Digital Bodies
This week we are examining the human body and using various tools to represent and examine the human figure. I used various software and applications to design and create a replica of the human figure.
With Digital Bodies, I tried a lot of different things to developed a human body figure. I experimented with different softwares to develop ways to examine and showcase the human body.
Research
For week 2, we are going to recreate a 3D version of our bodies and use software to do that. An artist that I know that utilizes textile with the body is Nick Cave who creates a series of soundsuits.
Initially, I tried to look at different ways to create a 3D version of myself. Initially, I though 3D Scanning but the clean up was too much for me with the time scan that I had so I looked more into MakeHuman. In MakeHuman, I wanted to see if I can try to make the closest replica of my body and so I felt it was the best to work iwth that.
Materials
- VX Element Software
- Ametek Camera Scanner
- Make Human
- Meshmixer
- Slicer for Autodesk® Fusion 360™
- Trotec Laser Cutter
- Acrylic
- Acrylic Glue
Procedures
3D Scanner
- Try not to wear loose materials so you will get a positive scan. I did not and my breadth affected my scan for the 3D printer.
- I used meshmixer as a tool to clean up my scan, make it smoother, and connect the front and back of the scan.
- Scanning and cleaning up the software took too long so I moved on to MakeHuman.
Make Human
- I used Make Human to make a figure that is similarly shaped like myself.
- I moved the my Make Human figure onto Meshmixer.
- I cut the arms, heads, and legs to just have my torso.
- I moved the torso onto Slicer for Autodesk® Fusion 360™ and cut it horizontally to make sliders. I also sliced them as intersection.
- I turned the slices into a pdf so they can be Laser Cutted.
- I used the Laser Cutter to cut the slices onto Acrylic.
- Then, put the acrylic together with acrylic glue.
- Now, I created an acrylic version of my body.
Results
With the forward slices, I was able to glue them together to create a mini-figure of my body with acrylic. I had to try a lot of different things but I was successful.