Quinn Baldacci: Week 2 Duck

When I was considering the design for this project I was stuck on a toy.  I originally planned on making a cat toy as I have two 5-month old kittens.  Once I started to work though I realized my design was looking more like a child's toy.  That was when I decided to make a teething toy.  I added the bumps and decided to use bright colors on the renderings.  If I were to actually make this toy it would be weighted so as to always roll right side up and possibly have some kind of noise maker in it.  Either a rattle or a quack.

I used the split tool for the most part with the duck as well as the control points.  With the rings I used the solids tools and the polar arrays.  I ended up having the most trouble with the rings.  I had originally only planned on two rings and had booleanunioned them at the beginning.  When I went to add the third ring Rhino was not cooperating with the union and I had realized I had to make them separate layers to make them different colors.  So I made them again from scratch the correct way.

For my materials I used just plastics.  The duck is the solid rough plastic as are the rings.  The bumps are clouded rough plastic.  As the oldest of four and one of the oldest cousins, I've seen my fair share of teething toys.  They are always a durable plastic.  For the most part they are hard plastic though occasionally some parts are softer for different stages of teething.  I used the rough texture not the smooth one because it would provide a better grip covered in saliva and would probably feel better on teething gums.  I used the bright colors often seen in children's toys and made the duck fairly close to realistic colors while keeping it simple.