Blankets: An observational study.

Upon reflecting on the nature of a picnic, I highlighted the picnic blanket itself as the primary component followed by the picnic basket.

Therefore, to replicate the effect of the picnic blanket, tossled by outside elements and children playing, I scrunched up a piece of material by repeatedly stepping on it.

The shape obtained after manipulating the fabric.

Using the 3DMax software, I generated a form highlighting the most interesting part of the fabric I saw. 

I began with a dark colour merely to outline the form of the blanket I had chosen to manipulate. For the texture I took a photograph of my own "family picnic blanket" as an added personal effect into this project.

(Original photograph)

(Manipulation in Photoshop to have stronger effect once transferred into Second Life.)

Once uploaded onto Second Life however, I found that the many different sides on my complicated and extensively manipulated blanket did not allow for a smooth transition of this texture onto the prim. In fact, the effect was quite distorted but I found the way the colours blended in together in a chaotic way supported my idea and this new discovery or "happy accident" showed me first hand the interesting experience of textures on complicated prim forms.

The prim showing the distorted effect on the original tartan blanket. It was altered in size to make it larger in an attempt visualize the texture more clearly.

A close up view of the distortion of the texture on the blanket-prim.