Jasmine's 3D Object Design Blog

 As a follow up to my previous post, I decided to choose the power strip as my object for this project. Unfortunately, I ran into a multitude of problems when beginning this project that made things a lot more difficult for me. My first issue arose when I bought a digital caliper off of amazon only it to break as soon as I opened it from the box. My luck only goes downhill from here. Next, I was having issues opening the power strip, as not a single screwdriver I could find could even open the thing. I eventually had to borrow both the caliper and a specialty screwdriver from my roommate, so shoutout to Becca, you are a literal lifesaver. I literally would have made zero progress on this project without her. Moving on, I began to observe my object and start sketching. I wrote down a bunch of measurements and made a quick sketch of all the neccesary parts before finally moving into Rhino. I really tried to get a base down this week so that I had at least a little progress in the program

Here's the beginning of my planning for the Reversed Engineering project. I'll be honest when I say that this was a very difficult process for me. I had very little items that I was comfortable in messing around and potentially taking apart. I felt a bit restricted being in dorms as I only have the necesssities with me, while imagining all the cool and interesting objects I have back at home in BC that would be perfect for this project. But alas, I must work with what I have available. The first object that I thought would be cool to take apart and recreate was this power strip. I think recreating all the little grooves and holes in Rhino would be super fun, so this is the item that I'm currently leaning towards.  The next item is this headlamp that I found. I thought it would be interesting to look at the inner workings of it, specifically how all those small parts fit together, but it's definitely not my first choice. And finally I decided to take a look at my old com

Over the past two weeks I was tasked with researching and creating my own surface design using the 2D tools in Rhino such as layers and hatching.   From the research I gathered, I knew I wanted to go with a floral design, but I also wanted it to be a bit playful. I really liked the camo pattern I found on one of my jackets, so I took a lot of inspiration from that when it came to the background of my design. I wanted it to sort of represt either clouds or patches of water, but also represent the camo pattern in the core design. I really like both the floral and aquatic feel my design has, giving it a bit of a unique twist. I honestly could see it being a great pattern for a dress. Here are all of the surface design inspiration images I found while doing research for this project: Looking at all of my images, it's clear to me which ones inspired my final design the most, and I'm quite happy with the result!