This is for Objects

 Welcome back to Danielle rides the struggle bus in Rhino! As if I wasn't disappointed with my turn out last week, I have some mega underwhelming progress to show this week. I feel like I have to constantly remind myself that failing and starting over is part of the learning but I struggle really hard with not getting things in the first go, so this week has been very challenging.  I started off trying to model these seriously micro screws, it's near impossible to take any measurement on them to begin with. Not only could I not get the bottom of the screw to look the same, but I got to the point where I needed to extrude the profile of the thread which is not circular and I could not get it to work for the life of me. I was knee deep in youtube videos but nothing showed me how to achieve the shape I needed. It was also frustrating because I remember learning how to do it but it's the one step of the process I couldn't execute. So after I burned through my four hours fai

 I am here to report that taking a thousand measurements at 0. mm might impair your vision and will definitely give you a migraine. But alas, I have something embarrassingly unsubstantial to show for it. Patience is a virtue people!  In hindsight I really wish I scoped out a regular size cassette because boy oh boy taking the measurements on this microcassette has got me feelin' like hangman.  I started off trying to get the cassette apart, the label is placed over the screw casings so I only saw two out of the four and tried to pry the bottom half apart with a flathead screwdriver. The remaining two screws definitely did their job because it would not budge, it took me a solid hour before I realized there were two hidden screws. After that whole debacle I began recording measurements for Side A of the cassette, but there were just too many tiny parts and I got incredibly confused by my drawing so I decided the solution was full force ahead into Rhino.  After spending way too much

My dad has this gold edition cassette Walkman, it's got the OG headphones and theres some really stellar photos of him running down the beach with it clipped into his lifeguard shorts - the looked completed with white socks, Reeboks and his permed mullet. I felt like this was the energy I was trying to harness for my portfolio so I went on a scavenger hunt to locate the Walkman in the attic. The only thing I found was my mother telling me she will disown me if I took it apart. SO, I took a quick trip down to this little antique shop and found sadly, nothing as cool as the Walkman (I did find a Born in the USA record which I bought and have been playing all morning, Brucey isn't really on the top of my mom's list). I scouted this microcassette recorder that came with two cassettes, and since I don't need to leave a tape recorder in my briefcase at the next foundation board meeting (praying theres some Seinfeld fans here), I thought this would be a cool thing to take apar

 Ok remember when I said you could put checker on checker and never visually offend anyone? I am here to provide solid evidence that is not always true. To be fair, it depends on how sensitive your eyes are and honestly, if you can handle the Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake denim on denim situation I think you will be ok.  Last week I met with Nadia and Joey (they are both so wonderful!!) and we chatted about patterns and our program. Joey suggested that I combine a sketch based off of a stack of wood that was heavy on perspective with the pigeonhole sketch which had all the funky shapes inside and see what the outcome was. Well let me tell you, I took combining very seriously. My pattern truly turned into an ode to chaos and order.  (anyone else trying to write their blog post and end up using the pan shortcut for Rhino in Blogger to scroll down? ugh!!!!!!!) Determined to combine checkers, perspective, moulding, stairs, profile knives and literally all of my ideas together (hahah