LAYERS : Futuristic Barrel Cactus For this project I wanted to create the sort of fake cactus you’d find in a recreational space ship in the future. LANTERN : DND Campaign Vibes My lantern is inspired by the characters in my current DND campaign through Barovia. ALTERED TOYS : Evil Legos I wanted to create…
Author: Erica
Altered Toys Project – Erica
Evil LEGOs 2: Electric Boogaloo 5/5/2021: Printed base: There was a little bit of spaghetti under the overhanging LEGO, but overall turned out good. Real LEGOs do fit on but are a little loose, I think either because the radius of the nubs is a little too small, or I didn’t give them enough normal…
Altered Toys Design – Erica
Evil LEGOs For this project I decided to take the annoying tendency LEGOs have of stabbing unsuspecting feet and make it worse. I’m modifying the top nubs on some standard LEGO bricks to have spikes so they look as awful to step on as they feel. To turn it into more of a cohesive art…
3D doodles – Erica
Tinkercad creation : ZBrush creation :
Layers – Erica
Design Concept For my subject I chose cacti because they’re all over the place back home and they just make me happy. I decided to play with the idea of layers and make it a sort of futuristic cactus sculpture. To do this I’m planning to have the different layers offset from each other and…
Lantern Project – Erica
4/23 Progress I’m still working on finalizing the vector drawings but below is what I have so far. I changes it to 3 sides instead of 4 so I have any hope of finishing it sometime soon. At this point the main thing I need to do is make the central drawing for the Healer…
Lantern Design – Erica
For my Lantern I’m basing it off of the 3 PC’s and 1 main NPC from my current DND campaign (we’re playing Curse of Strahd). In Barovia the fortune tellers use Tarokka cards, similar to our Tarot cards, so I chose cards that seemed to best fit each character. I’m working to modify the actual…
Drawings 2 & 3 – Erica
For my Drawing #2, I used a picture I took of my best friend. I cleaned up the surroundings leaving only the bench he was sitting on, and ran it through Retina Engrave’s no dither function with a B/W threshold of 65. For my Drawing #3 I played around with the different shapes and colors…
First Cut – Erica
My laser cut of Sir Cat came out great! The plant’s connection seems a little more delicate than I intended, so I’ll keep that in mind for future designs.
Drawing 1 – Erica
For Drawing #1 I made a simplified drawing of my roommate’s cat sniffing at one of the plants on our windowsill. I chose to recreate this image because while I’m away from home and my dogs, my roommate’s cat has been a very comforting presence.
An Introduction of Erica Bonelli
Hi, I’m Erica! I’m a Sophomore studying Mechanical Design Engineering and trying to pursue a Fine Arts minor at WPI. I grew up in Chandler, Arizona and DO NOT like the cold (poor school choice, I know). My parents would probably tell you I’ve been creating art since I left the womb, and I can’t…