progress @ 12am~

cool cat

my daytime job & what-i-call-life occupied me in 2017. however during all the crazy schedule, a kitten arrived to our family and he is growing up so fast! READ MORE

faceted dress in MD

following the instruction on the Pattern Magic book. adding 3d shapes on the bodice by drafting 2d triangles from the basic sloper i made. it seemed easy but i had to take out a... READ MORE

basic sloper in cg

making basic sloper for a cg human is something i haven’t done before. i browse amazing japanese pattern making books called Pattern Magic whenever i have a spare time and practice in my head how to... READ MORE

dragon decoration sim

this simulation test inspiration came form Chinese paper dragon decoration. same honeycomb construction from last one but i animated the first layer by attaching to the object. i prepared the honeycomb paper pattern... READ MORE

honeycomb sphere sim

honeycomb sphere is a paper ornament i liked since i was little. it was so magic to me that just a flat stacked papers turn into large 3D object. it turned out not... READ MORE

catVR – cats daydream

experiencing the very comfortable googles daydream VR headset inspired me to make “his” headset on rainy weekend. he means my cat btw… and he was ready to try out something new from the last (mock)... READ MORE

canada

i didn’t know that this particular smocking technique is called “canadian smocking“till recently. i use MD to doodle my sewing patterns and i found plotting the smocking patterns soothing. by running simulation in MD I... READ MORE

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 🙂     READ MORE

buta-kun

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Buta(Pig)-kun Plush4.0, done! I wrapped this project over Thanksgiving break and added one more piece… Buta-kun Hat 2.0. as a gift to my friend’s kid and this one is a “winter version”. Added soft touch faux fur as a lining instead of cotton. … Continued

back to the machine

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to the sewing machie that is. Off and on I’ve been working on the Pig and was up to 4th version. I decided to use 100% Italian wool (oh, fancy!) with more stream lined silhouette. Draft, cut, sew, fix and … Continued

2014 halloween costume

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After 100 hrs 25mis on printing time, 341.70m of PLA, 2 months of weekends and burning the midnight oil for several days, absolutely no social life and thanks EJ for taking care of everything else… I wrapped Rocket Raccoon game … Continued

final touch

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Painting my big plastic figure at last. When I was holding thin brushes and painting details, I went back to my childhood memories of putting paints on plastic models. I started building models from Star Blazers Yamato, Galaxy Express 999 and … Continued

tailoring

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The easiest part of whole process was sewing the bodysuit. I’ve done this so many times and I immediately fell into my comfort zone. Every steps in 3D printing was new and I had to figure it out by myself … Continued

learning by making

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I got to know my machine UM2 and learned a lot about printing by making my costume this year. Of course there were mistakes and workarounds where I had to look up on-line and improvise quickly. adhesives and surface treatments: Glue … Continued

fitting

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I usually previs my costume roughly and then do frequent fitting tests. I said “usually” when I’m working the way I normally do with rubber foam and pattern. However 3D printing was little bit nerve wracking since I couldn’t really do … Continued

arms

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I always wanted to have buffed arms! Modeling arms was fun because it was like modeling for mobility and I took creative license to make them muscular yet elegant. Usually I use rubber foam to create limbs just like constructing low-poly … Continued

life-work-print balance

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I spent a day just splitting a head model into 14 pieces to fit in UM2 max printing space available and planning the orientation of the model on the platform to avoid the need for support structures with minimum overhang areas. … Continued

modeling a head

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I know I won’t have many hours to experiment with printing before Halloween and work-work is getting busy too. I also have to think about plan-b in case something goes wrong during printing such as rolling blackouts… it happens in … Continued

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