Juan Sebastian Moreno_ Crystal Polvinale: Final Project Kite

Concept Design

 Final Design

 First flying Attend

In the Air 

I was pretty exited to make a kite, since I had never mane one from scratch. Now, for our design Crystal and I decided it could be a good idea to made an Alien since there most seen in the sky. We first buy the materials that include table wraps of color, masking tape, rubber cement, grommets, and any decor that we could find to make our kites stand out in design. For the Kite, its design is a delta kite which is made up of using wooden dowels and a triangular figure with dimensions of 60, 30, 90 degree angle. 

For construction, its pretty straight forward, just following the exact measurements and than later placing the wooden dowels among the edges. Something we did not follow was that interception of the top dowel. We decided it would be better to lower its placement so that it could be better to fly.

All in all, im glad I share this experience with my class I would have never though of making a Kite and actually make it fly. I will carry along with me this experience and hold on the technical lessons taught with in this Final Project! Great Way to end Finals!! Thank You Professor Andrew P. Scott

Crysta Polvinale Week ? Tube Chair

This chair was inspired by the simplicity of a schoolhouse chair. I think the utilitarian aspect of this kind of chair has become beautiful in its nostalgia. This chair is intended to be in a public space where it will evoke the sense of school-days-gone-by for many people.
I drew curves as the basis for the chair structure, followed by curve 2 view, and patch. Then I used an offset surface for the back and seat of the chair. For the rails I used a curve, orient perpendicular, and sweep 1 workflow.
In keyshot, I wanted to maintain the sense of a school chair by employing the ever useful wood and a simple forest green. I adjusted the 2 screen lighting environment to add some interesting shadows and then rendered in a few passes.

Crysta Polvinale Week 8 Lamp

This lamp is inspired by the shape of a jelly fish. I wanted to create a relationship between a static form and this very fluid creature. I also thought that the side shape was not interesting enough so I added some running details.
The processes I used included creating a curve, revolving it, and then contouring the solid form for the horizontal pieces. For the vertical, I arrayed polar those sections and made planar surfaces. From there, I projected the details and split the surface.
In keyshot, I used a lighter wood which will be closer to the material I am using for the laser cutter. I used rendering in passes with a beauty pass, occlusion, and toon for a darker outline. I also adjusted the lighting environment to be darker for the lamp-on view. 

Crysta Polvinale: Week 6: Ring

 This ring design was inspired by the balance of night and day. The suspension of the two settings on a delicate helix represents celestial bodies of two opposing forces that function in sync, but never seem to meet. I also like the idea of a ring that doesn't fully close around the finger which is why I used the helix.
My workflow in Rhino consisted of using a 2 turn helix curve for the band, followed by a round cap pipe. For the teardrop turquoise, I created a curve and revolved it. For the setting I used curve to round cap pipe and the array polar.
In Keyshot, I chose the turquoise stone to for a natural focal point inside the simple silver armature. I took several layers into photoshop and varied their effects on each other. For the reflection, I focused on combining warm colors from keyshot to contrast with the cool silver and blue.

Crysta Polvinale Week 6: Sunglasses

This design was made with the intent to create a hardy, durable sunglasses frame to be "easy to hold and easy to fold". I personally don't care for thin and fragile sunglasses that feel like you might break them if you hold on to tightly. The Simpletons are something you can toss into your bag without worrying about them getting crushed.
Modeling techniques in Rhino included picture frames of my sketches to closely follow the original idea. I also used Curve 2 views to get the curved shape for the frames. My workflow also included patching, boolean union and extracting isocurves.
In keyshot, I wanted to give the frames a modern tortoiseshell look. I used clear plastic to reinforce the durable concept. Over that I added a color map of granite and scaled that up so it looked like a cloudy detail in the plastic.

Crysta Polvinale Week 5: USB Flash Drive

This duck was something I used for the rubber duck product, but in this one I changed a few things. The duck seemed to translate well into a USB when I used the metal plug in the place of a beak.I wanted this to be a fun flashdrive that someone would want to carry on their keychain.
The techniques were the same as the previous except I added some fillets on the plug. Started with basic spheres and shaped them into a duck. Boolean union and splits were integral to this model.
I wanted this to be modern but still fun so I used so greens and divorced form the traditional duck coloring.

Crysta Polvinale Week 3: Mouse

 

The mouse I created is influenced by an arching mouse I saw at a friend's house. Since the front area of the mouse is where contact needs to be made, the middle can loft to the arch of ones hand. I really liked the idea of adding light accents as well. 

In Rhino, I set my curves with the trackball mouse method, but then split the shape to achieve the middle arch. In order to close the bottom after this I used the patch command. I used array polar, a fair amount of mirror, and the project, pipe, and difference commands as well. 

In keyshot I first played with the clear plastics but they were too refractive with the lights. I decided in the end to go with a simple, shiny black that reacted well with the emissive materials . I made the pipe grips emissive as well to bring some interest down the body of the mouse.

Crysta Polvinale: Week 3 Hammer

Most hammers are made with a bias towards men so I wanted to create one that would stand out for women. A typical stereotype is that women don't own tools and instead use the next best thing...a heel. I thought this might be the type of hammer a woman would pick out for herself as it embraces the sexier side of hardware.
To achieve the shape of the heel I created curves and then extruded them. I used a little boolean difference and union to connect the shapes and make cut-outs on the handle. For the grip line on the handle, I used the project and pipe workflow.
My color choices are based on the Christian Louboutin "red-bottom" heels. I think the red and black make the hammer less girly and more appealing to a wider range of women.

Crysta Polvinale: Week 2 Flashlight

I wanted to create an entertaining flashlight that could project an image. The idea of playing with light led to the concept of a men in black inspired flashlight that projected constellations. Keeping with this theme, I  wanted the curves of my flashlight to reflect the orbs of a planet or flying saucer.
I created this shape with curves and revolved them around an axis. The holes for the constellations were created with small cylinders and boolean difference. I also used array polar with an ellipse to create the indents around the head of the flashlight.
In keyshot I used materials that reflect the aesthetic of the MIB. They use a lot of chrome and obviously I had to include black. When you turn on this flashlight you can see the stars and ponder what lies beyond our universe...

Crysta Polvinale: Week 2 Duck

Ghosted View

Keyshot 1

Keyshot2

My design intent with this was to create a functional USB thumb drive enclosed in an attractive shell. I can picture this product on my key chain, as a cute play on the classic rubber duck. The usb seemed a perfect replacement for a bill as it is projected like a traditional thumb drive. 
I used the mirror command to create the body. After forming spheres, I shaped one half the way I wanted and used split. Then I mirrored the halves. Boolean union came in handy for attaching the usb bill and keychain.
With the coloring in keyshot I decided to divorce from the bright yellow and orange to a cooler color palette. The consistency of color gives this product a more modern look, I think. I used the soft touch plastic because I imagined that this product would be handled frequently. Also, this type of material seemed less prone to scratches and annoying interactions with keys it would likely be surrounded by.

Crysta Polvinale: Week 1 Castle

 

 Ghosted  Image

Birds Eye

Pedestrian 

This castle design was influenced originally by a castle in Ireland that sits right on the coast. I intended to make my design as pleasing with the spires at different levels to move the eye. I used a lot of the boolean difference command to make all the cut-outs. For example, the bridge was created with a rectangle, sphere, and elipses. I used the materials in keyshot to portray a very expensive edifice that emphasized reflections of each other.