I took this week lecture from Japan as well. From next week, I'll go to Barcelona and will be able to take a local lecture.

Assignments

This week assignments are that Modeling, sketching, simulating and rendring the final project. I already know some 2D and 3D softwares: photoshop, illustrator, 123D design, blender, sketchup and rhino. So I tried not only these softwares but also softwares that I've never used.

Blender(good)

Blender is a 3D software.It is good for modeling living things, but I think it's not good way to make an accurate things. Blender can render the photo realistic animations and export the model to the game engine like Unity. Normally I use it for modeling prototypes because I'm used to it. But when I want to make an accurate model to print with 3D printer, I use 123D design or Rhino. Anyway, in this time I used it as drawing the situation of using my final project. My final project would be connected to the laptop by USB cable, so it is putted near the laptop. I still haven't decided the accurate size, but it might be handy and easy to bring. Also I've not decided the from. (a bear or other animal or... monstar?) So I draw some images.

First, I tried to make a composite photograph. Blender can load the photo and mix the 3D model and it. On a 3D model, I add the hair particles then it looks like a bear. Here is the result.

Antimony(failed)

In video lecture, Niel told us how to use antimony. Antimony is a CAD tool and it supports to use Nodes and programs. I think it enables us to draw geometric things easily. It needs the homebrew in order to install it, however there are some problems between Yosemite and homebrew. Now I tried to fix it, but it seems like difficulty. When I success to install it, I'll write it here.

Rhino(good)

Rhino is a 3D CAD tool and it can draw an acuurate model. It is a work in progress on Mac OSX, so if you use a macintosh, you can use it free. I used it to draw the inside of toys. Still I haven't decided the exact form, but at least I need to make some kind of joints models and other mechanical parts.

Then I made an inside of a simple human like toy. It has some joints to rotate its arms and legs. About joints, I made two types. As shown below, one enables us to rotate only one direction, but it's really simple and might be easy to make.