Here is the 3D model I generated for my mini skate park design. I a couple angles so you could clearly see the different features that I wanted to add. Also in one of the screen shots I removed some of the featured from the base of the design and laid them down in a…
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Altered Toy Design – Mikayla Raffin
For this project I chose to make something in the world of Teck Decks. Me and my older brother used to love playing with them as kids and we loved to rearrange all of the skate park pieces we had to make different parks and courses. While the Teck Decks were small and easily portable…
Mikayla Raffin: First Cuts
I used the image I created from the Drawing #1 assignment for my first cut as it was not an overly complicated design and I was able to both vector engrave and cut the image on a piece of cardboard. I chose to do my first cuts on cardboard because this is the material I…
Lantern Design WIP – Mikayla Raffin
Here are some updates I have for the progress I have made to my lantern. I have my final SVG files I used to cut the pieces and a picture with a sample of a couple different pieces I have cut out. Below are screenshots of the basic layout I have created in Inkscape for…
Lantern Design – Mikayla Raffin
After looking though all of the materials and helpful websites/software available for us to use to help us with this project, I was inspired specifically by the soma cube templates that look like different Tetris blocks I found on the template maker website. Seeing this specific template immediately inspired me to want to make a…
Layers Project WIP: Mikayla Raffin
For this work in progress update I have included an image of the the layout of the different layers of my piece from Inkscape as well as some images of the layers cut out and assembled from cardboard. I do like the look of the piece cut out of carboard and I am glad that…
Mikayla Raffin: Layers Concept Sketch
For the layers project I really wanted to create a 3D animal head out of the layers of the material I chose to use. I have seen a lot of really cool layered animal head designs and was totally inspired by the look. I specifically chose to sketch a capybara head because it is one…
Mikayla Raffin: Drawings #2 and #3
For drawing #2 I wanted to incorporate some text with a fun font and I have always loved art from past decades took inspiration from the 70s. I found a cool font with some interesting detail and designed a little lava lamp graphic in the middle which would all be raster engraved. The base and…
Mikayla Raffin – Drawing #1
For drawing 1 I chose to make a simple engraving of my two dogs. I wanted to use a more basic linework style for the engraving so there isn’t too much fine detail and the concept is easy to see. I also wanted to highlight the little cutouts of the eyes, ears, and noses on…
Mikayla Raffin: Introduction and Portfolio
Hi everyone! My name is Mikayla Raffin and I’m from Franklin Massachusetts. I am a senior biology/biotechnology major, and while my focus at WPI is heavily based on STEM I continue to try and fit art into my life where ever I can as it has been my passion for as long as I can…