16 Feb

Posted at 12:35h in Digital Modeling & Fabrication
I can't get over these incredible lifelike sculptures made by combining traditional sculpture techniques with digital modeling and prototyping. Artist Rey Hernandez has published a fascinating expose on his techniques. Peek inside Scientific Art Studio and see how they created the Animal Learning Plaza for the San Francisco Zoo. Envisioned as tactile exhibits, photos give scant clues that the sculptures are not living and breathing. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2496,2512"] [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2497,2498,2499"] It may be that not every home needs a 3D printer, but Rey aptly demonstrates the advantages conferred to artists by digital design. After designing in Zbrush, the models are either 3D printed, or cut from foam on CNC machinery, then cast in bronze, concrete, or resin. Note the intermediary clay model: [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="2514,2517,2508"]

31 Oct

Posted at 13:37h in 3D Capture

This video was created automatically by Memento by setting "Key Frame" views for the camera to fly though (an option presenting opportunity to filmakers and animators). Video can be exported at ultra high resolution (up to 4K). https://youtu.be/60_wLdESkec The original model was a carved wooden horse. I...

28 Oct

Posted at 13:38h in 3D Capture, 3D Printing

I've been having a great time viewing and downloading models of the ancient artifacts that have been  3D scanned and posted at Smithsonian 3D and African Fossils.  I can't wait to print this lion skull.  Great stuff to mash-up into my own 3D designs.  Reality...

13 Jun

Posted at 15:11h in Inspiration

Two weeks ago sculptor Katherine Dewey pulled me deeper into my latest obsession with this photo of her latest sculpture. [caption id="attachment_1160" align="alignnone" width="717"] Digital Sculpture by Katherine Dewey[/caption] The catch?  It's not clay but a digital rendering--an image of a computerized 3D model that Dewey created...