DSDN 104 - A nice solid fluid form I have created from original form.

I like this form mainly because of the fluidity of the form itself and the feathery feel it produces and the front has a good movement feel to it, almost like the top of the front is a cliff hanger. Those tacky bits at the bottom make a fading effect to me, like its melting into the ground and fading away. So far this is my most favorite model because of the attributes of the form.

Also here are two different forms where I have enhanced the modifying tool "shell" and now it almost looks like a spartan head from the front and a screwed up sea shell from the side view. (this is looking at it very abstractly).

DSDN 104 - Melt effect.

Here's a couple of melt effects on my form. These forms represent one of my words very well which is fading. Mainly because the are fading (melting) into the ground. It could also represent movement in a way how the form moves into the ground but it really doesn't show movement all to well. And also I guess it shows the feather feel a bit by the form melting into the ground.  

DSDN 104 - Ripple effect.....

Here are some variations of ripple on my form...
I don't really like these variations of the ripple on my form and it also doesn't fit with my words I have chosen. Except the word 'movement' which could be easily scene in the variations below. These models almost act like a tsunami or a earthquake graph which represents movement well but and I guess it could represent fading a little.

 Playing around with the wave lengths heights of the wave etc..

DSDN 104 - Twist effects

Here are two views on my form that has been twisted more and more and more... 
I REALLY like the last twist model (the one on the right) mainly because of the circular twist it shows which is what I'm going for. It looks a bit sharp at the moment so maybe I could develop that twist into a much more softer form so it more or less represents a the feel of a feather. then maybe I could develop it into a fading motion by thinning down each side or just one side which would create the effect of fading. Also the twirls in the twist is a good representation of movement, almost like a spring. 

 

Top view

DSDN 104 - Orignal testers

Here is my progress on soildworks so far! Here you can see the image im using and my process on the model.

Here is a new 3D model i've made! I like this because it has a nice flow to it!

Okay so here is my orignal form that I made in soildworks then imported to 3DS Max. Pretty simple form.

And......Here's the outcome after playing around with some effects in 3DS Max....

These here are just testers and seeing what each effect produced. 

DSDN 112 - Inspiration/ this week

http://vimeo.com/6111739

This link here is from the lecture we had this week. I features multiple objects falling from a height and creating sound. I thought this was very inspiring to me because how you could create such a master piece with such simple objects.

Now.. this week we bought items that were fun to play with and one that was very functional. I bought a kush ball for the fun side and a lynx can for functional. I chose the kush ball for the playfulness of the object with its rubbery strings which feels good in your hands. Also when you hold the kush ball you want to bounce it up and down from a string or just throw it up and down, basically just play with it because it feels good. I bought the lynx can for functional aspect because you cant just spray it, you have to twist the top to use it. I thought this was a good functional object because you need to put human input in to get something out. Also its very convenient because you get to chose when to spray it instead of it accidentally spraying everywhere.

Our group had to put them in order from functional to playfulness and here is a photo of this process.   

DSDN 112 - 5 Objects of the senses.

Here are 5 examples of the senses we have! Touch, Taste, Sound, Sight and Smell. I have bought these items into class to present and show there quality's that they hold. I especially like the kush ball because of the rubbery feel it gives and playfulness of the object. The peanuts I bought to class was for the taste sense. I thought it would be a good example because they are all peanuts but there are different types and texture to each one. I bought rubber bands because of the sound they make when you stretch them and also was inspired by those headphones we saw in the lecture. I also bought deodorant for the smell. I bought it for the unique smell it produced. And for the last sense sight, I bought an illusion which when you look at it it seems like all the circles are actually turning.

Kush ball (Touch) -
 
Mixed Peanuts (Taste) -


Rubber bands (Sound) - 

Illusions (Sight) -

Deodorant (Smell) -