Friday, 23 March 2012

Customised Bottle

I worked on this bottle in week 4.

I started with the lid, decided to ditch the taper and elliptical base, turn it into a cylindrical shape and bring it into a more minimalist aesthetic.
I used a simple revolved sketch to achieve this.

Revolved sketch.


The shape of the old lid prevented the use of a screw-on top, but this was no longer the case and I wanted to try modelling one.
Section view showing screw thread.

 
Isometric view of the lid so far.


I then started work on the bottle body.

I started by modelling the detail of how it would attach to the lid.
Isometric view of the screw detail - this would screw into the lid.

I lofted a series of elipses to create the main bottle body.



Showing elliptical profiles and spline guide curves.

Completed loft.

I slightly extruded the very top face to create the seal. I then created a linear sketch pattern for an extruded cut.

Detail of the seal.

I wanted to create a face for any graphics or branding, and wanted to practice a lofted cut. I created a series of profiles that would cut into one face of the bottle.

Series of profiles used for a lofted cut.

This loft turned out twisted and messy, even with a guide curve.

The failed loft.

I added two more guide curves to solve the problem.

Lofting with more guide curves.

This lead to a nice neat lofted cut.

The completed lofted cut.

No comments:

Post a Comment