Layers Project for this project I chose to create a multi-layered clock with working movement and fake gears to create the aesthetic of an older open face clock. the final project came out great and is currently hanging in my room at school. the only problem with the final design that I did not consider…
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Altered Toys Project
For this project I chose to create lego bricks with the added alteration of objects inside the legos. these legos act as a symbol for the building blocks that make up me, pulling inspiration from things that I have done and care about. I created multiple designs and sizes for the pieces along with original…
Layers Project
for this project I chose to create a multi-layered clock with working movement and fake gears to create the aesthetic of an older open face clock. the final project came out great and is currently hanging in my room at school. the only problem with the final design that I did not consider is that…
Lantern Project
For this project I completed a candle holder that projects trees and hexagons onto the wall as well as illuminating the lantern itself. This project had many blocking points that I had to overcome, the laser cutter being incorrectly setups costed me a day of cutting, having wood that was too thick forced me to…
3D Doodles Organic
for this project I chose to try and recreate the moai statues in zbrush. Below is a reference photo and screenshot of my work. zbrush mini seems to be a hard program to use and took some time to get something resembling the statues.
Altered Toys Design
for this project I altered a lego brick piece to add a football within. as a child I always used to play with legos and build cities, I hope to modify the legos to build up some of the building blocks of what I enjoy. I hope to make a couple of these to highlight…
3D doodles geometric
Today I messed around in tinkercad and tried combining shapes. I wanted to see how well the shapes can combine and how they look merged within each other.
Lantern Project WIP
for this project I attempted to cut my lantern design however I found my wood to be too thick and hard for the laser cutter. this lead to cuts not going all the way through, design features being lost (pentagons becoming circles) and the cut becoming too hot and smoking. I will attempt to redo…
Lantern Design
In this project I will attempt to make a growing tree scene within my lantern. I would like to make the vessel spin if it is possible to add an interesting spin on the design. I took inspiration from several sources such as the tree box image, the hexagon bees image, and the greatest showman…
Layers Project WIP
For This project I continued to work on creating my layered clock design with gears. I still require at least 2 more rings to complete the project and a working arm piece to make the clock work. Artist Questions:Do you think anything could be gained by adding a rastor engraving to some of the gears?…
Layers Design
for this project I will attempt to create an intricate clock face with fake gears and various wood designs. I have seperated the design into the top face with the numbering for the time, the middle with cutouts adding design elements, the gears which will serve as a backdrop and be the main focal point,…
First Cuts
for my first cuts I used my first three drawings with varying success. For my first piece I attempted to print my eagle line drawing. this cut was came out quite well early on with the exception of the belly feathers getting too fragile and falling off in the first prints as well as some…
Drawing #2 and #3
I created two drawings for this assignment one which represents a yin yang symbol and one which is a spiral of lines created within javascript. the first image will be used to demonstrate the raster engraving of laser cutters. I hope i can create different depth in order to have a pronounced border and depths,…
Drawing #1
for this drawing I chose to create a symbol of american patriotism within my stylistic line drawing of an eagle. This drawing should do well to test the fine line drawing of the laser cutters within the lab. I chose to make the drawing more stylized in order to create a better aesthetic. America is…
Introduce Yourself & Share Your Portfolio
My name is Benjamin Gilchrist I grew up in Mendon, MA and I use art as way to relax and express myself in a busy and stressful world. I prefer digital artworks, specifically digital painting through drawing tablets or other new technologies. I recently found a virtual reality program that allows for bob ross style…