From the start of my college experience, I have noticed a positive shift in the way I act/behave. From my freshman year of college, I have learned to be more confident in myself and try to improve myself to secure a better future. I have done this through consistently going to the gym and reading…
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Polish and Presentation- John Lemieux
From last week, I was able to complete the functionality portion of the Neon sign. For this week, I tried focusing on polishing the wires and adding cooling features to the circuit. The issues that I ran into this week was that some of the soldering wires came loose, causing some of the LED’s to…
Everything Works (Almost)- John Lemieux
For this week, everything almost works. I focused on drilling mounts into the polycarbonate sheet, allowing for the LED’s to easily be placed. I didn’t realize how many mountings I would need though, resulting in me having to wait a day for more mounts to come in. At the current moment, all of the red…
The Failures – John Lemieux
The main area that I felt I would struggle in greatly was creating the back template for the LED strips. This is an area that I struggle in because I lack the ability to fully visualize what I want. My first failure came in with ordering the acrylic. Even before getting the material, I had…
Maquette- John Lemieux
For my project, I choose to go with the animated neon sign. I liked how the Neon sign was more personal to me, than the other two projects. However, I do think adding a hidden UV message into the design would be very cool. If time is applicable for my project, I can look more…
John’s Concept Proposals
Design Concept 1: Neon Sign Working Out This concept takes reference to the popular signs in Las Vegas. In this design, I wish to incorporate some form of animation to the design, while also appealing to the aesthetics of a vintage sign as one would see on the streets of a major city. The main…
Light Artist Presentation- Laddie John Dill
Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, California in the year 1943. Much of his fascination with lights came from his father being a lens craftsman. He recalls how he would see lasers going around his house and how pretty they were. He knew at the time that he wanted to be an artist,…
Auto-Bio of John Lemieux
My name is John Lemieux. I live in the Massachusetts area, closer to the Rhode Island border. I am a sophomore that is studying electrical engineering. Right now, I mainly view art as a hobby. I don’t want to go into it as a career, due to how I feel that I may not like…