2.28.22
WEEK 8 PROGRESS
1. What were your goals for this week?
- Finish final animation
- Finish marker design
- Finish overalls
- Go to Macy's for mannequins
- Reach out to Amy on Wednesday
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2. What did you accomplish, please reflect on your time management. What worked or didn't?
I accomplished everything on my list. However, I am still trying to figure out marker designs for the plastic bottles and flowers. I decided to stick with the fire animation because it was my original idea and will have the biggest impact, so that's what I did. When I went to Macy's they did not have any mannequins that would work for me, so I ended up getting two displays and a cardboard head (see below) to display my work.
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3. How did you integrate feedback?
I integrated feedback from Hannah May and used this set of overalls from the website she sent over as the main inspiration for my design. I ended up doing squares for the patchwork because this made cutting the patterns much easier (this was feedback from Sasha).
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4. What was unexpected / what lessons did you learn?
Patchwork took much longer than I thought it would, but I'm glad I got it done first. I also learned that it is easiest to get the desired animation outcome by changing things in Blender rather than my code.
Final Animation (Fire)
See my final animation below:
Finish Marker Designs
These are the markers I really want to use. The only one that worked was for the fire (see video), and I'm not sure why the other two were not working. I simplified the flower one even more and it still didn't work. I'm struggling with these because I want them to be artistic and look nice.
Finish Overalls
Here is a video overview of my finished overalls. I took step-by-step video and photo documentation but didn't think it was necessary to include it here. In total, I spent $8.30 on the overalls because I used fabric and hardware I already had. I purchased additional fabric and hardware from Art Parts:
- Hardware (2 buckles, 2 button pins, 2 clasps) = $2.00
- Fabric Remnants ($6.30)
I decided to wait on pockets because that is where I'm putting my markers, but I wasn't ready to commit yet. I also included a photo of me in them to show that they are actually wearable!
Go to Macy's for Mannequins
As mentioned earlier, I didn't get mannequins, but here is what I did get for displaying each of my items separately. I plan on painting and putting the bioplastic process on the head. The marker will be the last part with the blooming flowers coming out as a result. The total was $20 for everything.
