moire digitizing?

[vacpress]

i like modern art and modern architecture. much of the work you are refering to is probably later sentimentalist tripe anyhow... pastiche work of applying style to functional objects to meet the demands set by marketing.. not art. in a way, when it comes to these objects, the art is in functionality.. just look at the pompidou center... it dosent need a classical pediment or a streamlined, yet stationary frieze...


also, i really like old art deco buildings as well, and i am taking the piss..

im not sure 3d scanning is cheap yet... but various photographic methods are... there are lots of programs for engraving depth mapped to levels of gray... for converting pictures into objects.. this works with imgage to 3d programs also.. i remember seeing a bunch of that sort of stuff in the mid 90s.. it worked very poorly.. but maybe perfectly lit and well photographed architectural details would be allrite...

another option is much less expensive... get good at 3d modeling of freeform surfaces... there are some good programs for this... google 'zbrush'.

-robert

[penguin]

I'll check into both of those, the zbrush and sketchup. I'm just looking for a way to get around my lack of artistic talent. Thanks for the suggestions.

[braidmeister]

Originally Posted by penguin I'll check into both of those, the zbrush and sketchup. I'm just looking for a way to get around my lack of artistic talent. Thanks for the suggestions.

Penguin,
Few are born with raw artistic talent in the sense that they can just sit down and come up with some marvelous design. Cut yourself some slack and give yourself some time to learn. You just haven't been working that part of your brain. 5 or 6 years ago I could barely draw a stickman...Try out different software packages out there and see what works best for you...and realize that it takes time to develop the skills to get the ideas from your brain into the physical (and digitial) world.

-Brady