Riding the Rhino
Jul. 26th, 2014 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calzephyrThe "C" part I was missing from making something in Rhino was...necessity. In my class, we dutifully made (or, struggled to make, heh) containers, tori, cups, jewellery, pipes, etc. I don't have a need for any of those things, and I recently found my WIIFM (What's in it for me) in a big way. I was making some spiral drawings for a future artist trading card night with the Klutz Spiral Draw
book. It comes with four wheels and it seemed like four wheels was just not enough. Why weren't there circles, an arrow, a keyhole, just like...wait a minute, oh poo!
When I was little kid, I received the Crayola Draw N Do Desk for Christmas. I think Mom thought it would help me stay organized (nope, art supplies still are all over the house). It came with a package of Crayola Easy Off crayons, which were actually pretty terrible as far as crayons went. They were sticky and the colour wouldn't lay down smoothly. The toy is really something that a child could use some adult help with to get the most use out of it. In addition to texture plates on the other side, it came with a spirograph like part and a movable ruler. It was essentially a kiddie version of a drawing board or drawing machine
. A few visits to eBay reveal that Crayola actually did have two drawing boards for older children (vehicles for boys, interior design for girls). It seems really hard to find 80s Crayola toys on eBay, and since the desk would be quite large, it would be a beast to mail anyway. Anyway, a little part of me is sad that I don't have this anymore. I actually found the box insert it came with more interesting - it was a sturdy piece of cardboard with folded up sides. I coloured the sides with trees and sky and the bottom brown for dirt...because I collected farm animals like crazy and used the insert as a diorama (heh!).
Anyway, thank goodness the future is here because I can make my own wheels for the toy, which I am going to figure out how to send out to Ponoko today (a local laser cutter didn't have the right material). It looks great, but let me tell you, it took a long time to get to great :-D
book. It comes with four wheels and it seemed like four wheels was just not enough. Why weren't there circles, an arrow, a keyhole, just like...wait a minute, oh poo!When I was little kid, I received the Crayola Draw N Do Desk for Christmas. I think Mom thought it would help me stay organized (nope, art supplies still are all over the house). It came with a package of Crayola Easy Off crayons, which were actually pretty terrible as far as crayons went. They were sticky and the colour wouldn't lay down smoothly. The toy is really something that a child could use some adult help with to get the most use out of it. In addition to texture plates on the other side, it came with a spirograph like part and a movable ruler. It was essentially a kiddie version of a drawing board or drawing machine
. A few visits to eBay reveal that Crayola actually did have two drawing boards for older children (vehicles for boys, interior design for girls). It seems really hard to find 80s Crayola toys on eBay, and since the desk would be quite large, it would be a beast to mail anyway. Anyway, a little part of me is sad that I don't have this anymore. I actually found the box insert it came with more interesting - it was a sturdy piece of cardboard with folded up sides. I coloured the sides with trees and sky and the bottom brown for dirt...because I collected farm animals like crazy and used the insert as a diorama (heh!).Anyway, thank goodness the future is here because I can make my own wheels for the toy, which I am going to figure out how to send out to Ponoko today (a local laser cutter didn't have the right material). It looks great, but let me tell you, it took a long time to get to great :-D
