Here’s the working design for my lantern. I have a 3D printed base and pillars holding in wood on four sides and a top plate to keep the pillars at the right distance. The 3D printed part is structurally a pretty awful design to be honest and it will make most 3D printers cry but that’s alright I believe in them and it will work for this purpose. The circle in the middle is for the LEDs, which will be a 8-LED ring with a cutout in the bottom to let the wires go through. The bottom of the print will be empty and require supports so I can fit an Arduino nano under it. I have my pattern designed below, it’s a Tiki face with red vector engraves and black vector cuts. I’ll put some filter paper or something behind the cutouts to diffuse the light. My biggest artist question™ is about the Tiki face itself. I’d like feedback on the design as a whole, and more specifically about if the design is too simplistic or if the amount of cutouts to let light through (black lines) is too much or too little.
I think the black lines are good as they are, as they would form a distinguishable face in their current state. It would not hurt to convert some of the “crown” into cutouts, just not too much of it to keep a consistent feel throughout the part of piece that lets light through.
Your tiki design is really striking.
Is your tiki going to be on each side of the box?
I think the tiki face is perfect as is since you are only letting light in where it makes sense, through the holes of the face.
I appreciate the simple yet innovative design of your project. Do you plan on coloring the box at all? I think that the tiki face is super fun and will look really cool when lit.
I appreciate the design of the tiki face, it is a very expressive deign that will be very interesting to see lit up and see how the face appears through the light.
I love the idea to use both wood cuts and 3D prints, this is a very creative, yet simple way to assemble the box. Did you have to add a lot of filler pieces when printing this? And what orientation did you print it in?
I like how you are incorporating the Arduino into the design. The tiki design looks great!
I appreciate your use of the arduino in the design, I just saw you completed one and it turned out very well, I imagine with the flickering lights it would be even better. The black outlines and simplistic design I think worked very well in your piece.
I’m struck by the expressiveness of the tiki face you designed. I enjoy the symmetry it has as well except for where the numbers are on the top. I think the cut outs are going to work well as long as there is enough diffusing material especially around the teeth. What is your plan for finishing materials. What is your plan on diffusing material colors?