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Introduction to the Blog!

 Hi, I'm Cain Niedersteiner!

I'm a second-year graphic design major with a love for illustration and film. A lot of my personal work is inspired by movies and TV in and around the Horror genre but I love exploring new sources of inspiration. The last time I worked with anything similar to this course was the OBDF 110 course I took last year, but I had a lot of fun and I'm excited to be challenged a little.

Here's the link to my first Google Slides presentation

Make These Shapes

I had a lot of fun practicing drawing in Rhino with this exercise. The biggest hurdle for me was the shape below, which required a lot more puzzling and trial and error. It was a fun challenge but by the time I figured it out I was relieved. This exercise activated some of my Rhino muscle memory from Object Design 110, so after some early slow patches the process sped up a lot for me. 


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