3D Morty

"Hey guys! Check it out! It’s Morty! (Looking less like a flailing air-filled balloon-man, I might add. Though he is pretty full of hot air on a normal day.) Woo, I’m glad to have him done! This is my first model that’s both asymmetrical and posed, which I think turned out pretty well! I stuck to a simpler type of coloring for his texture this time, since I thought it would fit his simpler character design (and also because textures are hard to do and I hate them). I’m not positive yet, but I might have this guy printed by Shapeways, so that I can have a tiny Morty of my very own sitting on my desk and judging my every move.

I’ve still gotta figure out how to render without shadows… Oh, and if anybody’s curious, here’s what his texture looks like:"

Loads of fun, there. Can you pick out which piece is which? Since… I made it, and I honestly still can’t."

"Hey, so, remember that 3D model of Morty I made a while back, where I said I wanted to get him 3D-printed? I did! AND BOY DID HE TURN OUT AMAZING!! I got him printed in color sandstone! Shapeways did such a fantastic job! I have a tiny Morty of my very own, now… This is the coolest thing!

(And yes, those are copious amounts of Thin Mints cookies in the background, if you were at all curious.)"

 - 2018 Brennan


Another combined post! I just figured I'd both pieces of this chronicle into one post.

Sadly, Morty has since broken his fingers off... And we've lost one of them. So he's either getting updated and reprinted or we're going to have to make him a replacement finger out of something. Also, a word to the wise: color sandstone doesn't take super glue that well. Do not release your hold on the extremely tiny, seven millimeter long finger after only ten seconds after you think the glue has cured when in a large shop with a bunch of debris and wood shavings all over the floor (most of which look exactly like said finger).

I speak from experience.

Wacky-Waving-Arm-Flailing-Tube-Morty

"A WIP for my next attempt at 3D modeling… It’s Morty!

As a side note, I know the T-pose is pretty standard for rough modeling, but I’m laughing so hard at this. He looks like a wacky-waving-arm-flailing-inflatable-tube-man. I can’t see it any other way. All I can picture is someone tying him to a fence-post outside of a dealership while he flails around and shouts at you from across the street to buy cars."

 - 2018 Brennan

"Lowpoly Koteroi"

"IT’S DONE! My first 3D model. It took so long. I wish I could get an awesome-looking, high-quality render of it, but… I can’t seem to do that, since I’d want to render it without shadow at all, but I have no idea how to do with that. So have a cruddy screenshot! (Seriously, though, if anyone knows how to make a blender render without shadows, I’d highly appreciate any advice!)

If anybody’s curious, the handsome devil I chose to model here is Koteroi, a character of mine."

 - 2018 Brennan


I have a nice PLA print of them sitting on my desk as I write this. : )

And even though the little plot I've been working on that they're a part of has been in the works for multiple years, I still haven't figured out a definitive name for it.

I’m Sick (of Blender)

"So, I’ve been super sick for the last week in the worst minor illness I’ve ever had. As a result, I’ve been both super bored and in constant, ceaseless discomfort. To pass the time, I’ve been attempting to learn how to use Blender (for anyone who’s wondering why I’m having so much trouble with a kitchen appliance, it’s a free 3D modeling / animation software), and the best way that I can describe it is if, in order to learn how to sculpt a clay vase, you first had to learn how to send signals from your brain to your hands to get them to move in proper ways, even if you knew how to make that vase conceptually.

Needless to say, it’s… Frustrating. I could make this out of clay so easily. I just want to stick my fist into the monitor and get the object to do my bidding myself… But I think that’d do more harm than good, really, being that I’d probably be down either a computer or a hand.

It reminds me of learning to use Photoshop Elements all those years ago when I was first starting to get serious about drawing digitally… Learning to use a completely new tool isn’t something that I’ve had to do for a while, and it’s a bit of an unpleasant shock. But I can actually move the camera around without causing Armageddon now, so there’s that."

 - 2018 Brennan


And just recently I adapted an Animal Crossing 3D model to a properly printable STL file! How far I've come.