{"id":1260,"date":"2015-11-11T00:41:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikelberman.com\/pgraff\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2015-11-11T00:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:43:23","slug":"bryan-this-is-my-brain-on-a-build-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikelberman.com\/pgraff\/bryan-this-is-my-brain-on-a-build-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan \\\\ This Is My Brain on a Build Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my self-portrait, I started by digging up a set of old MRI slides of my brain:<\/p>\n

\"IMAG5090\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I wanted to derive silhouettes from these in Grasshopper, so I created a series of highly-simplified silhouettes in Photoshop:<\/p>\n

\"BrainCut_10\"<\/a> \"BrainCut_7\"<\/a> \"BrainCut_4\"<\/a> \"BrainCut<\/a><\/p>\n

I created 11 slices total. In Grasshopper, I imported and sampled these images. To do rough edge detection, I checked each sampled UV’s value against the value of the UV next to it:<\/p>\n

\"GrasshopperSingleSection\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It gave me a series of points for each slice, which I then sorted and derived curves from:<\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the whole Grasshopper file (repeating the process for all slices):<\/p>\n

\"GrasshopperWhole\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I then lofted the curves together to create a vaguely brain-shaped form:<\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RhinoRend5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

…and from there, I exported and printed on an Ultimaker. The bottom half of the print was pretty fail-y, but it took shape about 1\/3rd of the way up:<\/p>\n

\"IMAG5105\"<\/a> \"IMAG5103\"<\/a> \"IMAG5100\"<\/a> \"IMAG5098\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I will close with a quote from The Walking Dead:<\/p>\n

“BRAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!!!”<\/p>\n

Grasshopper File.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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