Sewing til the AM

Post 42

Happiness level : 6

My Motion Graphics are 80% complete, they are taking a much long time than I thought. But I did try out sewing and it turn out looking like something that came out of a thrift store.

I have never sewed in my life, so this is literally my proudest moment, my proudest milestone.

After sewing of course, with buttons and everything, I discovered I cut the fabric straight down like a box. I forgot the human arm actually widens from the wrist up. So I didn't get to close it up properly.

This fabric is from a really old shirt, I used it because it's stretchy. 

I tried to cover it up but it looks really shady.

I discovered that sewing the boards on the fabric itself would be too flimsy. So I sketched out more ideas.

The red was inspired by Baymax from Big Hero 6. I wanted the interior to be two toned as well.

Then I realised, Buzzlightyear's suit has the same mechanism I need!
The compartment which conceals the boards. My dad suggested I cut up a bottle in half and use it as the flap. (like below)

Here are some more sketches for the band.

This is the sewing of the nylon hard fabric on the sports wristguards which are a perfect fit to wrist, and my father's. A cut up bottle will be used to encase the band.

I would be thickening up with two of these hard nylon fabrics and use the top flap as the base for my boards and sew them on the top flap. The bottom flap would prevent the conductive thread from touching the skin of the users.

Of course I went to dad and mom and they gave me two sports wristbands and sewed them together to get a better, firmer, stretchable band. Sewed a hard white fabric (used for collars of formal shirts) on the top of the cute bands to cover the little heart designs and prevent stretching from the top so that it wouldn't damage my boards.

Motion Graphics 100% by today HAVE TO.

Post 41

Happiness level: 4

I feel like Tadashi from Big Hero 6 with all these updates.

Here's a video of me talking for a change, I might sound dead but yeah all the deadlines are piling up this week so it's safe to say my spirits aren't at an all time high.

Stage Design & Glove Design

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Happiness level: 6

Tutor(s) present: Jazmi

Stage Design

After showing Jazmi my previous post on the motion graphics, we concluded to use different platforms instead of using just a one dimensional screen. Most of my references and tutorials are spherical as well. I proposed a few stage sketches but concluded that I could use a polystyrene sphere instead to suit my motion graphic benchmarks.

He told me that I should be careful of the shadow casts if I were to pick my polygonal stage design.

I would cut a small section in the sphere and place the DJ in it. To avoid shadow casts, I will place a small mirror to reflect the DJ into the cut out hole.

I have also concluded to suspend the sphere in mid-air.

I am considering to rent another projector so that my project could be viewed in 360 Degrees.

Glove Design

As for the glove, it is decided and preferred that it took a look of a cuff instead of a whole glove wear up to the palms.

Motion Graphics Tutorials

Post 36

Happiness level: 5

Light Tech Circles
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/playlist/motion_design/advanced_spin_fx/


Shockwaves
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/playlist/motion_design/shockwaves/
During mid experience.

The ring
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/the_ring/
http://chchcheckit.com/downloads/particle-ring-audio-reaction/ (he actually uploads the sources files for freeee which is AWESOME)

Audio Animation
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/playlist/motion_design/audio_to_animation/
Idle Mode.


Stream of light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JG1n_Yeo8
Will use this for Idle mode.


Traingles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6JRQl2Dh5E&list=UUuwZ2IZ2pAy4ZOLEtmuApyQ
During mid experience.


Ring of particles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh6oA-MfsUM&list=UUuwZ2IZ2pAy4ZOLEtmuApyQ

The intro -starting page.


CC lens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmxP749LYYQ&index=4&list=PLRyoAtAq0XD2xOLEpU112wEQgsrcvzgpt
FIST PUMP text during mid experience.


Grids
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/the_grid/

First Ideation Tutorial of the Final Sem

Post 34

Happiness level: 7

Tutor(s) present: Jazmi Jamal

I was very happy with this tutorial.

Today for this session I brought my second set of music and it is wayyy better and more hyped than the first one.

I brought my boards as well to show Jazmi the placements for the boards and how it would effect the user experience. I showed him and it looked so long! Like this.

There was the LiPower and the battery to think about as well, and I wanted to sew it on the forearm, underneath my arm and the boards. Jazmi suggested that I shouldn't since the thread is going to be so thin and easily breakable.

He suggested that I stack the Xbee board and the arduino board so it looks like some kind of watch mechanism and it didn't need to fill the whole arm. A cuff would be a good design with velcro so that users could take it off and put it on easily.

He gave me a boxing glove as reference. Haha! He said to make sure to put these boards in proper casings to avoid malfunctions and interference from the environmental factors. 

I should also get on with the wooband design and the stage design as well, cause right now all I have is the really basic stuff, like how I want the band to be purple/skin colored/black and such.

Here are some references he shared with me that I could think of, to give my stage more depth and dimension.

They are all slanting walls with projectors projecting the images unto them.

Motion Graphic Tutorials

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These are a few examples and tutorials I watched today. I needed a proper milestone so I did this today and it's level of difficulty seems pretty okay.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/the_grid/

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/3d_replicator/

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/shockwaves/

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/advanced_spin_fx/


Happiness Level : 5 (Neutral)