Sunday, June 08, 2008

My process of building the mask

This image shows a experimental render I did. I wanted to try a different kind of material and shade of colour. The material is non-glossy redwood and I like how the pattern of the would goes in one hand with the organic looking shape of my mask. also I like the layout quite zoomed in as it makes my mask appear even more organic and also the sides seem to stretch out towards th frame of the image.

this is another example that shows the organic unevenness of the growing process. I call it growing because I based my original mask on veins and other bodily organic tissues. But it is a lot less literal. The colour red though reminds me of that tissue and that's why I have decide to stay within the red shades colourwise.
This image shows further experimentation with the transforming twist tool. I like it how the surface starts to become more flowy and how parts of the surface has offset from the overall surface. you could almost call this a process of growing as i am constantly adding layers with more drapes, twisting and smoothing. I have noticed though that the object or mask becomes more organic when I zoom into the screen than it overall is. maybe for my final mask I decide to use a close up render rather than the whole mask!?
This close up looks overly close to what i want my whole object to look like. I also changed the colour again as i like the red and i am continue with it, but the previous image looked pretty dead. Like it wasn't even alive. I still think i should try and round of the overall shape to make it look more cocoon like.
This is a different view of the same object. A render with different chosen material. The darker red seems to make the object less organic and also the object seems to be a lot more plasticy due to having changed the light. It almost reminds of a scrunched up plastic bag or when you consider the tip at the front it could be mistaken for a puppet ghost layed horizontally. still edges i have to fix up and reconsider the render position and the colour and the material.
I really love this image and the organic features it beholds. I am not hundred percent finished but I think i am getting very very close. This image almost reminds me of a weed growing and i like it how it still seems slightly twisted. The organic object seems to not be sure which direction to grow. It could also have a slight resemblance to a cocoon or something that is growing inside the drape.
I really like this close up of my model after a few more draping and smoothing of the object. The close up and the red glass as the material are starting to look really organic and i do like the squigglyness of the surface.It seems slightly bunged up just like and old apple or something. I still have not quite managed to eliminate all the square and pointy edges but i am getting alot closer to the final piece of work.
The above image shows experimentation with different materials and colours that could help in the organic look of my model. I used glass, blue glass, in this case and i like how it reflects but is still see through. Again there are still edges and the model could be alot more organic than it is at this point.
I reversed the process i had undergone in the previous image as i thought the twisting did not suit the idea of being organic but only because i twisted each one at the same time. This example still shows some jagged edges and this project is certainly not done yet.
This image shows experimentation with the twist tool. It is applied after the drape tool has been used to cover an area and transforms the overall look of the area selected. It is starting to look organic but still a little jegged. Also as you can see further draping had been done and this figure was caused by twisting al components at the same time. I hid the mechanical site to see what it looks like without the site poking and stabbing through. Also this image shows only the mask as i turned of one of the layers. i constructed my machine in layer one with the usual colour grey. i then decided that it would be better if I would construct my mask in a different layer and colour so i could distinguish between the two.
This render of the further step in using the drape tool is already quite smooth. I started to drape over my object when close up as it avoids ugly square edges that happen when there id excess draping. Also there is the option of smoothing and twisting the drapes causing a more organic look compared to the simple drape. i kind of like how my mechanical site sticks out of the drape and this could symbolise the power that machines have over us almost piercing through the organic. I kept the composition quite central es that makes it easier to see jegged edges etc.
this is my first drape over my mechanical site. I changed the layer within the programme so i would see better what is the drape(colour red) and what is my modelled site. I actually do like the colour as it reminds me of blood and that again ties in with the previous research on veins and human anatomy under the skin. I like the aesthetic of this image and i think it is already quite intrueinging.

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