WEEKS 3&4: Progress Update | Cassidy Silva

                                                                              

“Outwardly, the mound consists of three parts:

a columnar spire atop a conical base. The spire reaches on average about 3 meters high, but it can reach as high as 9 meters.

a conical base, roughly 4-5 meters in diameter and roughly 1.5 meters tall

a broad outwash pediment, roughly 10-20 meters in diameter, consisting of soil eroded from the mound.“ 

                                    Photo & Quote: https://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/termitePages/termiteStruct.html#




Mound 3D modeling steps:

  1. Trace mound, creating many varied layers, with negative space left to create conduits, nest, etc.
  2. 2D result from tracing is to then be extruded into 3D
  3. Each extruded slice will then be layered up to create a “mound”



The SketchUp process of freehand tracing was one feature I hadn't used as much, and thus, turned out to be more tedious/cause more difficulty than I had imagined. For this reason, my work was going slow. I decided to group weeks 3 & 4 as the work I had been doing was relatively the same.