Paper
A Surface Model of Slothy Joe
A paper James Bennett and I wrote about modeling Slothy Joe, the TVMSC mascot, out of ellipsoids, spheres, and cylinders in Desmos 3D.
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- Ruize Sun and James Bennett
- Published
- September 2026
- Length
- 10 pages
Abstract
We built a three-dimensional model of Slothy Joe, a plush sloth, using ellipsoids, spheres, and cylindrical surfaces in Desmos. This paper describes him, lists the equations and restrictions used for each part of his body, explains how the parameters control the shape of each surface, and reflects on where the model matches the real Slothy Joe and where it does not.
The paper
10 pages, as a PDF