Assignment 3 Intro!

Hi All,

It's our last class this week ... and the introduction to Assignment 3!

Assignment 3 is due on the 13th of June by 23:59: it's called Reflection.

Rabbit (1986), Jeff Koons

You need to choose one of your projects and critically review it using images, video, text and drawings to reveal strengths, weaknesses and alternatives to your approach, techniques and tools.

You could approach this in three ways (separately on in combination):

Through contrast and comparison. Comparing and contrasting elements of your work as it developed over the semester with previous examples of your own work or the work of your classmates.

Through reflection on your discipline. How are the skills you've learned useful, not useful, challenging to previous was of doing things, changed your point of view regarding another discipline, similar or different to a classmate from the same or different discipline, etc. etc.?

Through demonstration. Having another attempt at something you were not so successful at previously or something you did well but could do faster or more efficiently the second (or 6th) time around.

Pay close attention to the Feedback and Review Sheet. Some of you fell down in assignment 1 because you didn't address the specific criteria outlined there. Ask any of the tutors on Wednesday if you have any questions regarding how best to address any of the areas you are being marked on.

Regards

Russell
Daniel
Martin
Gabe
    

Final Class for Assignment 2!

Hi All,

Tomorrow is the last class for shaping your third of the fuel tank in aluminium sheet.

All four of us will be available from 2-5pm to give you advice on shaping and review any material you have for documentation.

You'll need to gather your documentation and submit it to your blog by 23:59 tomorrow evening.

Take a good look at the below, take a deep breath, and go for it!

Next week we are on the Assignment 3.

Regards

Russell
Daniel
Martin
Gabe

Class this week

Hi All,

In class this week you'll be continuing to shape your third of the fuel tank you've been working on as a group.

Keep in mind you only have this week and next week to work on it in class time as you'll be submitting the complete documentation by midnight next week.

Looking at the quality of documentation shown in the sample projects from assignment one, in the last post, will help you understand what we expect for assignment two and three.

See you in Class!

Regards

Russell

Top work from Assessment 1

Hi All,

Take a look at some of the top work from assessment 1:

Yu Jin Son

Ryan Johann

Cheree Richardson

Chun Yat Iverson Chiu

Charles McLeod

I could have shown a few more, but these give you an idea of where the standard is for the second and third assignments.

Regards

Russell

3ds Max modeling tutorials

Hi All,

I showed some 3ds Max modeling techniques to students in class last week ... here are some video tutorials I've made going over the same techniques and some others you might find useful:

The Bead Roller

Hi All,

I brought one of my tools in from my home workshop for you to try out; its called a bead roller.

Take a look at this demonstration of a machine very similar to mine:



And another demo showing how to tip an edge that goes around a curve (you can think of the bead roller as a metal folder that can do curves as well as straight lines):


And while you might use the bead roller to tip the bottom edge of your fuel tank panel or add a sharper highlight line the image below shows how you might use the bead roller to create a contour model in landscape architecture or for architectural models:

See you in the workshop on Wednesday!

Regards

Pattern making

Hi All,

Pattern making is the process by which you use paper or lightweight cardboard to get an approximation of the dimensions of the panel you are going to shape and a preliminary understanding of the processes you might use to shape it.

We use paper or lightweight cardboard because it operates much the same way the aluminium does, it only stretches when you put cuts in it and only shrinks when you put a tuck or pleat in it.

The first 8 minutes of the video below shows Christopher Runge discussing the pattern making techniques he uses when building his custom cars: 



The hood scoop showed in the explanation by Lazze below is closer to the shapes you will be making in BEIL0014, so worth a look for that reason alone:



We look forward to seeing your 3d templates in class this week!

Regards