The cartridge save 3D print cup

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In a nutshell: Design your ultimate hero. Get your design printed as a 3D model. You paint the model. Someone picks a winner. Everyone plays Top Trumps!

A friend of mine turned 40 recently so I thought I’d have a go at making a caricature model of him. Started with some exaggerated sketching and unflattering painting in photoshop…

… and then moved on to a sculpt. Can’t say there’s a fantastic likeness, but this was a far as I’d got by the time I’d reached the deadline I’d set myself, i.e. his birthday.

There’s a lot more to the Jim model besides the head, but all that needs tidying up before posting at a later date.

 

The skeleton from previous posts, posed and slightly dressed. Now I need to make an environment for him to stand in…

I’m a bit out of practice with the Russian dolls, but working on a couple at the moment - while they’re coming along I thought I’d throw up some pics from an exhibition I was chuffed to be involved with last October.

Outer Space: World Space Week Exhibition at the excellent Sayle Gallery on the Isle of Man,  www.saylegallery.com

I was one of eight contributing artists. Many thanks to those concerned for letting me be involved!

I don’t know how long this is viewable, but here’s a possible link to a video from the Manx television website:

www.manx.net/tv/mt-tv/watch/7197/space-art#

 

having a go at hard edged models in zbrush

I realise there are pre-made skeleton models in zbrush these days, but I really wanted to have a go at making my own. And maybe learn a bit about anatomy at the same time. The end goal is to have a model that I can pose in a fantasy type illustration.

After sitting through many zbrush video tutorials (mainly from Ryan Kingslien’s excellent, and highly recommended, ZbrushWorkshops site) this was my first attempt at a complete accessorised character. Finished last March 2012, it then took me a little while to figure out how to export, tinker and publish images from zbrush.