Revisions, iterations, stop think, repeat!!!!!!!
let that title sink in, I never would have thought that I would need to make changes this far into the project! I thought I had it figured out enough to proceed and the minor changes/details that would present themselves would be “MINOR!”.
Well in all reality I needed to step back and look at what was the original accomplishment and what needed to be done within the time frame given. I noticed that certain elements in either a model, sketch or ideation concept was not presented correctly. I had to make sure that I had a clear direction.
Below shows the the direction I am headed in the iterations made for each element. I know that it is not every element included in the set, but I needed to have the ideas down roughly to proceed. They were just written ideas that were never pursued because of confusion in other terms (puts it lightly).
It’s funny to think that we would need to take steps back to the beginning to make sure everything is smooth, but in reality sometimes this happens. It’s al in the process. I am keeping this post short because in all reality the real progress is within light this upcoming week, and I am excited to share the overall with you as we pursue this product. Oh wait ! ! A name! It has been digging in the back of my head, if you have any suggestions please let me know!!! In short this product is a story telling mechanism that helps a child pursue their imagination in a cognitive theorem in a spatial format.
If a name comes to light, well… that is one area I am extremely struggling in ! Never would have thought a name would be so hard to concept, but after being in many bands as a musician for 20+ years it makes me laugh! Because that is the number thing you come out with is a name!
The 3D printing is about as far as a learning curve at this point, but I have finally learned quickly to understand my issues and iterate them. I am waiting for prints of the hexagonal plains, and the card templates for prototyping, but they have yet to give me a time frame when the prints are going to be done! (Staples btw - do not use them, just do it yourself!!) I bought different printer paper, according to the printer settings and printer you may own (via me too) there is paper that works to print for your needs! Well I guess we all learn something sometimes, only with patience. I feel that a wide range of my progression has been learning some by mistakes being made of minor knowledge that I thought I may have within each process. This has been a fun experience, but with the iterations made, I feel that the anticipation within the next post will show what you have been waiting for!!!
Below is the 3D printing process, one is the fact that well I came across the problem of scale in an accurately funny way! These are just test prints and not the final model, only printed for testing! The other factor is the tolerance per material. The pins I modeled and tried to print for the hinge of the book did not go over so well. They did not fit correctly, which yes the correct calculations should have been used, but I figured a test would be fine. I did not account for shrinkage etc. The other factor is that I print the bottom of the book at a certain height and well the intended height of the character/objects do not fit!! I guess it is all within the process of this project…
