Surrealism Avocado

Transformation to Mike Wazoski

Cathy Park
MDE 2024
Julius Stein
MDE 2024
Daeun Yoo
MDE 2024
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1 Transition of 3D Scanned Avocado to Mike Wazoski.

We got inspiration from "Surrealism", which releases the unbridled imagination of the subconscious. For medium, we chose avocado which is full of nutrients with smooth and buttery flesh when mature but changes its shape as time goes by. By 3D scanning a commonplace object, an avocado, we were able to begin investigating ways to get ideas from Mike Wazoski, a character we enjoyed as kids, and which form is similar to an avocado. The resemblance between an avocado and Mike Wazoski is surprisingly uncanny. Depending on the cultivar, avocados can be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. We explored all three shapes by 3d scanning a pear-shaped avocado, constructing an egg-shaped 3D model, and finally modeling a spherical avocado-like Mike Wazoski.

Project video
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2 This is our inspiration: Surrealism. The border between real and fantasy blurs.
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3 3D scanned avocado (1st metamorphosis)
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4 2nd metamorphosis: becoming monster
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5 Process of metamorphosis, surrealism avocado monster