3D Work Out In The Wild

One of the skills I’ve picked up over the years is working in 3D. I’ve used it for personal work (building 3D sets in Sketchup for my Atlantic project), for Midas Safety’s trade show appearances (shows in Germany, India and other locations that escape my memory) and a batch of tent and stand designs for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sudbury.

Apparently they’re made with really good material, and Chantal is quite happy with them, but, man… seeing the Face Painting backside shining through the Pet Keepsakes backdrop is a little disappointing. Apparently it was exceedingly bright that day.

Having seen this, were I to be party to a reprint, I might actually push them to get both front and backside printed on separate sheets and then sandwiched together. Moreover, I’d get the backs of both to be jet black, so absorb any light passing through either side. You’d lose out on any projected light were the sun to be behind the backdrops, but you’d also not have to worry about the different aesthetics fighting with each other. This is actually something I picked up earlier in my career… in some book advising that if you have to scan in something from a newspaper or magazine and the print on the backside is causing issues, put a black board behind it… it’ll absorb the light coming from the scanner and only reflect back what’s printed on the page.

I like transferrable knowledge. 😀