Final Project Update: I decided to multiple the bottom peg size by 1.075 to make it a little bit easier to join them together without as much sanding. Also, I added holes running from the bottom to make them lighter, and to make them sound more like Legos when I held a bunch together and…
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Final Projects – Jonathan Amirault
Layers Project I have always been super fascinated with working with silhouettes, as well as natural beauty. I decided to create a combination of both of the, in this scene by creating a rastered wolf near the front of the piece to draw the viewers eye in. I decided to design this piece off of…
Altered Toys Project WIP (Jonathan Amirault)
For this project, I went for a blend between 2 of my favorite interests as a child. Both Legos and the intricacies of puzzles was always so interesting to me as a kid. For this project I created a traditional 2X4 studded Lego with altered top caps as connecting pieces. When I first printed these,…
Altered Toys Design (Jonathan Amirault)
As a kid, one of my absolute all time favorite toys to play with were Legos. They were so straight forward, you could never really “mess up” when building with Legos as they could fit together in any way you tried to put them together. Something else that I used to love, and still love…
Lantern Project WIP (Jonathan Amirault)
Similar to the layers project, I realized that the size of my design on Inkscape was a little too small on the first iteration. I decided to plus up the size and the power when cutting out the pieces of the boxes, and this was the result. The pieces still didn’t cut through all the…
Lantern Design (Jonathan Amirault)
For this piece I tried to create a more personal piece of artwork. My grandmother’s favorite bird was the blue jay, and whenever I see one it always reminds me of her. I decided to include a blue jay on the front of the box, while a pair of angelic wings on the top. I…
Layers Project WIP + Final Product (Jonathan Amirault
The original size that I set the cut to be ended up being way too small for the purpose that I had intended. I realized that the scale of my design in Inkscape was off from what I thought, and so when I went to raster the wolf it ended up only being about half…
Layers Design (Jonathan Amirault)
I have always enjoyed creating artwork (between photography and traditional artwork) that focuses on silhouettes rather than super detailed oriented pieces. I figured that for this project, creating a peaceful and serene natural background with a central layered focus on the silhouette of a wolf that has been raster engraved would be a good way…
First Cut (Jonathan Amirault)
For my first cut, I had a pretty difficult time figuring out how to upload a file and connect Retina Engrave to the actual laser cutter. I eventually figured out how to load the file, but when I went to print it, I noticed that a few of the vectors were completely missing. The 4…
Drawing #1 – Jonathan Amirault
I am the youngest of four brothers, and they have always been an incredibly important part of my life. I decided to create this piece by recreating an image from 12 years ago when we were all still living together as actual “kids.” This original image (attached below) was of the 4 of us watching…
Introduction & Portfolio – Jonathan Amirault
Hello! I am Jonathan Amirault and I am a Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major here at WPI. Art hasn’t been a super big part of my life recently, but I am definitely working on changing that. I have actually never taken a traditional art style class, so this class will definitely be a new learning experience…