Hybrid Object & A Super Cool New Pal

For this assignment we were assigned partners, Ashlyn whats up. Me and my new pal were tasked with creating a hybrid hollow form 3D model to ultimately be sent to the printer. Now I just want to add that Ashlyn is a super whiz at everything computer and her skills blow my mind, watching her problem solve in rhino gives me a headache and a slight twinge of jealousy.

After talking for a bit we came up with the idea for an object that employed the "tilt your phone" method. AKA knowing you're about to orient your phone level to your face, only to read something stupid like "Send Nudes".  These ALWAYS pop up on my Facebook news feed, and for whatever reason I find a lot of humour in them. Therefore, how cool would it be to have a real life 3D one to piss people off with. 

This concept fit nicely as a hybrid, as Ashlyn had incorporated text in her previous forms. We tried to combine the organic shapes of my objects with the phrase "SEND NUDES", which would be distorted in a way that it was only readable from a certain angle. We twisted the letters after lofting them to be 3D, again incorporating my element of organic shape. 

Things went slightly downhill after this part, the blonde dream team crashed and burned, brains failing us - mostly just me. We thought it would be clever to place the message on the negative shape of your palm, as if you were holding something. The thinking behind this was to get the viewer to hold the object to eye level, fooling them into reading the message just like the Facebook pictures. We used Tinkercad to creative the negative shape, then Meshmixer to fix the object. (Ashlyn, I'm not sure how you have sanity after Meshmixer crashed on you so many times, but I have enough anger for both of us from just watching) 

Low and behold, user problem number one. Hey guys, how are you gonna print this object if it doesn't have a flat bottom? Duh. Flip it upside down so the letters are on the bottom. Oh wait. That's not going to print at all. 

We are currently still problem solving on what to do, as turfing the concept would suck. HOwever, being the gem she is, Ashlyn came up with a back up object that also works as a pretty wicked hybrid. She combined one of her (my fav) previous objects that is covered in this really interesting geometric texture with the unique shapes and curves of my objects to create an alternatively pretty sweet object.