year of rooster
just playing around with MD. quick pattern drawing and simulated several frames for fun. i was probably subconsciously thinking about a rooster since today is the Chinese New Year 🙂
printing vr
my first attempt from vr to printing (AM = additive manufacturing). while i was learning medium‘s toolset, i wanted to model something i love to print, vintage style ceramic bank! medium modeler was just perfect for me to sculpt cute … Continued
pt2. oculus medium
nothing wrong with sculpting a cute character, right? i think this is good to go for printing. turning this into a piggy bank and boolean a coin slot and a cork opening in MeshMixer. (the writing below is in Japanese incase … Continued
oculus medium
Oculus Touch arrived before the first NorCal winter storm. experimenting with Oculus’ medium kept me indoors on rainy days. back in Oct, i figured out workflow from TiltBrush to 3D print-able asset using HTC Vive and was hoping to really crate 3D asset … Continued
hippo stopmo
i’m no Laika studio for sure… but simulation + 3d printing + stop-motion recording process was something i always wanted to try this. perfect activity on rainy NorCal week. i had to do this stop motion recording rather quickly incase of power outage (literally … Continued
spinning hippos
after sanding, priming and painting, hippos are now ready for frame-by-frame shoot. each of them are size of avocado and very cute to see them all together. getting my iPh ready for the shoot.
3dprinted key frames
24+hrs later all 3d printed keyframes are done. well, now you might have guessed what’s next 🙂 this is a quick experimental piece so i did “quick” prints. 0.8mm nozzle with 10-0% in-fill.
extracting 12 poses…
i didn’t use up all of my leftover PLA last month even with the little project. well… time to export animated poses to obj!
simulation
when i draft plush patterns in Marvelous Designer (MD), i do a lot of material parameter tweaking. by the time i sew them in real fabric at the end, i pick totally different materials so it doesn’t matter how it’s simulated in … Continued
first project 2017
happy new year to everyone! i’ve been drafting plush toy patterns like i do in 2D sketching. ironically, for some characters and shapes are faster to visualize in maya or even in MD nowadays. also I have so many in-progress … Continued
