Autobotography Intent- AndreaJ
Mini Me
Mini me would be a 3D printed model of myself that can change appearance based on my interests. I think this would be a cool project because i can design different hats and objects for me to hold and they can be interchangeable at any time.
To begin i would first use a 3D structure scanner to scan my own body so that my mini model would recognizably be me. After scanning myself i can edit the scan in rhino or 123Dmake or meshmixer to experiment with detail and textures and size proportions.
I would use a lego concept for the hats to fit on my head. There would be a little knob on the top of my head and a hole inside each hat for the hat to simply snap onto my head.
Not only would i be able to change my hats but i would have multiple different objects that i could hold. I would create ball joints in my arms so i can move and bend them based on the object i wanted to hold.
I want this mini model to be around 5 to 6 inches tall. Big enough to not worry about ball joints breaking inside the model or it not being heavy enough to stand upright.
My budget will be based on which 3D printer i will use and i haven’t decided which one to use yet. This project should take approximately 2 weeks which includes everything from scanning to actually 3D printing.
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Concept:
Out of all the 3 different strategies, one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, I would say that this is probably a case where the one-to-many approach is being used. The one thing that stays the same is that the doll will look the same on it’s own, being based off of a 3D scan of a person and all. So in that sense the originator still maintains control over the content in that regard. The changing of the doll’s appearance lies in putting all those different hats on the doll’s head and giving the doll different things to hold.
Design:
I like the design of this project, and I find it very clever that it mixes Legos and dolls very clearly. The whole hat snapping onto a knob on the top of the head thing is very reminiscent of Legos obviously, but the whole ball joints and being 5-6 inches tall thing gives it more of a doll-like appearance, which invites a lot of attention since it’s combining two different things
Technical:
I find the use of 3D scanning and 3D printing to be very appropriate here. 3D printing is obviously the easiest way to go around making this and I like the idea of making a 3D scan first too. That way one can just bring the scan into a 3D modelling program and won’t have to start working on the 3D model from scratch. It sounds like it could be fairly affordable depending on how long it would take for the doll(as well as all the different hats and things for the doll to hold) to print. I imagine it wouldn’t be too expensive if the money is just coming out of an IMRC account.
Audience:
I’m not exactly sure who the audience here is supposed to be. I’m assuming the audience would be for kids and other people that like to collect toys since, in a sense, that’s kind of what’s being made here. I get the feeling that if that is the intended audience they’d find this to be really cool and very appealing.
Creativity:
Judging by the details in the sketches, I can already see that there’s a good amount of passion being put into the project. I think the idea’s very original too. As I mentioned earlier, it’s like a combination of a Lego and a doll, which is a cool hybrid idea.