First Story : Advent of 3D Wapuu!

3D Wapuu

Hi, I’m Kimiya Kitani, a member of WordCamp Kansai 2016.

Today, I introduce the 3D Wapuu!
Kassy-san, a member of WordCamp Kansai 2016, is the 3D Wapuu’s creator of WordCamp Kansai 2016. And then, he started the serialized report at this site.
Therefore, I would like to introduce the first story in English.

Hi, I’m Kassy, a member of WordCamp Kansai 2016.

I’m glad to post the serialized report at the official site of WordCamp Kansai 2016.

My report’s theme is

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> 3D modeling for Wapuu <
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As you know, Wapuu is the official mascot of Japanese WordPress.org.

https://ja.wordpress.org/about-wp-ja/wapuu/

the official mascot of Japanese WordPress.org

All component’s files (SVG, Vector, and some other file format) for Wapuu have been opened to the public by GPL. Thus, there are various Wapuu created by WordPress local communities or in the world.

Wapuu’s archive
https://ja.wordpress.org.github.io/wapuu/

WordCamp Kansai 2015のわぷー

Wapuu of WordCamp Kansai 2015

Why don’t you try to create 3D Wapuu?

I was interested in the creation of 3D Wapuu because it’s possible to become the first creator! Thus, as a result of my check, I found out the 3D Wapuu’s data on GitHub.

Wapuu 3D
https://github.com/ramiabraham/wapuu-3d

Wapuu 3D

Great! I also would like to challenge it, too.

Prototype for Wapuu’s 3D Model

I began to create it using 3DCG software in drunken momentum after party of WordBench Osaka (WordPress local community) on 16th January, .

… one hour later …

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This is not good quality, but I felt the operation might be easy.

… one hour later (total two hours later) …

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Ummm.. I thought it is difficult to create around mouth, but the quality is ok!

Oh! I could to create the prototype for 3D Wapuu model.
I thought the drinks force is great!

At meeting of a design team

Next day, I introduced it to the organizer (YAT) of WordCamp Kansai 2016 at the design team’s meeting.

Screen Shot 2016-04-28 at 4.57.33 PM

Me( ・ω・)<YAT-san, I tried to create 3D Wapuu.

YAT-san(  ・∀・)<Oh!

YAT-san(  ・∀・)<Could you print it to a 3D printer?

Me(;゚Д゚)<What!? I have never used a 3D printer!

YAT-san( ・ω・)<It’s no problem. Why don’t you try it?

Me(;・ω・)< It’s O.K. I know my friend who have a 3D printer, so I’ll try to talk to him.

YAT-san( ゚Д゚) < Sounds good!

Thus, my challenge for printing out a 3D Wapuu by a 3D printer kicked off.
There was no way of knowing that it takes a long time for resolving printing error….

Well, I could improve my 3D Wapuu’s model after the meeting finished.

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Don’t you think it has been similar to Wapuu?

You can watch the Wapuu3D data by GitHub. Please watch this if you like.
3d-wapuu
https://github.com/wckansai2016/3d-wapuu

To be continued…

 

 

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