Art Club

@tyme ... thanks, kind of need to do some more of that and get my skills back up to where they should be. Of course I can do more than just that.

@Arbie_wun

Put your air brushing over on Hobbies and Projects

2011 Floods - just one of a series of photos I took way back when!

The plan for my next tattoo..

@Oaktree @Former-Member So i dont really have art pens. I do have some acrylic paints i bought for painting some models but i realised after the first attempt that and airbrush would look much better so i bought one last year... and the next model looked way better.

So for my polar bear, i thought i would do it using what i had available (ignoring the paints) which was some basic 3D design skills and a 3d printer. So here is my polar bear...

As it was done, i thought i should create a little 'iceberg' stand for it and a little fish for the rod.

Cool @MJG017 ! Wow! That's so so cool. Did you take photos along the way to show the process? I'm loving the creativity here @Oaktree @Arbie_wun @Former-Member @rav3n - goes beyond paper and pen!

I'm fascinated! Wow!

@MJG017

That’s an amazing effort… it sets a precedent though. You are going to end up with a heap of printed creations. I guess either you do them with less colours or I try and pick simple ones to help you out. Looking forward to seeing your next creation.

@MJG017 that looks so cool. Well done

@tyme @MJG017 that's it, now I have to up my game 😂

@tyme

I took a screenshot from the video @Oaktree linked to, and then you can place that in the background of the 3D software to 'trace' over to make a sketch. Then you just use the tools to turn that sketch into a 3d shape. Then transfer that file to the slicer software (used to convert it to something the printer understands) and paint in there using the available filament colours.

I used a similar method to do some keychains for the support group I started last year. The friend I started it with had a photo of himself with 5 of his mates from his younger days, so as a bit of a tribute I made a silhouette of that and used it in the background for our logo. Which i then traced to incorporate it into the 3d printed keychain. Here's how it came out... front and back.

I was tossing up whether do do it as a full 3D model of the polar bear based on the drawing but decided to stick with the exercise. The fact this was a lot simpler had nothing to do with it 😂