Adventures With My Rhinoceros

Design Language: Rolex  For this next assignment we have to make a working clock. The dial mechanism is being provided for us, and it is our job to make a clock around it.  I love studying design, old and contemporary. Every movement, style or genre has key elements that make it instantly recognizable. This is the same with brands, each having motifs and stylistic elements that build the identity of the brand. I'm personally a sucker for Rolex watches and intend on studying its design closely to figure out what makes these watches so iconic, and so beloved. 

  Pedestal For A Ring  For today’s assignment I’ve made a 3D form in Rhino out of a 2D paper model.  I’m really into large structural sculptures, so I came up with a design. Because of the limitations of two dimensions, I wasn’t able to layout the shape I wanted correctly on a flat surface, so I took the same concept and simply cut it in half. This is the shape I came up with. It was supposed to be one big standing X shape, but like I said I settled for something a little less complex (for now). I almost like this shape anyways because its flat surface opens the piece up to functional use as a pedestal.  Below are some views of the final object created in Rhino: Again I had to kinda settle with what I made. There were some unexpected nuances with the paper model that became really hard to translate onto the computer model,  namely the way paper bends and pinches and pulls, that I had to do my best recreating in Rhino without a network surface. Otherwise I’m pret...

  Modern Vase on LSD For this next assignment we are making a mold for an abstract object. The examples given in class were cool vases and containers, so I thought I'd make my own vase.  Hopefully my design is actually practical, as I'd really like to make a real mold of this thing and possibly cast and fire this thing in a kiln just to have in my house as a center piece on my coffee table.  It took a lot of triangular forms to get such a distinct shape to work. I had to take extra care that the mesh was properly connected, and I eventually had to go back and clean up some of the geometry. It still isn't perfect, as the object won't join correctly. I know there is a function that highlights the problem areas, but I can't remember how to do it, so I'll ask my professor on Wednesday.  *Edit, I figured it out. This is my vase scaled down to fit the dimensions of my mold. Fingers crossed I can get this all figured out.  Final model of the casting rig. Feb 4th, 2026 ...

  New Semester, New Me January 13th, 2026   Today I'm showing off a little exercise I did for my object design class I've decided to take in my third year at Auarts.  We were told to make an object using only planar surfaces, then unfold it into one contiguous layout using the rotate functions.   We did a fun little warm up in class by folding pieces of paper to make some kind of object. Naturally the class leaned heavily into origami, as did I because I loved origami as a kid. My Rhino exercise was definitely inspired by the origami I saw in class but I wanted to push the form in ways impossible with traditional origami techniques.  Sometimes I retroactively find my inspirations for things after I'm halfway through a project. I think I was inspired by one of the "Angels" from the popular anime  Evangelion.  I think it would be cool to do a series of my own angels, all of which are geometric, planar, and unfold like this one in the show.  The...

  Final In-Class Post :( Time for a moment of reflection. I've come a long way with my modelling skills. Out of all my classes this semester, this one was both the most stressful and the most rewarding class. I absolutely do not regret taking it though. I feel like the creative doors are open so wide thanks to the limitless creative potential with Rhino. I'm a jewelry major, but I'm considering staying an extra year to take object design as a concentration. Jewelry practice and object design have so much overlap that I think having both in my arsenal will help set me apart in the workforce.  Anyways, enough self-glazing. Here is a photo of my very first completed project in rhino. At this point in my "Rhino career", most of my modelling experience came from Blender, so my approach in construction was very "poly", and relied on a lot of simple shapes and boolean operations. Overall, considering the skillset I had and the basic shapes I used, I'm still...

Teching This Deck 'Till I Flip My Process  As usual I have chosen a project that is probably a little out of my skill range, but if I can pull this off my skills will grow immensely. I'll officially be better in Rhino than I am at Blender.   For my biggest project yet, I've chosen a Tech Deck that I have to recreate to high accuracy in Rhino. The deck itself is highly nuanced with it's curves, so a simple shape wont cut it. It will take some surface modeling to get the job done. The rest seems fairly doable, save the trucks which will require a little surface modeling.  For some reason the picture resolution looks like dog s**t, but hey there it is.  To make sure my object actually look like a real tech deck I've have to figure out all the little dimensions involved. I have to form the deck, the trucks and their base, then the little screws and hex nuts. The latter few will be a breeze to model.  UPDATE November 14th, 2024 ~ Reading Break I've been locked in. Th...