Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Sketch up models - Exploration of ideas.

Next I took some of my ideas into sketch up to explore ways which the idea of circular shapes and rotation could be executed.
 This first design was a plain tower where each layer consisted of on component spiralling upwards. In this idea I like the idea of layering although found the circles to be plain and un interesting. 78KB 300DPI

 In this next Idea I looked at a similar idea although in a smaller scale and more spread out. I found this to be more successful. I also liked the contrast in full, and cut aways into the design and also how the sizes varied in depth vertically to provide a more spread out component. I Like how from the top view no levels or layering is developed until the camera angle is tilted. 49KB, 300DPI

 This next idea I liked at a layering and various lengths of each component, I disliked the simpliciity and how the circles did not vary in size. 
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 This final design lost the idea of a singular object and looked more into the idea of a scene. I like this idea due to the mass which means a range of views are able to be used to portray very diffrent scenes. Although all structure is lost. 
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After looking at these three concepts I want to look into ways to manipulate concept two and four in an effective way to create a scene that will also look good and be able to be animated effectivly.

First Sketches

As I didnt have a singular favourite final I took three of my finals and explored various movements and ideas in which I could develop these.
 Here I looked at ways which my repition concept could be developed and my personal favourite idea was the falling blocks twisting and being manipulated as they fell.
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The second design I looked at I came across a lot of idea in terms of movement and decided that this would be the most promising design to continue with. I liked the idea of having various levels and a mixture of depths/thickness's which could spiral to form a single unit or work to create a large mass of circles.
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The final and least successful image which I looked at developing was Datium as i found that this image was restricting as the shapes used were simple and plain. Although the idea which I do like from this is the view and how the mass is at one point with a few singular objects seperate creating depth and direction.
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