This week, our task was to evolve or create concepts which will then become prototypes. I chose to evolve my week 2 project, further taking in feedback and challenging the idea of a robot model along with my idea of a musical robot.
I chose to challenge the aesthetic of a typical robot through my identity.
- Black Culture
- Soul
- Spirituality
- The Use of Play and Unique Items.
I chose Grillz because it is a staple in my culture(predominantly it represents power and social status and it has origins from 4000 years ago.
Using the concepts I created last time, I decided to head into the 3D Modelling software Blender and make a prototype, using ideas from this week’s lecture to understand and expand my work.
Process
I created the grillz from scratch, which unfortunately took up too much time. However, I did get a chance to improve my blender skills a little bit, and it taught me that even without equipment I am still resilient enough to get ideas into motion.
Final Results.
What did I like?
I liked
- Being able to make my idea a step closer into an actual presentable prototype. Although this it the beginning stages, it’s still cool to look at how this can develop
- Making this on Blender, I enjoyed exercising my technical skills, even if the equipment wouldn’t allow me to develop my idea to the extent I liked.
- Challenging my idea, seeing how I could make an initial concept have my signature on it.
What didn’t I like?
- I spent too long making it when I could’ve gone on the internet(sorry not sorry!), I mainly wanted to showcase my concept, not blender art and I feel like I did the latter this week.
- Having too much interruption from the equipment I was using, I had to keep replacing my Macbook because it kept running out of charge which ruined my workflow.
PLANS for time:
- LOOK ONLINE FIRST WHEN ARTICULATING CONCEPTS
- Research into Black culture and technology, hip hop in technology, and look at more technology. I feel like I know alot about music, fashion etc but nothing really about technology!