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<\/p>\nStarting out my maquette I found myself with a literal blank canvas.<\/p>\n
After visiting my local craft store I found small canvas squares in a 5 pack for only $4 which I quickly snagged up, spent an additional hour and half going up and down every other aisle, and left.<\/p>\n
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My initial canvases ready to be painted into “happy” Bob Ross-esque landscapes.<\/p>\n
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I painted the canvases to look like stars on a night sky in order to have an idea of where to put the LED’s.<\/p>\n
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I added some grass to the bottom for the idea that it’s a field\/ forest sort of landscape.<\/p>\n
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I realized I don’t know how to count and painted one dark green to act as the base of the open face cube.<\/p>\n
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I started drilling holes in the canvas, which turned out to make pretty ugly holes instead of the clean effect I was hoping for.<\/p>\n
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Once the holes were in place I started stringing twinkle lights I had from previous room decoration of yesteryear. It was a pretty long strand so it ended up being a huge hassle to string them through, I ended up just sort of bundling them up randomly in a way that was moderately appealing.<\/p>\n
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Final setup of my maquette, I painted some trees and other mountain-type blobs in the background for depth. I took the leftover string lights and put them in a bundle in the middle\u00a0 to represent the light bulb that I couldn’t fit inside the box of canvas well. I made the centerpiece look sort of like a city building with windows, or at least that was my intent.<\/p>\n
Doing this maquette gave me the idea to make it slightly more technical by\u00a0 introducing the idea of LED’s hooked up to a light sensor, so when the light in the middle is on they will automatically be off. The light in the middle will still be manually controlled by a dimmer to make the project interactive with the viewer.<\/p>\n
The supplies I believe I will require are:<\/p>\n
I am planning to order all supplies this weekend to give myself time for assembly. Supplies should arrive by next week some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Starting out my maquette I found myself with a literal blank canvas. After visiting my local craft store I found small canvas squares in a 5 pack for only $4 which I quickly snagged up, spent an additional hour and half going up and down every other aisle, and left. My initial canvases ready to … <\/p>\n