The creators of the animation films Coraline and Paranorman strike again with their new 3d stop motion and CGI animated hybrid film “The Boxtrolls”. 3D printing played a crucial role in the creation of the film, since most of the character faces and sets were 3d printed. Laika studios is considered to be the Pixar [...]
This tutorial will provide you with a very easy and simple way to prepare and fix your models before sending them for 3d printing. You don’t need to be a pro in order to successfully fix your models.. Two main issues will be covered, first, how to convert your model to .stl which is the [...]
Let me introduce you Ola Sundberg… a character artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Ola Sundberg has many years of experience in the video game industry as well as the online gaming industry. Off work, he spends his time creating creatures, characters and robots with 3d printing in mind. Ola has been working as a freelance [...]
Nowadays 3d printing is accessible to everyone and the internet is full of free 3d modeling apps. So even if you are not a professional and you don’t know how to 3d model, we are going to help you get involved and start designing your own things. In this tutorial we are going to show [...]
There are many 3d design software out there, for every taste. Some are paid, such as 3DS Max or SolidWorks, while other are free like Blender. However, if you are not a designer or animator or a 3d graphics expert but you are creative and want to design and produce real objects such as jewelry, [...]
On the 13th of September, Local Motors became the first company in the world to produce a 3d printed car. They named it Strati which means layer in Italian, which is really smart since it was created layer by layer… The vehicle was printed and presented during The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS) and [...]
If you are one of those people who like to keep the can after eating its interior or you have a cabinet full of empty jars for future use….then Project RE_ will blow your mind! Designer Samuel Bernier always used to clean and store used jars for later use, however he realized that there was [...]
Daniel Amman spends his off working hours pursuing geeky projects such as, modelling Winterfell as we see it in the opening credits of the series. The project was a bit tricky, because we only see Winterfell map for a few seconds in the credits. However, Daniel managed to bypass this obstacle with the help of [...]
Artist’s Scott Kindall work “Water Works” truly is a magnificent piece of design. According to the artist “Water Works is a data-visualizations and mapping of the San Francisco water infrastructure: the pipes, hydrants and treatment plants that comprise the circulatory network for the city.” In order to achieve this result, Kindall had to go through [...]
It’s common practice for architects and constructors to create 3d printed models in order to convince their clients and close the deal. However, now even banks use 3d printing to attract and convince clients to trust them. To be more precise, the Swiss Bank Zürcher Kantonalbank decided to turn a rather boring procedure such as the [...]
