One Ring to Rule Them ALL (Them being my happiness and rule being emotional decimation thereof)
I made a ring y'all.
As you can see, I have a list of potential ideas to work with, spanning a range of different aesthetics. There's a series that encompasses different dinosaur skulls molded into the shape of rings, a few with a honeycomb pattern motif with different shaped bases, and a concept for a crystalline shaped ring, given my interest in collecting crystals of curious formations.
After a discussion with my peers I ruled out the honeycomb designs as they are fairly superficial and don't even look that great. The dino-skulls have a lot more potential, and we half jokingly discuss the potential of monetizing them by putting them in blind bags as a series and making them collectibles. However in the end I settle on the crystal design as it's more practical to make, compared to the challenge of modelling a full dinosaur skull, and has a dynamic design with both the stone-textured band and the crystal having a geological motif.
Then I move on with the design, refining the crystal ring so the band is thicker and thus, more stable, trimming the edges so the whole ring looks stone-like rather than simply having a stone texture set on a band of equal width all the way around, and tweaked the crystal to fit the size of the band.
Finally I run the ring through meshmixer and shapeways to repair it, and complete the assignment!
As you can see, I have a list of potential ideas to work with, spanning a range of different aesthetics. There's a series that encompasses different dinosaur skulls molded into the shape of rings, a few with a honeycomb pattern motif with different shaped bases, and a concept for a crystalline shaped ring, given my interest in collecting crystals of curious formations.
After a discussion with my peers I ruled out the honeycomb designs as they are fairly superficial and don't even look that great. The dino-skulls have a lot more potential, and we half jokingly discuss the potential of monetizing them by putting them in blind bags as a series and making them collectibles. However in the end I settle on the crystal design as it's more practical to make, compared to the challenge of modelling a full dinosaur skull, and has a dynamic design with both the stone-textured band and the crystal having a geological motif.
Finally I run the ring through meshmixer and shapeways to repair it, and complete the assignment!
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