Jack-O-Lantern
A quick jack-o-lantern modeled and (vertex) painted in Nomad Sculpt on the iPad, animated in Blender.
Depthmaps Straight from Nomad Sculpt
This is an update to my last post on modeling Celtic knots in Nomad Sculpt and creating depthmaps in Blender to carve with laser engravers and CNC machines. A newer feature in Nomad Sculpt makes it possible to export a depthmap directly, without having to go through Blender. A checkbox option in the debug menu (named “Heightmap”) switches to a depthmap view, which can be exported as a render. For best results, use a bitmap editor to spread the dynamic range.
I made a short video with a walkthrough:
Celtic Knots in 3D
I came up with a fairly simple workflow for creating 3D models of Celtic knots, used those to create depth maps and, used the depth maps to do 3D carvings on a laser (Glowforge) and a desktop CNC machine (Nomad 883).
Continue readingCeltic Spirals Bookmarks
This kirigami Celtic spirals bookmark is a variant of the pattern I used for embossing the purple velvet for the last dice bag. The gold and the smoke blue ribbon both look really good with the ice gold stock.
Celtic Spirals Bookmark
Celtic spirals kirigami bookmarks with gold and blue ribbons.
Triangular Celtic Knot Single Image Stereogram
Celtic knot modeled in Nomad Sculpt on iPad, converted to a depthmap in Blender, then made into a single-image stereogram using a custom hammered copper tile pattern.
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Square Celtic Knot 2 Single Image Stereogram
Celtic knot modeled in Nomad Sculpt on iPad, converted to a depthmap in Blender, then made into a single-image stereogram using a custom hammered copper tile pattern.
Click image for larger view.
Square Celtic Knot Single Image Stereogram
Celtic knot modeled in Nomad Sculpt on iPad, converted to a depthmap in Blender, then made into a single-image stereogram using a custom hammered copper tile pattern.
Click image for larger view.
Slotted Dice Reliquary
Dice reliquaries from laser-cut hardwood ply.
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