BOSTON MEEKER PHOTOGRAPHY
Taking Beautiful Pictures of a Beautiful Town
Jose is the head animatronic from the Enchanted Tiki Room in Disney World and Disneyland. I wanted to create him for our living room. I designed him in CAD, and 3D printed his internals, and his shell. Then I added fur, feathers and paint to make him complete. He is sitting on a PVC pipe perch painted to look like bamboo.
I designed Baby Yoda version 2 to have over 20 motors and and be as life like as I could. I found his head and hands as a file on Thinkaverse, but I created his bone and motor structure in Fusion 360. I 3D printed his head and hands and then created a mold from the 3D prints. I then dyed and poured liquid latex into the mold to create his skin. It was a lot of brainstorming and trial/error, as I was figuring this out as I went. Unfortunately, my summer was over, and I ran out of time.
Unfortunately, the filament 3D printed parts kept breaking from the torque and strain from the motors. Due to the breakage, Baby Yoda V. 2 is currently on hold while I currently reprint his parts using my new resin printer allowing me to get stronger and more accurate prints that are resistant to breakage.
Setting the mood, above the audiences' head sits Polynesian Drummers. I found this file on Thingaverse and modified him to be hollow, created a structure to hold motors, to allow him to swing his arms to give the illusion of drumming. The Polynesian Drummer sits at the base of Jose, from the Enchanted Tiki Room, and under the sign from the Enchanted Tiki Room.
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Baby Yoda Version 1, was a much simpler design than version 2. He was my first animatronic, and I wanted to see if I could even get him to move and see if the motors were strong enough. I purchased a Baby Yoda doll from Disney, and cut off his head and hands. I then designed and 3D printed his skeleton and structure. I attached his hands and head to the motors and plates, and then redressed him. He is very cute, and I love that I can control his movements.
Enchanted Tiki Room sign modeled after the sign outside of the Enchanted Tiki Room in Walt Disney World. I photographed the sign and recreated it on CAD, and cut it on my CNC out of foam. The Enchanted Tiki Room sign is 90" long and is broken up into 3 sections. This summer I spent many evenings painting the sign, and even purchased an airbrush to hone in on the colorations and blending I am looking for.
I found the Haunted Mansion plaque file on Thingaverse and modified the files to cut it out of spare 2" foam that I had. I created a generated tool path on a 3D model and did an adapted clearing and a facing operation. I painted it with teal, brown and washed it with brown and white washes. I am nowhere as good as the Disney artists, but I think it looks pretty good.
I am modified a lamp to be a Scream Canister Lamp. I 3D printed the canister, currently painted it, and created a filigree to sit under the lampshade. Please browse my photos.
I found a Lumiere file on Thingaverse, and I scaled him to be what I thought was life size. I 3D printed him using ABS filament, as it allowed me to smooth his surface with acetone. I then spray painted and hand painted the finishing touches on him.
I created the floating lantern from the movie Repunzal. I designed the design in Powerpoint along with the gradiant orange hue and printed them on a color printer on cream cardstock. I glued two 8.5" x 11" sheets together and covered them with contact paper. I designed and 3D printed the ring supports to fit my lights that I purchased on Amazon. I hot glued the supports to the inside of the lanterns, and hung them up.
Here are a few other ideas that I am still creating and use for testing. Continue to check back, as I have other ideas floating around in my head waiting to be created.
While a senior in High School, I designed and created this foosball table from Cherry. I researched regulation sized tables and designed my table accordingly. I made it out of cherry, and love how the family can play something that I created.
During my senior year in high school, I took two photography classes. I learned Photoshop in these classes and was able to create some fun projects. This was my first experience of really doing post editing to my photos. I also really enjoyed merging many photos together to make larger subjects.
Please note: These projects are not for sale (and nor will they ever be). All projects are for personal enjoyment and my educational purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.