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[Kokopelli's Sound Shaper] Research!
Sup guys!! I drew the body part ‘feet’ for Kokopelli’s body part so how now brown cow. It’s time to search the re!! Research. To be honest I think there’s a whole ton of stuff you can do with your feet! But when it comes to conforming to the shape of the foot I think that narrows down our options Read more →
In The Eyes of Kinetic Beasts - Research
A flea also has spines around its head and mouth — the number and shape vary according to the flea’s species. The mouth itself is adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Several mouthparts come together to form a needlelike drinking tube.
How a flea operates;
Two sawlike laciniae cut the skin. They also fit together to form a saliva channel. The epipharynx Read more →KOKOPELLI
//Sound Inspirations// crunching of leaves https://photos.app.goo.gl/DOtp3szUeFnjeehN2
handicap lift https://photos.app.goo.gl/sEegI0GPlHgBbPLW2
KINETIC BEASTS // plover birds research
When I was assigned the crocodile and plover bird, the first thing that came to mind was a childhood picture book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZA2uIOytk4&t=31s
The main characters are Bill the Crocodile and his “toothbrush” friend Pete the bird. How they help each other seemed to be the perfect representation of the win-win relationship the animals have with each other.
After observing the Plover bird Read more →
RESEARCH: In the Eyes of the Kinetic Ant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLczo4N3CPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=130&v=A042J0IDQK4
Kokopelli's Sound Shaper Part 1 - Process
Brendan and I began to explore our sounds further and we looked into what the eyes and arms represented.
We incorporated the best elements from each of our sound models which was the representation of the eye as a shutter as well as the relation of my sound to a humming bird.
We Read more →
A Kokopelli's Sound Shaper part 2- Finalisation
After the first review, we had a lot more interesting ideas given by Cheryl as well as the class. We know that there were a few changes necessary to make the final work even better, as listed below:
Remove the “kaze” shell that covers the inner mechanics of the final product
Tighten the mechanics and ensure that Read more →
Kokopelli's Sound Shaper: FINAL PDF
Kokopelli’s Sound Shaper by Dion Chew & Ong Jia Ying
Videos for reference:
Click here to view the process post/ Click here to view the process PDF
Click here to view in PDF (Highly recommended)
[In the Eyes of Kinetic Beasts] Research!
I’m paired up with Yinghui for this assignment, and the pair of creatures we got were the fire sea urchin (mine), and the urchin crab (Yinghui)!
As there are a number of urchins who look like they’re on fire ahaha, I decided on the astropyga radiata, who are well-known for being ferried about by carrier crabs
range of motion and anatomy
Couldn’t find a Read more →
