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Refined and Dignified - 1.3

 Mesh Mashup V.2

Welcome back to another edition of the mesh mashup madness. The contents that lie herein give each viewer a sneak peek into the thoughts that take over my mind every day; don't worry, it's all rated PG.

For this portion of the assignment I chose to use my previous design entitled 'Get to the Chopper,' where there were three bananas suspended from an aircraft. To further that design I decided to take the input that I was given in the group critique (more will be explained below) and expand upon it. I am super excited for you to see what I made and the steps that I took to get there.

First, I want to show the original. This idea came about while watching a very outlandish instagram reel where a man does very peculiar things with bananas (again, its not dirty). 

The feedback that I had received on this piece was to add movement. It was mentioned that I would be able to form the ropes in such a way as to look like they are moving in the wind or to even go so far as to add a sort of motion blur to the propellers. When I took the propeller into Meshmixer and began working on it, the file immediately became distorted to the point where it was unusable and no matter how hard I tried there was no fixing it. So, the first step that I need to take in the new design was finding a new propeller (see below).

Propeller
Now looking back at it I am sure that I could have simply cut the top off the original but instead I went back into thingiverse and found a new one. As you can see in the thumbnail, I also changed the way that the bananas were incorporated into the design; now, rather than hanging, they are awaiting their turn to jump. Below is how the bananas are now seen in the design.
When it was mentioned to add more movement to the design via making the ropes move, the idea was a little too basic for me so I took it quite literally and threw them out a plane instead. The final design is something that I am very happy with.


In conclusion, this design comes from a mind that works abstractly. When the assignment came up regarding remix culture, I was ecstatic because I knew that I finally had the opportunity to let the ideas that I always push back, flow freely and without hinderance. This remix has bananas jumping out of a (what would normally be) a moving object, floating freely to the ground. To me, the juxtaposition here is an inanimate object -one that has been detached from its life source and can only be moved through physical force- now being brought to life and given such a major task as sky diving. This is a project that has the opportunity to be continually built upon, changed, and interpreted how ever one might please therefore making it a sort of free-for-all for who ever might want to try their hand at a new form of art.

That is all for now. Thanks for reading this far :)
Sincerely,
renderme3d


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