Day 181 – More Parts To The Imaginary Modular

I got a bit more work done on my screen-printing design.  I did the two knobs above first and then I thought I’d move past components and try something bigger.  I decided my imaginary modular needed a keyboard connected to it.  I wanted it to actually be a sweet looking hex touchplate inspired partly by the upper controls of the Buchla Marimba Lumina and partly inspired by the amazing papercraft work of Dan McPharlin, who in this picture is obviously also inspired by the Marimba Lumina.

 

I had a hell of a time getting the hex touch-plate section to look correct in perspective.  Where I ultimately left it was a compromise and it still doesn’t look very good to me.  Before I finish the complete design I will have to fix the proportions of the Hex-plate.  The keyboard body is based off of a Roland System 100 keyboard.

 

I still think it looks like a rad melding of two kinds of synths but it still needs tweaking to really hit the concept home.