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My very own save crystal.

TennyTenny Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Artist's Corner
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The save point I built in my basement.

Really it is matte-board hot-glued to a wire frame, lit from the interior. The above photo was also slightly shopped. Here it is for real.

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Tell me what you think.

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    iglidanteiglidante Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I think I want to see some other angles to get a better sense of the shape of it - because this is very cool.

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    U got it.

    low-upleft.jpg

    closeup.jpg

    Also have some longer exposures.

    high_upleft.jpg

    high_fullshot.jpg

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    MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Dude, you can save the fuck out of your game with that.

    But, on the downside, I don't see any sort of rhythm to it. As it is now, it's just sort of a blob without any kind of interesting structure to it. However, I like the idea behind it.

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    iglidanteiglidante Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I think this is definitely something that would improve with actually "experiencing" it - walking around the piece, seeing it from all sides and distances. It does feel almost random, like Metalbourne said, but I can pick out a progression from larger polys to smaller ones as you move from bottom to top. I think it's a pretty sweet concept, and one you could do again and again, seeing how well it might turn out. Good stuff, man.

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    DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    With something this cool, I almost feel like a dick for criticizing it. But apart from sort of resembling the inside of a geode, it seems more like a magma blob than a crystal. That is, is doesn't resemble the cleavage type of any crystalline rock.

    That's not to say it isn't awesome, though! Could it be suspended by wires instead of a stand to give it the free-floating appearance of the pshops?

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yes the blob remark is very true. This is actually the first in a series of eight different crystal lamps. I think I find some rhythm (still vaguely bloblike) in my more recent ones. No nice photos of those thought.

    He's some semi-nice photos of a couple of the others.

    DoubleRedGreen.jpg

    Falcon.jpg

    Fire.jpg

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    MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    If you were decorating a wall I think it would make a pretty good texture.

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Those give me a very sci-fi egg-sack spiders-are-going-to-burst-out vibe. But I like them. The hanging ones look cooler.

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yea I agree. These were created simply out of my love of paper. I've gotten pretty focused on the triangle and it's versatility. It's ability to improvise with itself to create this planar surface has been a huge driving force in alot of my work. The crystal comparison wasen't really made untill well after several of these had been made. But my love of FF keeps it going haha.

    Thanks for all the great crits guys. This is awesome. Keep them coming yes please.

    I'm going to try and activily emulate a crystaline pattern in the next one of these. The people have spoken.

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    AnalrapistAnalrapist Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You should make one and use those cool colored LED christmas lights inside instead. There's some that fade in and out and that would look bad ass.

    These are still pretty damn cool though, I've been desiging a "lamp" for a while here, so seeing these lets me know I'm nto alone in the lighting dept.

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    desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Don't use a fading LED, they're tacky. Just as a counter suggestion. ;D

    I like it!

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I've been meaning to play around with other light sources. I'd like to get my hands on some expensive rental party lights. Mostly just to see what it would look like. Strobes too maybe.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    These are pretty badass. If nobody has already suggested it, you could make a mint selling Andross lamps.

    assist06_070828.jpg

    Do it!

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    Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Can we see the construction? Without the lights.

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    hmm... Not alot of photos with them dim. I have one taken with a flash. My camera died.

    8518_162369383360_500908360_2520121.jpg

    Lots of other stuff.

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    beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    oh my god
    i love this stuff!

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Ha ha thank you. I have most of my work/possetions crammed into one corner due to me sharing my home with a rabbit.

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    srsizzysrsizzy Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I do not doubt that some trendy music venues, bars, or artsy city folk would pay money for these sorts of things if you used high-enough quality materials. also, I like the idea of not seeing the base; if it's light enough it could be suspended from a wall with a horizontal base, which would look cool. the ceiling ones are good too.

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    beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    post some more things that you do

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    hmm ok here goes

    Froggog1.jpg

    Froggog costume.

    Froggog2.jpg

    I have another one of these in the works, should be done in a month or so.

    steel man. life size

    n500908360_311705_6621.jpg

    X-ray diving board. Steel wire with stretched nylon. poor photo. The organs on the interior not very visible, they are under normal lighting situations.

    8518_162369418360_500908360_2520126.jpg

    Silly mask

    Mask4.jpg

    Nesting tables

    Table.jpg

    lots of stuff still to be photographed. Hope fully soon.

    oh and heres my super complicated and barely coherent artist statment. think of it more like a riddle.

    Each piece realized is an ad-hoc event structure which can be repeated with different results. Each sculpture implies a construction method that can be directed to perform specific tasks or optimized to capture peculiar behaviors. Sculpture as a situated process of material transformations. Form generated from geometric growth and [discrete?] modification of material. Each material implies its own logic and aids the creation of artifacts from a shared internal world.

    have fun ha

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    WassermeloneWassermelone Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    srsizzy wrote: »
    I do not doubt that some trendy music venues, bars, or artsy city folk would pay a mint for these

    Fixed a little.

    I really like the really tall one. Unfortunate that the photo of that one is pretty poor :)

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    FugitiveFugitive Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    These are pretty badass. If nobody has already suggested it, you could make a mint selling Andross lamps.

    http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/items/assist/images/assist06/assist06_070828.jpg

    Do it!

    Well I've figured out my Halloween costume

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    FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    These are really great!

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    LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    you should post a picture of your rabbit

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    8518_162369368360_500908360_2520119.jpg

    Done.

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    LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    oh my god I love this thread now

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    AWWWW. Moar.

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    TennyTenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    8518_162369363360_500908360_2520118.jpg

    bam

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    bam

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    TerrendosTerrendos Decorative Monocle Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Just a thought...

    The thing about a crystal is that it is a regular, orderly, repeating pattern. For example:
    FCC.jpg
    This is a Face Centered Cubic crystalline structure, such as that which an elemental metal like gold might take. This pattern repeats over and over again, and that's why it's called a crystalline structure.

    snowflake1.jpg
    This is (obviously) a snowflake. It's also a crystal because it has a pattern that repeats radially.

    Obviously crystals aren't ever perfect, but your "save crystal" has no discernible pattern. It does not repeat, nor is there any clear unit cell crystal that can be pulled away and seen repeated throughout the structure.

    I don't want to sound like I'm belittling your concept (I'm not trying to, actually I like it a lot). I'm not an artsy person so I'm not exactly sure of the naming scheme for things like this either. But it's not really a crystal. Maybe there's another name you could choose?

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    LoomdunLoomdun Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    you can buy a save crystal to use it as a reference/model if you really want to make a save crystal lamp that looks similar to it

    which is basically cheap sparkly glass

    http://www.myimportstore.com/store/images/Accessories/FF12SaveCrystalNecklace.jpg

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    FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I love the idea behind the save crystal but it doesn't really... look like a save crystal. Is it based off of any game in particular that I just haven't played?

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    Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Terrendos wrote: »
    Just a thought...

    The thing about a crystal is that . . .

    shut yo mouth.

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    Jake!Jake! Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    This looks nothing like a save crystal from a game.

    Oh wait, I don't care.


    Awesome work.

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    desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Tenny wrote: »
    Froggog1.jpg

    Fucking creepy as shit.

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    blahblah Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    1. Make matt board lamps
    2. Sell lamps
    3. ????
    4. PROFIT

    Your work is as amazing as your bunny is cute.

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    iglidanteiglidante Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I would absolutely love to see this concept applied to a traditional "crystal" shape - several regularish spires extending at angles from a flat surface. Or maybe the inside of a geode, like a giant amethyst.

    quartz-watch-crystal.jpg

    And the rabbit makes this thread even better. Does it roam free? One of the things that always kept me from buying a rabbit was that it seems like you have to keep them in cages all the time.

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    beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    are rabbits good pets?
    i want one but my boyfriend won't let me

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    LachoneusLachoneus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Tenny wrote: »
    Froggog1.jpg

    Fucking creepy as shit.

    yes, but i would buy this.

    its freaking awesome.

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    iglidanteiglidante Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I love the feet on it. It's like a demented gingerbread robot ragdoll.

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    mullymully Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    beavotron wrote: »
    are rabbits good pets?
    i want one but my boyfriend won't let me

    i have owned many rabbits
    and they very much are
    if you train them well enough
    they can use litter boxes and run around the house

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