1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PROJECT 2: PLANAR INTERPRETATIONS Christine Chow YSDN 2010: 3D Design with Ian Stewart March 19, 2018 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Project 2, Stage 1...3 Project 2, Stage 2...4 Project 2, Stage 3..5-7 Project 2, Stage 4....8-11 Project 2, Stage 5. 12 Project 2, Stage 6...13-17 Project 2, Stage 7......18-21 2
PROJECT 2, STAGE 1 DRAW Personally, I felt that I played it pretty safe with my drawings as I had quite some trouble understanding how planes would intersect each other in a 3D perspective. 3
PROJECT 2, STAGE 2 SKETCH MODEL For this stage, I partnered up with Paco to continue practicing drawing planes and executing the drawings. Evidently, I still struggled with envisioning my model which is further enforced by the fact that Paco couldn t execute my idea... 4
PROJECT 2, STAGE 3 ATTRIBUTES & METAPHORS For this project, I chose to work with a polaroid. I wrote out the physical description as well as some metaphors here: (This part of the page is missing because it is critique for this stage, which will show up in stage 5.) 5
PROJECT 2, STAGE 3 IMAGE OF ACTUAL ITEM (INSTAX MINI POLAROID) Featuring the front, back, lens (that will protrude upon pressing a certain button next to it), viewfinder on the top right of the back, and the shutter button on the left middle on the front. 6
PROJECT 2, STAGE 3 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH How the Instant Camera Works Source: https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question605.htm - Film: a plastic base coated with pieces of silver compound that react to light Colour film has three layers Top layer = sensitive to blue light Second layer = sensitive to green light Bottom layer = sensitive to red light Diagrams: After I settled on the metaphor of polaroids saving memories, I decided to do my own research on how the polaroid works with the hope that it would give me some ideas to plan out how it would look. - Reagent: the solution that manages the developing process Other components include: opacifiers, alkali, white pigment Before taking the picture, all of these elements are located in the plastic sheet of the film and away from the R/G/B layers - Taking the photo causes the film to pass through a pair of rollers, which spread out the reagent between the R/G/B layers and the image layer * Opacifiers stops light from entering the layers so film isn t fully exposed just yet - Chemical reaction is induced, layers that were exposed to light react & form metallic silver As developer dyes (magenta, yellow, cyan) move up towards image layer, metallic silver stop the corresponding developer dyes that weren t exposed from moving forward - Acid layer mixes with chemicals in the reagent layer to dissolve the opacifiers into clear substance Image is revealed 7
PROJECT 2, STAGE 4 DRAW INITIAL WIREFRAMES Building of wireframes progressed from top left to bottom right. Referencing my polaroid, these wireframes detail the lens, shutter button, and I added a shelf for the inside of the prototype. These were built at half size of the actual size for more drawings to be done in a shorter amount of time. 8
PROJECT 2, STAGE 4 DRAW INITIAL SKETCHES Sketches for the first prototype. As I was working directly from the wireframe (which heavily referenced the polaroid), these initial sketches ended up being quite literal. As for drawing errors, the bottom left drawing is incorrect (shelves should extend to the side of the lens but do not in this picture) 9
PROJECT 2, STAGE 4 DRAW (CONT.) Working on establishing a form as well as practice my planar drawings. I especially had trouble envisioning the lens (as shown on bottom left of the page)... I also mapped out the pieces I needed to cut for reference. 10
PROJECT 2, STAGE 4 DRAW (CONT.) After building my prototype, I realized some minor errors with measurements of the pieces, so I mapped out the pieces again and adjusted them. I also felt that the inside of the model was quite empty, so I added some mini picture frames to emphasize the idea of the polaroid saving and storing away memories. Photo of the prototype (with these measurements) is on the next page. 11
PROJECT 2, STAGE 5 PLANNING MODELS - PHOTOS MATERIALS USED: - White foam core - Clear plastic binder dividers - Hot glue gun - Exacto knife 12
PROJECT 2, STAGE 6 COLOUR MOCK UP -- CRITIQUE Looking at the critique of last week s model, the two points that really stood out to me were 1) that my model was too planar, and 2) that my model could represent a sort of image factory inside the polaroid. 13
PROJECT 2, STAGE 6 COLOUR MOCK UP -- ROUGH SKETCHES & DEVELOPMENT OF METAPHOR Even though it was unconventional, I was eager to get my ideas down on paper and form some sort of revised version of my model, so I quickly drew out some sketches: 14
PROJECT 2, STAGE 6 COLOUR MOCK UP (CONT.) In the end, I ended up coming up with a new metaphor. Nowadays, we have so many different devices that we can use to take pictures and save memories, so theoretically the concept of the polaroid being able to instantly print out pictures serves no better purpose than for aesthetics. To top that, polaroid film is quite expensive. Therefore my metaphor ended up being the idea that the polaroid is actually a money-making machine. This is represented by the back of the prototype, which shows 10 coins (10 because that s how many films are in one pack of polaroid film) going through 7 layers of walls (these represent the 7 layers a polaroid film goes through as it is being processed) on the first shelf and snaking their way down the other shelves, imitating a typical factory setting (as inspired by the words image factory from the critique). Meanwhile, I kept the look of the lens and the shutter button of the polaroid from last week on the front of the prototype, except I adjusted the lens to emulate the movement of the lens closing and opening. 15
PROJECT 2, STAGE 6 COLOUR MOCK UP -- WIREFRAMES & SKETCHES Looking back now, it seems that my unconventional sketches actually ended up being the working wireframe for my revised prototype. 16
PROJECT 2, STAGE 6 COLOUR MOCK UP -- PHOTOS MATERIALS USED: - Black and white art board - Coloured gel (red, blue, green) - Hot glue gun - Lazer cutter (for art board) - Exacto knife (for gels) - Acrylic paint (black, white, yellow) 17
PROJECT 2, STAGE 7 REFINEMENT (1) -- CRITIQUE This time, the things I focussed on for my 2nd revision were 1) graphics on the coins to introduce the idea of memories being created and 2) modifying the thickness of the artboard in the lens to emphasize motion. I also doubled up some art boards to make the pieces sturdier and easier to stick together. 18
PROJECT 2, STAGE 7 REFINEMENT (1) -- PHOTOS MATERIALS USED: - Black and white art board - Lazer cutter (for art board) - Acrylic paint (black, white, yellow, red, green, blue) 19
PROJECT 2, STAGE 7 REFINEMENT -- FINAL -- PROCESS Original Coins (Forgot to take a picture of the new coins, but this is a representation of how I cut the bottom of the coins for a flat edge to make them stick easier to the shelves) Minor touch-ups: I kept the same model from the previous week, but re-did the coins -- I fixed up the graphic blobs, as well as cut off a piece of the bottom to make the pieces stick better to the shelves. 20
PROJECT 2, STAGE 7 REFINEMENT -- FINAL -- PHOTOS MATERIALS USED: - Black and white art board - Lazer cutter (for art board) - Acrylic paint (black, white, yellow, red, green, blue) 21