The first project that we did in class was making drawings in Inkscape and cutting them on the laser cutter. I chose to do (from left to right) one of the robed figures from Inside Job with writing instead of shadows, Travel Hooty from The Owl House, and a code-generated design. The second project was…
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Altered Toys WIP – Sage Ugras
2/20/23 – I printed the first versions of the pieces of my HEX Bug NANO and the inner plate printed very well but the outer structure did not. I decided to make the inner plate out of clear PLA so that I could potentially put fairy lights inside if it looks good so that I…
3D Doodles Organic – Sage Ugras
For my Organic 3D Doodle I decided to start with a block base and then have a snake-like creature coming out of it. I wanted it to look like it was some kind of ancient creature carved out of a stone block and I think it came out pretty well.
Altered Toys Design – Sage Ugras
For my altered toy, I decided to make a variation on one of my favorite childhood toys: the Hex Bug Nano. They are mostly no longer in production, so it is getting harder to find some of the classic color combos. To create my hex bug, I used Onshape for a general shape and used…
3D Doodles Geometric – Sage Ugras
For my 3D Doodle, I decided to make a super simple remote holder for my apartment. It will grip to my coffee table and my remote should fit loosely in it. I have a bad habit of losing my remote so this should hopefully help with that.
Lantern Project WIP- Sage Ugras
For my lantern project, I decided to do one of my favorite scenes from Howl’s Moving Castle where Howl is holding the “fallen star”. I thought that this would be a really good scene for a lantern because of the brightness of the star and the darkness of the rest of the scene. I used…
Lantern Design – Sage Ugras
I am planning to make my lantern out of cardboard and paper. The box will be made of cardboard and will have a hole in the front which will be covered in a layered paper deign. I am also thinking of maybe painting it black so that the main focus of the lantern will be…
Layers Project – Sage Ugras
1/29/2023 – The first two layers of my map have been laser cut with little to no issues. The water is a really simple layer so it took almost no time to complete. The land layer took a bit longer because of the detail along the shoreline as well as the cuts needed for smaller…
Layers Design – Sage Ugras
For my layers project, I decided to do a map of the San-Francisco/Bay Area (where I am from). I am going to have all water be a blue-color (similar to the color in my photo) and the land and roads will be made of balsa wood. There will be three layers: the water, the land,…
First Cuts – Sage Ugras
I used 100% speed, 10% power, 100% current, and 1 pass for all vector engraves and I used 25% speed, 25% power, 100% current, and 1 pass for all vector cuts. I also tried to use very little power for my pastor engraves on my Hooty design because I did not want anything to stick…
Drawing #2 and #3 – Sage Ugras
For my Drawing #2, I chose to draw Hooty (also known as Hootsifer) from The Owl House. It is a show that I am really interested in and Hooty is my favorite character. He is a house demon who protects the owl house and in multiple episodes, he turns into travel Hooty. I chose to…
Drawing #1 – Sage Ugras
The drawing that I decided to make is the “head” of a group of characters called “the robes” from Inside Job. Inside Job is one of my special interests so I spend a lot of time watching it and I feel very connected to the characters. The robes are some of my favorite characters in…
Introduction and Portfolio – Sage Ugras
My name is Sage Ugras and I use they/them pronouns. I am from Menlo Park, California. Menlo Park is a city that is approximately 45 minutes from San Francisco and is at the center of Silicon Valley/the Bay Area. In the past, I have taken art classes at school. I took a Studio Art class…