Saturday, March 12, 2011

lathe and loft

so, i started this assignment last week as soon as i got home from class. i had this fantastic image in my head that was very industrial and apocalyptic ect. i worked on it all week before finally coming to the realization that i was taking on way more than i am capable of at this stage. needless to say, it didn't work out and i scrapped it yesterday. keep it simple, stupid. i created these ufo's over the past two days using the lathe and loft techniques.

for this one, i lofted the main body (and added a bevel), fins, ray gun wires and the laser beams. i also added two shapes to the lofted beams. i lathed the ray gun. and even though i think i like the little blue ufo better, i definitely had more fun with this one.



lofted beam with two different shapes:


with a different beam that i decided against:


stealth mode:




i made this little guy with my robot from assignment 1 in mind. i lathed the body and the little cap on top and then added a torus and an array of lights around it.






i didn't put much into the nazca ufo. i lathed four layers of objects for the body and then lofted the piping along the edge of the shield.

nazca ufo:









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