I have been hard at work polishing my skills with 3D capture and re-construction. This has been a part of my regular creative process for several years now, but beyond showing off my resulting 3D prints every year at Maker Faire, I haven't done anything...
I've been too busy doing and making to write much this last year but I've got to tell you to come on down to the original Maker Faire this weekend at the San Mateo Fairgrounds where you can hear all about it in person. I'm...
The beauty of photogrammetry is the ability to create a 3D model from ordinary photographs. This opens up great opportunity to people who could use such models for 3D printing or digital media but don't know how to design with CAD. How could this be better? Well, you don't even have to take the photos yourself.
If you can download photos, you can 3D model. Try Google Images, Flickr, etc., to gather a collection of photos of a given subject. Upload them into software like Memento--hey presto, 3D model. Check out the following Manhattan model I made while developing this 3D printed sculpture (photos from Google Earth):
Similarly, I'm modeling a Gaudí designed gate in Barcelona via crowd-sourced imagery. Finca Güell:
In keeping with the dinosaur theme in yesterday's post, I thought I'd follow up with this look at how the world's favorite digital sculpting software is used by the masters. I.L.M was founded by George Lucas in 1975 and continues to be at the forefront...
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...
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...
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...