Christian McKenzie - Week 3: Mouse

I wanted to make a mouse that would have the comfort of symmetry and a European feel. I was inspired by wooden barrels and the MINI cooper. I took two prominent aspects, the oval headlight and it's roof which is often segregated by a change in color or a design. I thought that a mouse would be comfortable if the scrolling button were on the side.

Modeling Techniques:
I used a combination of the techniques in the advanced mouse tutorial and the level 1 mouse tutorial.

1. Loft: sides and top (I used curve to make simple curves arranged them along the appropriate axis)
2. Mirror: side, buttons, and various curves (after creating the side loft to intersect the top loft, Mirrored it to create a symmetrical shape.
3. Create solid (once I had the intersecting poly surfaces and cutting plane, I used this to create the basic solid.
4. Filletedge ( Filleted all of the edges)
5. extrude curve: buttons
6. boolean intersect: buttons
7. boolean difference: buttons and front split

Materials:
  I chose the materials as an alternative to the traditional plastic used to make the PC mouse.

1. Plank wood: top and decorative top.
2. Walnut: filleted sided and base and button accents
3. Metallic paint Paint: buttons and fillet accent.
4. Perforated leather: sided center stripe and top accent