In the online lecture today, I was shown a website called SculptGL. This is an online design software. I have never used a software like this before so it was a new experience for me. It was kind of fun but it was difficult to actually work and it was fiddly. I'm not sure I would use it again as it has a very tenuous link to my specialism of photography. I could use it in future as a way to display my images in a sphere or a cube or any 3D shape or maybe I could use it to make 3D models of props i'm going to make.
To begin with, we were given 20 minutes to experiment with one tool for 5 minutes each. The first tool I use was twist. This was the outcome:
I find the outcome of this 5 minute session to be quite fascinating as the swirls resemble a face slightly.
The second tool I used was crease. The outcome of this reminds me of a brain with the grooves and folds (the fleshy colour also adds to the resemblance).
For the last 5 minutes, I used my favourite tool- drag. I went a bit crazy with this tool but the outcome was quite successful in my opinion. It resembles a ram- like the Taurus- with the horns pointing downwards.
For the last experiment, I was introduced to new tools. For example, changing the colours and the background, also the texture of the shape.
First I played around the colours, and found this rainbow shade.
Then I experimented with the Drag tool again as I enjoyed it the last time. This time I tried to contain the drags so it didn't end up as wild as last time. In the end the shape looked a little like a butterfly.
I then added another shape- a cube. I then tried to recreate the butterfly shape as best I could in the cube using the pinch tool.
Next I added a background. I chose a close up of The Creation Of Adam by Michelangelo. I really love this section of the painting as it inspires me. This is because it reminds me that we are only a moment from reaching what we aspire- which is represented by God in this painting. I chose this image as it was the first one I saw in my folders.
I then added a torus to my sculpture, and stretched it above and below. At the time I didn't notice, but when I was finished I stepped back and observed my image, and I realised that the stretched torus looked like a halo.
This gives the overall finished project a religious undertone. The section of Michelangelo's famous religious painting and the halo imagery in the torus. Even though I am not particularly religious I can appreciate the importance of it and how it can affect people's lives in a positive way. This is why I am glad that my finished work has religious undertones, even if it wasn't planned, as it allows the mind to wander and think deeper about its beliefs.
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