cutting two at the same time. Just using it for a guideline. The first image shows the long ones being prepared and the second image is of all the pieces. I also cut the small ones which are camouflaging into my hand. After I had measured them up to my design to check the lengths again I started to spot weld them. When measuring them, I found that a 90' angle would work the best so for each one, I tried to get them into a 90' angle.

The third image is of the first one which I did. I am very happy with it but since it didn't match the others I placed it under again since I wanted the black spot and colour change.

Health and safety for the guillotine :

Keep your fingers out of the way

Wear glasses in the unlikely even that something will fling up into your eyes

Do not cut two pieces of metal at the same time

The further up the handle you place your hand - the easier

Have a bit of common sense - if you use the machine right then there should be no issues.

I took the first one and layered it next to the others for the picture. You can also see the black colour change where I had heated it up again in order for it to be similar to the others.

In the second image, I had done a few of the legs and was wondering on how I was going to attach them. I knew that I wanted two of them to be a bit more out in the front. In the end, I had designed the third one to hold them all together. Then the face could be placed on top. It was suggested that instead of having each pair separate, that I run two rods in-between them in order to connect all rods so they aren't just free floating. And so the spider has a base to go upon.

In the first image, I was looking underneath and assessing whether or not, I could use the little point on the bottom as a holder and lodge it underneath one of the pairs of legs so that the head would be much more stable. The second photo is the gradual even more pairs of legs showing. It was very heard to get the M shape right since the shape of the M also made the legs either long or shorter or wider or indeed thinner. It was very hard but I made a solution to that later on.

I did have to have a bit of help with the legs and bars situation since I found it very hard to position them. Getting three on was very easy but I the fourth was so hard. I think next time I would do them in order but I wanted to get equal spacing so the easiest way for that to happen was if I did the front and back then fill in the middle. It was also hard since one the front part is over the bar when the back bit was under. The technician to which I sadly can't remember the name to helped me. The second round that I needed help with Kyrstie helped me since one of the legs broke. To be honest, I was seeing how far I could get them in order to get the spider to come on straight thus the constant fixing.

Once all four pairs of legs were attached, I adjusted them to get the to the desired angle. There is one particular leg which was quite wonky so I broke it and repaired to be be a slightly better angle. The second photo was when I balanced the main base on. You can also see a smaller face. In the previous post, I had mentioned that I might do this or another idea which I can't remember at this point in time. I think I made this little head in the week prior since the indentations bounced back quite a bit. I had room for the eye sockets which were indented but they weren't as exaggerated at this point in time sadly. But we digress. In the corner of the last photo, you can see the hot glue gun.

Health and safety for the hot glue gun :

Have common sense - it is hot so be careful with your fingers

The longer it has been left on for, the hotter - so do not leave it on for a very long time e.g. overnight.

Be careful when you add another stick since there can be a bit push of glue which might catch you off guard

Some glue guns like this one was stiff - that impacts a lot of things

As mentioned prior, hot glue. I used the hot glue for a number of things which could be hidden. I used it for attaching the legs onto the base since I lodged the plastic blob in and it was secure - the hot glue made it much more secure. I also used it to attach the head to the face. I also made little eyeball which consist of me just gluing inside the eye socket to make them stand out.

The first image indicated how close some aspects of the metal were to the clay. Thus the wonky fit since I didn't want to damage anything. I also glued the head on wonky like it was looking at something so the whole thing wouldn't seem out of place. It isn't seen here but I also glued in the smaller piercings onto the face as well as the boots onto the legs.

So at this point, I was mostly done but I wanted to experiment one last time. Since not all of the legs touched the ground, I made some little boots for a few of the legs . The experiment was being to bake them since the foam clay would have shrunk a little bit. But that would be in the next post.

In this post, I shall be finishing off the main body e.g. the modelling using the clay so I aimed to complete the other ear, the mouth, jaw, cheeks and back of the head. I shall be making comments along the way

In the first few photos, I am fixing up some work from last time e.g. any stains or broken parts. The side of one of the nostrils got a bit damaged. Not quite sure what to write here but things are getting a bit better and the third image was me starting on the other ear by trialling the starting size of the clay. I wanted this to be somewhat similar so I could get some equal ish ears. Thus making some normality to this very odd face.

Here, I tried a process a little different to the other ear. For the first image, I was just trying to get the rough shape but wasn't looking at the other ear. So when I looked at the other ear, I had to make some changes e.g. stretching the ear lobe and the biggest one, smoothing out the ear. I would say that it didn't take much time at all to make this ear and it took 30 minutes which is a huge difference from last time.

In the third image, I started by working on the back of the head so I started to add a thin layer of clay . In hind sight, if I handled the clay pretty well, I could have put it through the pasta machine. But then again, if it picked up any colour that would have been very annoying or if it got stuck in the machine and caught up in the edges. So in a way, I am glad that I used this way.

Here, I was adding another layer in hopes of filling a higher amount on the back then I was smoothing it later. During the smoothing process, I accidentally attached the ear to the side of the face. Hence the second photo. You can also see in the second photo, the cheek and upper lip being developed. You can see this a lot more clearly in the third image. I quite like the effect of the weird jaw as I believe that it makes the whole thing look more creepy since the mouth resembles fangs.

Here is what the upper lip fangs look like from down below, I would say that they are pretty even which is good. I like the two piercing blobs also attached. The back of the head is a little odd as I wanted to add something underneath whether it would be another head or a joint up section underneath and it could act as a mouth extender. Which would be kind of cool. Anyways, the second image shows the front of the face, I love it so far, If I could change anything, I think it would be the depth of the nose as it is big but front the front it just looks like a giant lob. So I would say to thin the nose a bit at the top so you can see the differences in layers.

I was given a spider brief to design a spider for a workshop stop animation. The brief was to use the resources in the workshop in order to create an animation to make it seem like the spiders came to life and was walking around the workshop.

To start with, I made a collage on Pinterest of all the things which inspired me about this project. I was mainly focused on the masks and other insects. I love the masks and for quite some time was thinking about 3D making my own to use as a cosplay prop. Hence the masks were a huge inspiration. I also like the little piercings in the bottom one. I was deciding between the making it creepy and experimenting with eyes or to make one hugely inspired by the design on the masks. In the second image, you can see my worksheet at the beginning of the work project. My designs often featured long legs and those masks but different design and wrapped around the face. What helped my a lot was by seeing some of the things which I could use in my project which then made my start doing my worksheet with a ball for the base as that would mean that I could work at a bigger scale due to less foam clay being used.

When I had thought about my design, I got out the foam clay and immediately came onto a problem. This third image is what I think might have gotten my a mature label. I am not sure how I got one as my whole post I just me creating things with foam clay. Anyway, we I had started modelling, I got the foam clay and immediately placed it on top of paper due to how I worked with super sculpey and using a piece of paper to save as much clay as possible. Anyway, it got stuck to the paper hence me photographing this image to show the mistake. I did find out that the more you handle the foam, the less it sticks to the paper so I am guessing that is because it has already ben given a chance and has reacted with air thus making it less sticky.

The first image shows the type of foam clay I was using. When looking at some to purchase for myself, I found that the bigger tubs were a lot cheaper than these packets but then again, the smaller packets could have been order because of the case which someone could have not sealed the package correctly thus can't do much more just in case a lot gets ruined.

In the second and third image, I decided to model a big nose as I want it to be the focus point for my design as It would go out the longest. I quite like the nose and was quite proud of myself. Unfortunately it did go a bit backwards when I was trying to get it back to this stage a week later since it dried odd due to how it was resting. I found that the clay was easy to work with since it felt like putty and just overall easy to work with. Not as much smoothing it into its self but for this project, I was leaving it a bit rough anyways due to the fact that It cam to life in a workshop thus the need for it not be perfect.

It this stage, i thought I might as well make the eyes and piercings. The black clay that I was using was extremely crumbly so I used a bit of normal clay to make it stick together and rolled it through the pasta maker to make it stick together. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the shine out of some of them but then again... doesn't need to be perfect. I do also wish that I made a lot more piercings since I had some clay left over ( which was preserved for later ) and that I kept dropping the piercings so much that my project barely had any in the end. I did find a piece of black plastic on the floor so I harvested a little out of that since I dropped the ball at a crucial time but that is a story for later. When cutting the pieces out I was trying to get them all the same shape and desired size so I think I did an alright job at the end.

In the second photo you can see me baking them and in the third photo cooling them on the ball so that they would have some aspect of a curve so that when placed down, they would sit curved to the ball instead of poking out. I think this idea was really smart and cool since they dries quickly in the shape which I held then at.

Next was to attach them to the face. I did use a pencil to push the ends in which worked quite well. Out of the whole thing, there was only one or two which didn't sit as nice since they wasn't as curved hence the pencil. I love this since it has given so much detail in such little of time so I could continue the project.

In the second photo, you can see the starting of an ear. At this stage, I was getting a general shape before redefining on the next image. I like this since I used the ear which I had previously sculpted as a reference. In the third photo, you can see my thinning out the outer ear and cutting the edges off so the outer bit can curve inwards and be more anatomically correct. I also added a stretched earlobe as I find them very cool. This looks epic but sadly, this but got destroyed when drying so had to fix later on.

Here is what I stopped with. The ear was complete and the next step would be completing the other ear. I love how this turned out and am really pleased with it. Not as pleased with the amount of writing on this post but I am in a rush so have to get everything done by the end of today preferably.

In this post, I shall be writing a little explanation to each photo as well as a little comment. I shall go into more detail in the second bunch of photos.

First photo : ( reading like a book ) . This was the first page of the fish task. I had a few of the fish on the page with some random doodles. I like this as its very crowded and I like the pop of colour.

Second photo : The continuation of the fish activity. Same old same. I love these colleges and how goofy they look. They also add a lot of chunk of my sketchbook.

Third photo : Continuation of the people. In the last post of this, I had completed one page but here is what the other side looks like. Drawing on these stickers is quite unique and nice to do so because of the bumpy texture. I also quite like the little chibi thing in the corner as I like the design - could make into an OC.

Fourth photo : This is a backgammon board. I love to play backgammon with my mother and @lostwellietyler so I thought I would sketch it roughly. I still need to add some colour in here but other than that, I really like it.

Fifth photo : This is of an odd zombie alien girl thing. I don't know what yet but it looks really cool. This is no where near done yet as the hair has so much work left to do on it but I love the base sketch. I used the eyes and got them from reference photo on Pinterest. I am unsure of that the character or indeed original poster is. I just used the eyes for reference. I love it so far.

Sixth photo : Of a weird bunny. My dad brought some of those children's pens for me upon my request since they looked very nice and they were very nice felt tips. For £6 they were amazing. Did a weird bunny with them. Overall nice bunny and nice pens.

Now for the convention things. I did go around and got a lot of business cards as you can see down below. I did talk with one artist a lot about how they got the motivation to draw and continue this as it requires a lot of effort to achieve. As well as how long they have been doing this for and if they had any tips.

First up is the spreads ( numbered like a book ). The first one is my favourite as I purchased two photocards for this page. I just love their art style so much and both are dressed up like bunnies which I love even more. I love the style of how I presented them as well. I did layer some light pink backing to make this page more exciting and cool. This was the page which I talked to one artist. Their card is on the bottom left of the page is you are looking at it from its current angle. Like a book, it would be the bottom right card. Anyways, its an orangey pink kind of card. I did get duplicates by accident of this. She mentioned how drawing was her comfort and that doing this helped her in stressful times. She also mentioned to take your time since she managed to do her stall and got up to the point she is at in nine years. Admittedly her set up looked amazing and unique. I shall be showing different set ups on another post if I have time since I really want to be able to set up a stall to sell my art.

The second spread was a blue themed one with darker colours on one section. I like this one and find that the Caz card was very funny. I also find it a bit of a shame that they do not put their socials on both sides as the cards are cool to collect for their art but also, the fish card looks amazing but I do not know her socials anymore hence the need for this. Overall, very cool.

Next was the third set up involving the pink pages. I love this one a lot. One card doesn't really suit this page but we digress. I did fins a thank you art thing from the person I was talking to and was a bit annoyed that I didn't put it in this page. I think I need to put something else in that page, maybe some ribbons to just make it look fuller.

Now onto my least favourite spread. This one is cool but not my favourite. I do like how one of the cards is a sticker. Individually the designs are very cool but I think the orange cards do not really fit. The artists themselves are really nice and I did buy a mouthwash Ann keyring which was flip-able from them.

 In this post, I shall pick up where I left of last time so that would be just about to finish the painting but noticing a mistake. I shall also make comments on thy mistake as well as giving the solutions which I used. I shall also be showing you the still life drawing of this egg as well as planning a photoshoot since I didn't do a photoshoot in college with my egg. But if I have time, I could do one with a normal egg and concept ideas ( not the best in e.g. lighting nor settings in regards to what I can access ).

In the first image you can see what happened when I fixed the mistake. The mistake wasn't to paint the insides of the shell before the egg so I hard to be very careful filling them in. But why all the white dust layer ? Because I wasn't happy with the thickness of the egg which can be seen from the outside. So I spent quite a while thinning it down with the scalpel. This undid my process with painting the inside of the egg and not only this, due to the filling of the egg, there was extra space where I whittled it down. So there was just a giant ring of white which wasn't quite as nice was the thin parts of the new egg. So I filled them back in with paint and blended them in to extra extra depth in the shadow. This was alright since It covered areas and made it so there was extra depth even though the texture wasn't recreated.

Anyway, in the first image, there was a lot of dust because of the filling. This was the result when most of the dust was brushed away. To stop this problem when all the dust work stopped, I ran a little bit of water on it and dabbed it with a paper towel and hoped that the paint job wasn't effected. I think the polish helped to keep the paint in shape which was quite nice. I did that process times two since the dust was taking a while to exit. I had to wait for it to dry each time due to the dust being visible when dry. The second photo was when wet and after the second water coat. See how much darker it looks compared to the first image.

Can't quite remember for the third photo if it was before or after the filling process or not but it is showing off the edge. Also one eye is black so I am lead to believe that this was the before photo.

This was what the edges looked like once filled down ( I think ). I also think that the third image before was showing the removal of paint as the polish on the second image is water based hence it removes paint a little if the paint isn't dry. So to resolve this problem without lumpiness, I removed the paint using a very small cone tipped sculpting tool and then repainted it since the paint would get a little lumpy due to the amount of coats due to the paint being removed since it wasn't totally dry and the polish was being painted on not dabbed. When fixed , the eye solution worked well. In the third photo, you can see the egg fully being coated with polish ( just the inside ) and that was due to me thinking about the slimy membrane of the egg and I wanted to reflect this since I couldn't really so that as thinly as I wanted.

In the first image, I baked the ear. It turned out alright but a little bit was cooked a bit more but I do like the end project.

The second photo is mainly to do with me painting the egg yellow with a bit of watered down paint. I watered it down so I could get it underneath. I also did this to tint the whole thing. Once painted on, I rubbed it off so I could get a tint. I think this technique worked really well. This was also my way of not painting the egg fully with another colour. Since some eggs turned out well, I just preferred the texture of the brown parts of the egg. I also at this stage, added another stand ( flat bit ). I didn't get it as nice as the other one but I did do it quite well and now it stands up perfectly. It can also now pose from different angles. Which I thought was great for the photoshoot.

The egg above looked a little plain in regards to the outer shell and creature. I think that picture was for the dust side but still unsure. The first photo below is the contrast to that and I love it so much. I love the depth created as well as the white corners being blended in. I love it so much. It does look a lot better off camera. Hopefully I could capture some of the images in college next time in better lighting. But... this was the photo I took of the angle which I painted my egg at. I did draw from real life but wanted to show my reference picture.

Here is the egg thing. I used a mix medium of ink, pen and pencil. The first image is a work in process and the second one is the final piece. I like the contrast a lot. I was told not to do the shell but let the creature stand out. I did do a rough sketch hence the shape of the egg as well as the size of the creature. I like it a bit. But there are some issues which I have due to the scale and the colouring of the background. Originally this was just going to be a block colour which I thought would look amazing but the pen was running out a lot. To cover it and add texture. I added the white pencil which helped a little but still not a fan of it. If I were to do this again, I would focus a lot more of the scale and printed out a reference photo and used the grid method to help get the right proportions. Or I could just use a light box.

I unfortunately didn't have time for a quick photoshoot so here are some ideas I had:

Warm lighting.

Some very much zoomed into the creature.

Place in a box and have some sawdust or wood chippings around it.

Make the egg seem like a planet.

Photoset seem cosy.

Maybe do a back of egg photo.

Maybe do a dark one once you can see the creature.

Switch to cool toned and darker lighting for a dark contrast.

I've already explained the process of making and defining the egg which this creature sits in on the other post. I have also explained how I sculpted the face - again on the other post. In this post, I shall pick up where I left of last time so that would be just about to bake it as well as any changes which I made. I shall also be making comments on how I can improve and other comments on the egg as well as the health and safety with the oven.

In this post, I shall be focusing on the painting of the egg as well as another past side project which distracted me.

First up, the egg. In the first image, you can see the smoothed out face. The differences compared to the second image is that there are far more wrinkles and the mouth is more defined. I did those changes because of my past evaluation of the project as well as Krystie's suggestion about adding some details to make the creature more frightening and weird. It wasn't hard to add the extra details and was quite easy. I decided to add some exaggerated wrinkles to the forehead which resembled a human but the face had unusual sagging which would relate to a mystery and a deeper dive into the lore and background of this piece. I also believe that this second photo was taken after as it has some paint in the mouth and the skin has a more detailed texture.

The third photo is one I took of @lostwellietyler placing our eggs into the oven. The health and safety for this was : make sure you were not touching the plate as the oven was preheated and everything in the oven was quite hot. Thus using the tool . Use common sense - it is hot so be careful. If you get burnt- run your burnt part under cold running water for 15 minutes and tell someone aka the technician in the room. The eggs were not in for that long and they acted as really nice hand warmers.

When referring to the second image below, I shall name this one " that painted egg picture " as I shall refer to it maybe in this post, maybe in the next ones.

This was the moment I got a little side tracked. When walking down to the room again, I spotted all the ears again and wanted to make mine into a necklace and keep it since we weren't doing anything with them. Once I got confirmation that they were not part of a bigger thing, I used a razor to cut the block in half. I did this to reduce the waste of clay overall. I did leave some of the block on since I wanted to turn it into an earring or necklace so needed some back at least. Health and safety with a blade. - use common sense - be careful - you do not want to missing a digit. After cutting, I smoother the edges out to get a similar backing shape as before - just less. Its alright and I am not too sure which one I prefer. If I were making this into an earring, less would be better as it is a little heavy as it is but I find the concept of wearing an earring or an ear on my ear quite humorous.

Back to the egg!

I wasn't too sure what to do so I painted the egg in a watered down dark colour. But that wasn't quite enough so I used a deeper shade to get the third image. The second image shows the mixing for the face I think. Not too sure as the palette is crowded and overlaying other things. I think I just put black onto the brown and added some green to cancel out the red/orange. I think it was a deep purple I mixed into it in the end instead of a green to get a darker shade.

I think my process for any painting job like this is to start dark then work up till lighter colours as it takes more effort to make something lighter as it is darker. Also, it means that I can layer so many colours on top of a dark shade by airbrushing to create different textures and gradients.

The " that one egg painting " above above I think is a step close to this. Mainly because I had airbrushed things on top of it. It could possibly have been the step above where I chose to make the face start darker. I think, I used the lighter brown then trialled it but didn't like it as much. Anyways, I did something with the combination surrounding airbrushing, layering and other things. I used the same techniques as the finger. In this picture I was also experimenting with making one eye darker. I used this photo as a side by side comparison in regards to creepiness.

In the end, I chose the black side and both were painted black. I had an issue with the black which I shall explain in the later post regarding this topic. One more thing- the red paint in this photo is what I used to make the creature appear either more flustered or angry. It was also used to give some colour to the face and make him stand out more rather than just blending into the background.

Things I still need to do on this egg:

Paint the shell

Paint the eyes

Add highlights to the face

Add a layer of gloss

This is to show what the end result for the Maya Submarine project looks like. The colour I picked to be 3D printed was purple to match the colouring in Maya. In this post, I shall be writing about the end result for this project as well as the design sheet I did to go along with the submarine as well as any comments on it.

This was my first time designing something to print and be used later in a project. Thus my first time understanding what the end result would look like. I think I was expecting something a bit crisper as there are still some supports added in such as the gap inside the ears and the face isn't carved out much. I think what was also a disappointment was the windows which you can see on the second and third photo. The reason behind this is that they do not look strong and the tops of the are a bit wonky. Overall the filling in reminded me of one of those 3D pens in regards to how they were processed.

I like how it turned out to a degree. I think what I would do for next time is to invest in some tools to take the support structures out but also make some areas more prominent. Mainly the face and the thickness of the windows. I think the whole thing would have turned out smoother if I did either thing: use a small sander to sand the gaps or make the design bigger thus would be a higher resolution when taking out.

I think out of all sides, my favourite one has to be the back since I find little imperfections in this. Out of the whole thing, this is the simplest design so maybe the simpler the better. But also, I quite like the side and front angle as it emphasises the bunny aspect which I love.

The reason why I took the 3D printed results like that was due to this design sheet which I made. It took a few hours to do and some parts aren't 100% accurate such as the ears. But I made the majority of it true to the actual design.

I quite like my shading technique. If you look close enough, you can see the shading and then appreciate the time it took probably. I like this as this kind of blends in the cell shading without making it totally boring. It was also quicker than me seriously rendering it which would have taken a way longer time given my whole style which can be seen on the card project. But I think most of that was animating time. Any who, its done now.

I chose the colour purple for this as it relates to the name. The oodie flavour has came from a running joke concerning one item of clothing of mine which is a giant purple oodie ( giant hoodie ). Other than the fact that I like this clothing item, I also love purple and a lot of the things I own like my current sketchbook are purple.

The idea surrounding that it is diving into fluff is also inspired by my oodie. To be honest, since my other fish work got deleted, I've moved to things which bring me comfort like my favourite colour as well as bunnies. Hence the project. Although it doesn't relate to my world anymore, it is weird and I like it.

Peer Feedback:

There wasn't anything in terms of improvement but comments. Paige likes the eyes and thought they were scary and Ellie appreciated my shading and odd shading on the windows which was quite nice. From these comments, I can improve things like adding the whites of the eyes since I like that would make it look even more " harrowing ". But other than that I am quite happy with it. I did add a purple background but that was to make it stand out. Oh - and Josh also approved it and said that it was cool and also liked the eyes.