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Reverse Engineered Object: Progress Report

By Marina Dawson


After some tweaks to my design, I finally realized that it was as close as possible to the real-life object as possible. 



I found it difficult to use the text of my design and I spent over 30 minutes trying to figure this out, even searching the web for help. However, after switching up my strategy and flattening the bottom tube, creating the text on the planar surface, then rolling it back up again, 



I finally found success and after changing some of my materials, and even creating custom metal patterns I was happy with how it turned out. I did however find it difficult to find consistent patterns on the web, especially ones without a watermark, but after running it through photoshop I was happy I spent the extra time. I think that not only is this design quite seamless, but it almost looks like the real thing.



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