Twinkle Tots
MOOD BOARD, INITIAL SKETCHES AND MODELS
This project started with a very broad objective, to create a portable light. I wanted to start by creating a mood board to help ground my inspiration and direction. I wanted this light to draw on my past interests, so I focused on thinking about modularity, pattern, reflection and geometry.
I sketched down some initial Ideas and then make some quick to scale models to help visualize and experience these concepts. However, to me they felt like they were a little to similar to some of my past work, and I wanted to feel like I was creating something new from my past as appose to revisiting.
I decided to go forth exploring modularity and geometry and revised my design to find something more intriguing.
REDESIGN AND USER
In the process of rethinking my light, I decided to focus on modularity and something that could potentially fit together into a unified shape. I immediately though of dome and tried to think of shapes I knew would come together in a spherical shape. Thinking about the pattern of a soccer boll, I decided to make a shape based off of a pentagon, and without intended to, developed a star shape. At this point I decided it would be fitting for this star module to become a children's night light.
In order for all the modules to fit together as intended, geometrical study was a big part of the model making process. I had to come up with a formula for calculating the correct angle at which each star would intersect in order to essentially create a dodecahedron. After that, the magnets used inside the model had to be placed very specifically in order for each to match together.
DISCOVERING THE PERFECT FIT
FORM TESTING AND LIGHTING
RENDERINGS AND FINAL MODEL
PLAYING IN BLENDER
For this project, I decided to challenge myself to learn a new modeling program for the animation of this model. I decided to teach myself how to work in blender and experimented in animation and video.