SketchUp "Ribbon Art"

[fbartels]

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.

[fbartels]

A second go...

[SchreiberBike]

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?

[fbartels]

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.

[fbartels]

go 3... I quite like this one... very time consuming to make unfortunately ... 4 views of the model

[remus]

I like this one a lot fred, reminds me of those big dinosaur displays you get at museums for some reason

[fbartels]

@remus said:

reminds me of those big dinosaur displays you get at museums for some reason

Yup... those giant skeletal rib cages.

[Bryan K]

Wow! You should get yourself and those creations to an art gallery!

Seriously!

[bytor]

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

[fbartels]

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.

[FIRE1BULL]

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.

[Durant Hapke]

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

[bytor]

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