3D Design

Paper Sculpture Relief Portrait

Jan. 27th Feb. 27th

Wearable Politcal Hands

March 13th March 24th

Look Inside Mainah

April 7th April 27th

Bust Concentration

June 7th June 16th

My experience in 3D design was very good. Throughout the semester I enjoyed creating sculptures, I even discovered that I like to create 3-dimensional art rather than 2-dimensional art most of the time. Additionally, I learned many different techniques using many different materials. Some of these materials were clay, paper, sculpey, wire, and even hockey tape. I was tested with my time management skills too, and I managed to keep up almost all of the time. I would say one process I really enjoyed was creating the ceramic bust of the soccer player Emre Can. I enjoyed this so much because I really cared about making him look the best possible. I felt passionate about this project and I like the end product very much. Another process I enjoyed was making my twin brother’s portrait out of hockey tape. I liked doing this because making something out of hockey tape was something I had no experience with, and I found that I liked the texture and pattern it created. One process that I struggled with was my concentration project. It was hard to make the little figures out of sculpey because it is very malleable, so it was difficult to make details. I think I learned from this and would use a different material next time.

The project I am the most proud of is the ceramic bust. I am proud of this because it looks similar to Emre Can. I like how his hair looks very realistic, and I also like how the creative spin (the soccer ball pattern on his face) turned out. Another project I am proud of is the political hands because I love how I got this meaningful message across in a way that looks good as well. I think it is an important message in today’s world, and it was good to be able to represent it artistically. I think that I learned and improved in a few ways throughout the course of 3D design. One area I improved in was creating objects with sculpey. Near the middle of the semester I was only comfortable with creating buildings out of sculpey, and by the end of the semester I was able to make actual people, soccer players and hockey players, out of sculpey, and I was able to make them look realistic. One thing I learned in 3D design was the process of creating a bust. I learned unique the process of making the head and shoulders, and then creating detailed facial features. This process was completely new to me as I had never created a ceramic bust before.

By doing 3D design I realized how art relates to my life in many ways. I learned how art is always around me, and can be created from pretty much anything. I created art with very different materials like pine needles and sticks, and also hockey tape. The projects I did this year all related to me in some shape or form–the bust because I play soccer, the relief portrait because I play hockey, the mainah sculpture because I am a mainah. I think 3D design also allowed me to find my own styles and materials that I liked. I found myself creating art that had to do with sports I play, and also found myself using clay or sculpey to make these sculptures. Overall, I had a good time in 3D design, and I hope to work more with 3D art in the future.

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