Andrew Barshtein's Portfolio

This will be a toy targeted towards children. The design is meant to heavily represent a heavily stylized duck.

   Back Controls

   Standing

There are buttons on the back of it that cause it to stand and sit, and to make sounds from it’s mouth. On the back are also be gears that can be rotated to move the wings.

Original Concept

In the original plans for the project, there were far more buttons, 6 in total, as opposed to 2 buttons and 2 gears. The gears were added to allow for more diverse controls for the toy.

To create the toy, first the parts for it would all be 3D printed and assembled. Afterwards, an Arduino would need to be set up in the toy’s hollow space along with a device to produce a sound from the mouth and motors for the legs to be able to stand up. There would also need to be a spot for the batteries in the bottom of the toy that can be opened to allow for them to be replaced.

Object Name: Pink Flamingo, Reverse Goblet

Created by: Fritz Dreisbach

The object is a glass goblet, or a sort of drinking cup with a stem and foot to hold and place it on a table. On the stem of the goblet, there is a flamingo with see-through wings and legs, standing on the foot of the goblet. it also has a large black beak on it’s head.

This object was made to be one of a kind.

The function of this object was to pour drinks into, which is made clear by the cup-like shape at the top, but it also seems that it was made for decoration, as shown by how unique it is with the flamingo in the stem.

I believe that this object functions at what it is meant to do, however, with the design of the cup part, it does not seem to be able to hold too much liquid. The cup is inverted, and very narrow, so not a lot of liquid is meant to be held. This was likely the point, as it was probably made for alcoholic beverages meant to be drunk in small doses. However, it loses more general purpose as a result, in exchange for a more decorative design choice. Also with the way the flamingo leg is held up, it seems that it might be uncomfortable to hold as opposed to there only being one leg. However, from a design perspective, it adds intrigue, and makes sense as flamingos do have two legs.

Concept for an edit

I think that the object is mostly fine as it is. The only thing I would change is making the actual cup able to hold more liquid, so as to make it a more proper drinking glass. I feel that the leg makes a nice decorative portion, and would likely make only a minor inconvenience at best.

 

Initial Sketch of Alligator box

Originally, I made the flame character, but I decided that for making an actual 3D model, I would be better off with a different sort of character that would be better in box form, so I designed a sort of alligator box creature with a movable mouth.

Paper Alligator Model

 

 

 

Adobe Illustrator Design

 

 

Paper Models

First, the alligator was designed to be cut in paper. The legs were all made to be 3D, but they had holes in the center. The model overall was a success, but required some tweaking for future designs.

Vynil Alligator Model

 Adobe Illustrator Design

Vynil Models

I then decided to simplify the legs as I could not fit the more 3D legs properly into the AI file without drastically reducing the size overall. I also was unsure how to go about designing the legs in 2D. There is a lot of visible tape due to some errors in the cutting process.

Cardboard Design

Adobe Illustrator Design

Finally, I made the cardboard design. The leg designs stayed the same, and certain places were adjusted for the different material that would be used. The alligator was successfully cut, but due to current circumstances was unable to be completed and documented.

This was not my first time working with 3D modelling, so modelling the alligator out with Tinkercad was not particularly difficult. Compared to the versions of the model that I designed in Adobe Illustrator, the main difference with this alligator model is the legs. The back legs and front legs are entirely different shapes, and are also fully 3D, as opposed to what they were before being all the same shape and very flat. The mouth also was designed to be more stable, as opposed to the movable mouth from prior models.

                      Cutout                                             Sketch

This is a cutout and sketch of a character that I designed for MEA 211. The character is a living flame. When designing the character, I wanted to make them silly and energetic looking. I also wanted to use simple triangles to design the face, which gives them a of jack-o-lantern sort of feel, and to contrast the more random and sporadic flame parts. I made the arms and legs very thin and tube-like without any joints to go along with their flame form, and making them look light weight while contrasting their round center form. After sketching, I made the character in Adobe Illustrator as a silhouette and used the form to cut it out on orange paper using a machine.