3Dimensional Physicalities (Object Design 311A - Kyla Pili)

 For this in class assignment, we learned how to unroll objects. This would make the surfaces of the shape 2D, allowing us to understand how to make these shapes if we were to print these out to use as templates.

  Thumbnail Concepts:  For these thumbnails, I tried to think of things that I liked. Some aren't necessarily objects, as I have some animal forms here, but are forms I feel are important to me. Chosen Concepts: I chose this biker helmet design as it is based on a helmet for a character I designed. This character means a lot to me and I think their design is fun, so I thought making this helmet for this project would be fun too. This object can also represent the significance of my own creative endeavours. I was thinking of possibly making this helmet life-size to that of actual helmets so that you can wear it, though, I don't mind if it may be smaller in scale than I imagine if not possible.  I chose this concept of headphones as my headphones are a significant object in my life. Wherever I go, I have my headphones with me and on me blasting tunes as I enjoy music. My headphones help me calm down, focus, or think. I chose this concept of a fantail goldfish because I have...

 For this papercraft assignment, I am inspired by the works of Zim & Zou.  These artists consist of two French artists who studied graphic design. Using primarily paper, they focus on creating installations of 3D objects, forms, and spaces. They also use things like wood and thread, sometimes incorporating them into their paper-based projects. They choose paper as a medium as these artists love the versatility of the medium as it is very easily moulded into whatever these artists desire. Paper as a medium also provides different colours for them to create things. These artists put a lot of planning and meticulous care when creating these 3D objects. It seems that they work on the flats of the objects before piecing them together to make them 3D. The artists also Use tools like an Exacto knife, giving them clean cuts and more control on cutting paper. What I like about this artists' work is the use of vivid colours in their work. I personally have been trying to experiment ...

For this project, I learned of new tools to create more organic 3D forms. The tool I mostly used for the creation of these 10 hollowed objects is loft and sweep rail, allowing me to create these organic forms. It was fun creating these forms and meshing them together with more geometric ones to juxtapose them together. With these two things combined, I think they created interesting shapes and forms for these hollowed forms. This was a very interesting project for me as I got to experiment with creating more rounded and shapely organic forms rather than purely solid geometric ones.