.aerosol can.

smartsizer

try scaling your entire model up by a factor of 100. That might fix your follow-me problems.

unfortunately, follow me is not cooperating..and when i extrude it around the circle..some planes and arcs get left out.. i've tried it a million different ways and have redrawn it..but still the same thing.. i think i'm going to steal the top piece off my original can though..b/c this is frustrating.. the missing areas arent too evident here, but i think they ultimately will be

marked001

ah ok.. that does make sense.. the original one i did was scaled up 10x just to make drawing the curves easier...this one was only 2x.. i will give that a try! thanks!

marked001

taht worked great smartsizer..thanks so much.

here's a little update..

todd burch

Loosk great! My only comment is the bottom stem of the spray tip is too narrow in diameter.

This looks great! I like the section cuts.

Got a close up of how the pressure valve works? I've always wondered... I figured the refrigerator light thing out a few years back - but the aerosol tip pushing down thing I still haven't worked out. Wink

Any now for the trivia question - and don't search the internet for the answer.

"RAID" used a particular artist for a particular reason when they commisioned their bugs in the TV commercials. Who was the artist, and what was characteristic about his/her style?

Todd

cheffey

that aerosol can is pimp... are we allowed to use that as an adjective?
anyways it's marvelous.

got nothing on the trivia question...

marked001

http://www.aboutaerosols.com/packaging_valve.php

there's my reference..not that i followed it too carefully..haha..

and i have no answer for the trivia question..haha..

cheffey

I can't believe i just read that on how the aerosol valve works... Laughing

marked001

now you can pull one apart.. get your calipers out..and go to town..haha..

(and for the record, i didnt actually read it..just looked at the diagram......briefly Very Happy )

todd burch

So what the diagram is telling me is there could be SEVERAL reasons my old spray paint cans will not dispense paint. Maybe what I need to invent is a spray-can de-clogger, that forces some propellant back into the can.

Todd

boofredlay

Don Pegler was the artist but I don't know what characteristic it was that attracted RAID.

todd burch

@unknownuser said:

Don Pegler was the artist but I don't know what characteristic it was that attracted RAID.

Hummm. I thought it was Tex Avery - for his highly exaggerated animations - like dropping the jaw all the way to floor when astonished, or actually drawing 3 eyes when the character was shaking their head from side to side. Dropping pianos out of windows and smashing characters, and stuff like that.

Todd

todd burch

Hummm.. I have some proof!

http://animatedfilms.suite101.com/blog. ... s_a_genius

Todd

boofredlay

Tex was the producer but Don Pegler created the characters.

@unknownuser said:

The product's advertising tagline, "Raid Kills Bugs Dead", was created by advertising agency Foote Cone & Belding. The phrase itself is often attributed to the poet Lew Welch, who worked for the agency at the time. The line was first used in commerce in 1966 and was trademarked in 1986. Legendary animation director Tex Avery was the producer of the first "Kills Bugs Dead" commercials. Artist Don Pegler developed the bug characters used in the US and continued animating them for forty years.

From here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_(insecticide)

boofredlay

Ok so I went back and read your question: Who was the artist?
So we are both right.

marked001

guess that's it for updates to this project...its going into phase 2 and its for a big big company and i just signed a lengthy NDA..haha..

robmoors

Still thank you a lot for sharing!