3D Silliness

I had a lot of fun getting to experiment with these surfaces! I found the sphere a little challenging, just because I wasn't sure how to apply the design in a way that didn't look super boring, so I decided to mess with the reflection and lighting to make it a little less bland. I did really like the shape it ended up creating on the poles of the sphere. This part was my favorite; it felt like a step into the type of modelling I'd especially like to learn more about, but I found it equally as challenging to make it seem somewhat organic as well. Loved playing with the lighting for this one.  I decided to go surface by surface for this part to create some variation, and it was fun to check out some of the Rhino environments!  At some point, I would like to go back and figure out a way to fill up some of the negative space in my design to make it more visually interesting.

When it came the planning stages for this project, the very first picture I took determined the theme of my design:  I love incorporating animals/creatures into my art, so when I saw this wallpaper when I was waiting in a Tim Hortons, I got super excited and immediately started planning in my head while I continued to find examples of surface design. I didn't end up incorporating everything I found, but I did use aspects from these images (below). The first image was the inspiration for the top of the hat I put on my goose, the second image was the inspiration for the hat as well as the stars, and for the third image, I took inspiration from the way the white portion from the bottom trickles up into the green portion with leaf-like silhouettes.           (My favorite, after the geese)