SketchUp "Ribbon Art"
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My wife calls it ribbon art. It's made by intersecting curved TINs with a series of roughly parallel nested curvy cylinders, then grouping each resulting "ribbon" and then offsetting each ribbon a bit from its neighbors. I'm kind of ambivalent about the results of this first attempt but have some ideas I want to try in a second go.
A full sized version of the first image is located here .
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A second go...
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Wild and creative stuff.
In the first set of four, the third one really looks good to me. The others don't grab me.
I assume it's just different angles on the same model?
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John,
Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, the first 4 images are just different views into the model. This first model was a little too wild. The second perhaps a little too controlled. I'm going to give it a third try aiming for something in between. I had to work out some new techniques for making these, and now that I have the techniques under control I should be able to produce some more compelling images.
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go 3... I quite like this one... very time consuming to make unfortunately ... 4 views of the model
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I like this one a lot fred, reminds me of those big dinosaur displays you get at museums for some reason
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@remus said:
reminds me of those big dinosaur displays you get at museums for some reason
Yup... those giant skeletal rib cages.
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Wow! You should get yourself and those creations to an art gallery!
Seriously!
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Hi Fred!
Nice to see some new work. I really like the last one the best. The middle one is a little bland. The first one is interesting, but i think this method doesn't mix as well with the texture you selected. I think it is because the geometry of the model is so connected - the texture just seems to be fighting that.
Thanks for sharing.........and please keep experimenting!
Bytor
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ecofeco... Thanks for your comments, both here and the other art thread. Much appreciated! I'll continue to look for opportunities to sell my SketchUp "art" but for now it's just a hobby. I'm glad to hear you think it might interest some people. One problem with SketchUp is that curved work tends to show its segmentation as you print works at larger scales. I hope that SU 7 will support higher-poly geometry and make this less of an issue.
bytor... I mostly agree with your analysis, although I think the problem with the first model isn't necessarily the textures, but perhaps just the way I threw it together. I hope to try something similar this weekend but with 3d ribbons like those in the 3rd model, and more controlled offsets between ribbons.
Thanks again for the feedback.
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I really like the last one you've made! It really looks impresive!
It's getting a new desgin for meto be creating a new building
Yeez, thanks man! Keep up this work! I really can't imagine how to make something like this
Greetz...
Johannes R. -
Futuristic Fbartels,
I'm all down with this action. Very killer.
Very 1960s vibe to me for some reason -- in the very best of ways...
I'm all into the notions of that time -- the abstract expressionist movement is all rocking on.
This has a bit of a James Rosenquist deal going on -- perhaps yeah?
I really Jack bird dig that Jim Dine cat... Nice... But the bug kicker in my book is all Robert Motherwell.
Yeah.
You have brought is.
Durant "black paint" Hapke
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Fred,
That first group is growing on me now....so I think you may be right about the texture not being the problem. Plus - I would love to have a little 1' high solid model of the "dinosaur rib cage" sculpture on my desktop!
I would promise to turn it slightly every day so I would be able to peer into it from a different persective.Bytor
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