At last - my mechanical sea beast, or 'Cranky' as I like to call him, is taking form. Here are some photos of the laser cutter in action, and the final results. The next step is to work out the best method of animating this using stop motion, perhaps by removing some elements so they can be manipulated individually, or else laser-cutting several variations of the design which can be photographed separately and run together.
He looks so cool! *jealous*
ReplyDeleteIs it pretty difficult to use the laser cutter or pretty easy?
Hey! It's actually a lot easier than I expected. For really complex images you can take them into Adobe Illustrator and do a Live-Trace, then open up the traced image in the laser-cutting software. It alters the image a little but I think the distortion can look even better than the original.
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