Rosa "Sai" Salangsang

Come along to an enchanted forest. Have some tea and miso soup while you watch the fireflies fly by.

This piece served as my introduction to photogrammetry. Immediately after downloading Polycam onto my phone, I knew that I had to scan one or two of my plushes from my growing collection. Although it took many trials and errors, I eventually understood the necessary techniques needed to make a decent digital duplicate of my plushes. The bowl of miso soup and cup of thai tea was my lunch and I scanned them on a whim. With what I have scanned so far, I knew what environment I wanted for these models. So, I picked out an unusual-looking tree near the student union at San Jose State University and scanned a part of it and the ground surrounding it. Finally, I reduced the polygon count of all the scanned models and put them together with some point lights for fireflies.

If you're an avid plushe collector, like me, you can get the plushies displayed in this art piece. The axolotl is a mini squishmallow released a few years ago and may be tricky to find. But, the cat and mushroom hybrid shouldn't be hard to find! It is called a mewshroom and you can get your own from an artist known as Stitchmind! Have a fun time collecting adorable plushes!