I had my supervision meeting and got very positive feedback on my dissertation outline, with one advice: I shall bare in mind how to connect the outcomes/ findings of my project practical with written part. I also got a positive feedback on my concept art, which is great. There is one idea, which I will most likely implement in my project: I will not be printing the whole platform, I will use mix media techniques, for example making the nets myself and the plastic bag around her neck. It is such an exciting idea, that I really can not wait to see how this will turn out. It also matches perfectly with my dissertation flow and points I will be talking about.
Another great news, I finally met with 3D printing technician at our university and seems like my project its very promising. He already bought the eco-friendly resin for me. And here is where few changes will come, I have a few options:
1) To print the figure, the coral, the coral, the barrel, the base and maybe a bottle separately, using resin printer and eco- friendly soya bean resin (pro: resin will give some much detail to the model and it will all look better, considering that it will be rather small; con: is the resin more eco-friendly than PLA?)
2) To print figure and the coral in resin and the base, barrel and bottle with FDM in PLA (pro: great combination and experiment with both techniques and materials; con: will need to be careful with the scale working with two printers)
3) To print one version in resin and one version in PLA (pro: both techniques used, will be great to compare; con: do I paint both versions? which one goes into the snow globe? isn't that too much?)
So far I am thinking that the second option looks the most interesting. But third one would give me more compartment. I might get a feedback on that on our group meeting or ask my supervisor. While third option seems great for comparison, I do not know if its not too much work. In second I will already have pieces to compare...
In any case, I was being told I am welcome to use the lab anytime, so I will definitely visit as soon as I have some figure to print. I was told to not finish whole figure and then come, Gerry did encouraged me to come and print test versions, as they did not test this resin before as well. Once I come I will also do the workshop and learn the whole technique step by step.
So far I sculpted the figure, so far focusing on proportions and overall shape:
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| Checking how long is the tail: looking at character turnaround |
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| From blockout to more visible shapes |
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| I need to make it less like a dolphin... |
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| more iterations |
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| Also changed her torso, more female looking |
Next week I have to carry on with it, but also do a test version of coral or bring this test version to the 3D printing lab. I might do it on Friday, after my dissertation presentation.
