Late Night Posts

Dalarcon

Hey All,
Havent posted in a while. I Usually post stuff late at night so Ill just start a thread of the pieces I'm currently working on. Here is one I have been working on for a couple days. Its a likeness attempt of mary elizabeth winstead. C&C welcome.

Dalarcon

I feel Like I got what I could from this one. Comments and critiques are still and always welcome. Moving one 

Dalarcon

Hey Everyone,
Here's something I've been working on lately forgot to post it here so yeah let me know what you all think. 

Dalarcon

Here is a WIP of another head study after I finish this one I will go back to more stylized stuff. So far I tried to hit all the major shapes and started moving onto wrinkles.

Dalarcon

And here is some continued progress with fibers.

Dalarcon

Worked some more on the hair and added some expressions.

Dalarcon

Forgot to post last this last night been super busy at work. 

clark

Nice! Great expressions! They look really believable. The only thing I might think about is the area right behind the back of the jaw (below the ear). Usually this transition from jaw to neck in that spot is more smoothed out. Check a few photos and you will see what I mean. The last one looks good in that area.  I am thinking about the other 3.

Dalarcon

Awesome I see what you mean thanks clark. 
Hey all, Here is more WIP from marmoset. After I make some hair cards Ill continue on with blend shape setup/

Dalarcon

Not so late Night Post. I think I made it to a good place with this head sculpt I made a few expressions. Moving on. 

Dalarcon

Change of pace,
Kind of a 3D Prints Dump. All of them were printed on HP MJF's and are made of nylon the bottle is the only one that also includes PLA

Dalarcon

Hi all,
Here some fast prints i made on my mini FDM each one took from 1 to 2 hrs.

Dalarcon

Hi everyone,
Some more tiny weapons printed out in PLA. Again all were fast prints none of them took more than 2 hrs. 
Kind of just pushing stuff out to make new ones.
Let me know what you all think.

Dalarcon

Went back and started painting an old model I sculpted a while back trying to understand skin and skin maps.

Dalarcon

Here are some repeatable textures originals sculpted pieces in Zbrush then decided to make the in to textures. Also decided to start selling on the asset stores. Currently these are available in unity asset store. I also have a free pack available too. https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/7034

Dalarcon

Made a styled face. Let me know what you all think.

Dalarcon

Printed a few more masks before my printer crapped out. Was testing spray paint and noticed that paint fills in any artifacts if I paint multiple layers on top of each other.

Dalarcon

Took some time to paint and make some expressions on this character. All Zbrush so far.

Dalarcon

Posed and did a rough print of my old hogarth model. Uploaded the file if anyone wants it. The 3mf to myminifactory here: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-109778.
Or if preferred the wrl to my sketchfab here: https://sketchfab.com/…/hogarth-pose-8a0786d701154b8a9b115a…

Dalarcon

Early morning post!
Hi Everyone, Decided to make a few masks and put them on etsy. I only put 5 mostly to test the waters. If well received then I will expand to make more and even new products. Here's a link, let me know what you all think. Thanks. 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlarconPrints 

jStins

Your work with facial expressions is really great! I'd love to see characters emote with this level of expression in a video game someday... 

Dalarcon

jStins said:

Your work with facial expressions is really great! I'd love to see characters emote with this level of expression in a video game someday... 

Thanks JStins, thats really nice to hear and I super appreciative that. I'll try to do more in the future, feels like i've gotten rusty ahahaha.

Dalarcon

Hi Everyone, Managed to smooth down my production pipeline since last time. Print time for these masks takes up to 7 hrs at 0.3mm layer height and I optimized the orientation to reduce supports. As for painting I use a combination of regular spray paint, polyurethane and lastly sand them to smooth the surface for whatever color needed. Been experimenting with different finishes and put some on Etsy to see if people were interested. The ones gone so far are the black and white ones. What color would you all suggest? And any tips on spray painting pla prints? The current brand I use is rust-oleum. Oh if anyone's interested the shop links in the signature. Let me know what you all think. Thanks

Dalarcon

Tried printing and vacuum forming a couple different plastics for the container part. Been smoothing out the pipeline for making this bottle. Now wondering if this is a viable product. Any tips On vacuum forming bottles?Let me know what do you guys think. Thanks!

Dalarcon

Hi all, did another paint job variant for this mask. Comments, critiques welcome. Thanks.

Dalarcon

Hi Everyone, I decided to make a cookie cutter out of my baby's favorite character. Not much of a baker myself so i'd like to point out there are specific cookies that are meant to be cut and cookies that are not. The ones in the image are peanut butter cookies and they are very difficult to work with. The trick I used for these was to bake them flat first and then use the cookie cutter. Just a heads up is all. I hope you guys like this one link to the printable file below. Have fun baking!

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-elmo-cookie-cutter-115275

Dalarcon

Probably last post on the masks for now. Will most likely be making character post soon. Here's the full collection of the oni masks. Comments and crits always welcome. All on sale at my etsy shop. link below.

Dalarcon

Back to faces. Just a quick note when I post faces without reference its usually a person that I know and I either haven't asked if its okay to post those images or they have denied me posting them. Moving on here's a wip of a buddy. Will see how far I can realistically push it, then do a stylized version.

Dalarcon

Been chipping away over time on some characters and ideas I've had for a while. These are personal concepts and I've been changing them as I go along. Aiming towards implementing these into a larger project. Let me know what you all think. Thanks

Dalarcon

Whenever I do realistic studies I always run into the issue of the sculpt shape not matching the reference especially when rendering in other programs and I think the main part of the issue  is the focal length not matching up. Is there a rule of thumb for the camera focal length when sculpting/rendering?

JamesBrisnehan

A lot of photographers consider 50mm to be the closest to a human eye's focal length, while others argue that 35mm is more representative of what an eye sees. One guy tried calculating the equivalent camera focal length based a human eye's field of view angle, and concluded it to be 43mm (not that anyone makes camera lenses that size) https://petapixel.com/2012/11/17/the-camera-versus-the-human-eye/
As far as photo reference goes, a photographer can use any focal length they feel like depending on their artistic tastes or on the situation and environment. Longer focal lengths are popular with portrait photographers to get that blurry 'bokeh' background, making sure the subject is the main focus (pun intended). But those longer focal lengths are so different from how the human eye sees, that they can mess with our sense of depth. 


Long story short, if 35mm isn't working for you, maybe try 50mm?

Dalarcon

JamesBrisnehan said:

A lot of photographers consider 50mm to be the closest to a human eye's focal length, while others argue that 35mm is more representative of what an eye sees. One guy tried calculating the equivalent camera focal length based a human eye's field of view angle, and concluded it to be 43mm (not that anyone makes camera lenses that size) https://petapixel.com/2012/11/17/the-camera-versus-the-human-eye/
As far as photo reference goes, a photographer can use any focal length they feel like depending on their artistic tastes or on the situation and environment. Longer focal lengths are popular with portrait photographers to get that blurry 'bokeh' background, making sure the subject is the main focus (pun intended). But those longer focal lengths are so different from how the human eye sees, that they can mess with our sense of depth. 


Long story short, if 35mm isn't working for you, maybe try 50mm?

Whoa! Thanks a lot James thats super useful info. Ill definitely be using this as a reference guide.
Thanks again. I really appreciate the reply.

Dalarcon

Full on procrastinating- here's an idea for a 3D print for October. Let me know what you guys think

Dalarcon

Printed the idea I had the other day. Made it in 3 separate pieces and gave it a base for stability. Let me know what do you guys think? Thanks.

Dalarcon

Hi Everyone, 

I made another batch of black and red masks. I decided to make the black ones slightly wider and longer to see if they make a more comfortable fit. Let me know what you all think. Thanks.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlarconPrints?ref=l2-about-shopname&sort_order=price_asc

Dalarcon

Printed a working ukulele for my kid. Printed on an FLSUN with a .3mm height. Filled the layers with wood filler, sanded, primed and painted. Need recommendations though on a good scratch resistant clear coat paint spray. Overall it sounded pretty decent. I am considering making a small batch for my shop to see how people feel about them.

sacboi

Cool

Saw your Hannya masks over on the 3d prints thread too, very nice. As for scratch resistant paint, I'm a car nut so really can't go past Nano-Clear and I believe their products will also bond with polycarbonate materials, as well.

Dalarcon

sacboi said:

Cool

Saw your Hannya masks over on the 3d prints thread too, very nice. As for scratch resistant paint, I'm a car nut so really can't go past Nano-Clear and I believe their products will also bond with polycarbonate materials, as well.

Awesome, Iv never heard of that brand. Ill be sure to give it a try. Thanks.

Dalarcon

Hi everyone, I've opened up the Etsy shop again with some new models and prints. I mainly wanted to put out the ukulele to see how people would feel about it. I put out 2 painted and one raw, no post process just 2 parts welded right out of the printers. I will be making a couple more ukulele variants in the future. But for now here are a few products I just put out. Let me know what you all think. Link to the shop below. Thanks. 

Dalarcon

Hey everyone,
I decided to upload a new item to the etsy shop. Its a downloadable model for a customizable 20-sided die with changeable panels. The one below was printed in resin and painted in black and gold. Let me know what you guys think about it. If anyone’s interested here a link for the shop. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1047844641/multi-paneled-die?ref=shop_home_active_1

Dalarcon

I started and printed this lamp a while back and over time I kept modding it to both improve print quality but to also have LED lights with batteries in it. This was a fun learning experience, while having zero knowledge in wiring. Anyway heres the print, let me know what you all think. 
Thanks.
P.S
For anyone interested I've added a few to my etsy shop.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlarconPrints

Dalarcon

A crawls attempt to get back towards making anything for the sake of my sanity. Feels good to post again.

Here is a trinket I will be 3d printing as a gift for my wife. Its supposed to be a turtle with a cinnamon roll shell, but not sure if it reads well. Feedback if you got it. Thanks!

Dalarcon

Worked on this head as an exercise. Inspired by bao Pham's work.

Dalarcon

Re-worked/stylized an old model and for some reason I keep ending up with a half baked man bun for the hair style.

Dalarcon

Continued to adding color.

Dalarcon

Another head exercise, loose concepting/coloring mainly having fun.

Dalarcon

Here is the resin print for the cinnamon roll turtle. Meant to be kind of a trinket. It's around 45mm long and roughly sprayed with gold paint

Dalarcon

Made another head as an exercise. Trying to get back into the grove of things, even spent some time doing the topology. Not sure if I did the topo right, tried doing it off of memory. Had fun doing it though.

Dalarcon

Started trying to concept another ukulele idea. Based off the Siamese cat, still blocking it out/trying to figure out.