As a heavy internet user who looks at a lot of art blogs, I often come across things I find interesting. While thinking about what to do for my Research Project (after having deciding on the technique I'd be using for my FMP) I came across a 'low-polygon' poster by Ryan Ho (a link to his website, and all other artist's mentioned across this blog, can be found on the Bibliography page). The poster was done in the 'low-poly' style (also described as Delaunay Triangulation - see 'What is Delaunay Triangulation?' page for a full explanation) and was a tribute to the film 'Life of Pi' - which features heavy use of CGI (the film was also only available to watch in cinemas in 3D). It is worth mentioning that the poster was done as an experiment by Ryan himself, and that he liked "...the homemade craft feel to it!" (Ho, Ryan. 2013)
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| Ryan Ho, 2013. Life of Pi - low-poly poster |
As I had pre-created a Toucan (while experimenting with technique for my FMP), I looked and found a Toucan paper-craft.
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| Sally Taylor, 2012. Toucan (first repeated facet experiment) |
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The papercraft, (as with
most things created in paper) looked simple to assemble, but took a good while to cut out (following the included instructions) and was hard to glue together. After some frustration, I decided to leave origami for a while.
Unfortunately, it would have taken me quite a while to figure out how a 2D pattern would look folded into a 3D shape, and for me to then adapt it in Photoshop, as well as then making the model again myself. For this reason, I decided to move on to other experiments, as I also felt this idea was simple 'cutting and pasting' onto something that someone had already created. Although the idea of making a paper model did interest me, I'm not sure if it's something I would like to attempt again. Though if created with a great amount of skill, a paper craft model can be made to realistically represent an object (in this case, animal). In order to do so, the maker would have to have a mind capable of envisioning how paper looks after it is folded, and how different shapes fit together, (and most importantly a great observational mind, which has a great knowledge of the original object's form).
As I didn't manage to achieve my goal of adding my technique to a 3D object with simple-sided planes, I can't comment on what I would have thought of the finished result.
Although not an altogether finished result to my first experiment, I found it helped me get into the rythym of creating work for my project. It also gave me ideas for other experiments I wanted to try - namely the creation of another 3D object, this time using wire instead of paper, which I hoped would be easier to create, as I would be achieving it 'piece by piece', instead of the manipulation a material by folding and sticking.
Unfortunately, it would have taken me quite a while to figure out how a 2D pattern would look folded into a 3D shape, and for me to then adapt it in Photoshop, as well as then making the model again myself. For this reason, I decided to move on to other experiments, as I also felt this idea was simple 'cutting and pasting' onto something that someone had already created. Although the idea of making a paper model did interest me, I'm not sure if it's something I would like to attempt again. Though if created with a great amount of skill, a paper craft model can be made to realistically represent an object (in this case, animal). In order to do so, the maker would have to have a mind capable of envisioning how paper looks after it is folded, and how different shapes fit together, (and most importantly a great observational mind, which has a great knowledge of the original object's form).
As I didn't manage to achieve my goal of adding my technique to a 3D object with simple-sided planes, I can't comment on what I would have thought of the finished result.
Although not an altogether finished result to my first experiment, I found it helped me get into the rythym of creating work for my project. It also gave me ideas for other experiments I wanted to try - namely the creation of another 3D object, this time using wire instead of paper, which I hoped would be easier to create, as I would be achieving it 'piece by piece', instead of the manipulation a material by folding and sticking.
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