Robotastic

My second attempt at the Orbit robot from the mobile game Astro Golf.  I went through the model and cut it into pieces, separated at the joints.  Each piece can interlock.  I think in the future I'll study how they detach action figures so that the character can move smoothly. 

Why is small so cute?

The deer attempt V2.  I printed the deer upside  I'm trying to keep all of the weight towards the bed of the printer.  I also slowed down the speed of both the extrusion of the PLA and the speed of the printing. 65/90
Tiny deer, tiny chest, tiny table.  This is fun.

Early printing attempts.

My first attempts at printing. I printed both with PLA filament. A few things I discovered:
-some connecting pieces can break very easily.  Note the green robot.  The model is not cleaned up because his joints will break.  I printed him very small as well so maybe larger next time.
-make sure the bed of the printer has no ridges.  I put blue painters tape on the bed so that the models can be removed after printing.  I overlapped a piece of tape slightly which messed up the layers of the model. Note the missing layer lines in the grey deer.

3d printing adventure time!

Some friends and I decided to time share a 3d printer.  Being a 3d artist your mind always races with the possibilities of 3d printing.
I present the PowerSpec 3d Dual extruder.   For the price it's a good place to start experimenting I think...

ESO Launch!!

I started working at Zenimax Online in April of 2012. This new adventure took me from Colorado to Maryland.  There I joined the team to create The Elder Scrolls Online as a world builder.  At the time it was a new term for me. It may be a newer term for the industry. Unlike other jobs I was going to concentrate on building the worlds using already created assets/models.  I thought at first,  will this limit me, will I lose previously learned skills.  Just the opposite actually.  I gained a much stronger grasp on composition and flow within a shot or a player area.
We are now upon our PC/Mac launch :)   If you have worked in the gaming industry or have friends that are in it,  you know that a game launch can be far and few between. 

Featured video game trailer on Hulu (screencap) hehe Silly I know

Our company provided us with the Imperial Special Edition box. It came with an epic sculpture.