#babbleboy

Once the tank was together, all the finishing touches could be added to make the tank complete.

For our tank, we decided to create a bit of an environment for our babble fish and this included making some rocks for the bottom of the ocean. At first, I thought about how this could be 3D printed and then I saw blue work-out mat foam and thought it would be faster to carve rocks out of that!

To start, I cut various shapes and sizes of rocks using a small blade.

Then I sanded the sides of each rock to give it a smoother surface finish.

Finally, I added a bit of green paint using a natural sponge in order to give it some texture and depth.

For our fish tank, I created a fusion final that would allow for pegs and holes to be cut out on a CNC machine and create nice joinery for our little babble fish.

Then after some edits to help it work on the CNC machine, it was ready to cut.

Finally, a base layer of blue paint was applied and all the pieces were glued together.

The final prototype included the tank with the joinery in scale as well as a partially printed fish body that we were able to mount and figure out the mechanics more thoroughly.

We then began making our prototypes more complex and flushed out so they could be incorporated into the final project. This included a more exact tank structure and a laser cut fish head.

Our text prototype included a focus on the layout of the fish tank and the motion of the fish talking.

We created a cardboard prototype in order to show our idea to the class.

When beginning the Babble Fish project, we came together as a group to decide what our dream project would be and all the components we were excited about and wanted to learn more about.