After duplicating and mirroring it vertically, I connected it with an extruded arc abject
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I then added the bottom cover in the bin mouth where trash is thrown. It can open up to allow trash to fall into the area below
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To make the body frame, I created a curved spline and beveled and copied it. I added a ring at the bottom for the base.
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A pre-made mesh was used for wheels and the body was made with a tapered, filleted cube. It was then split in two for the two parts. With point manipulation, I made the arms and added spheres for the hands.
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Solar cells were created by selecting and extruding polygons.
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Air holes in the head were made with an alpha map created in Photoshop
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Extra models: The bench and tree were part of the software object library and used to recreate a park environment.
Textures: All textures (excluding air holes) were created by customizing materials in the software material library.