Sketching Product Design 3D Modeling 3D Printing

For more in-depth knowledge on the specific skills, please refer to the below two buttons. Otherwise, you can scroll below for a general overview of my skills.

Sketches

My process is pretty simple. Start with inspiration. Doodle. Then start sketching in 3D and return to 2D when I hit a wall.

I was fortunate enough to have a bleeding heart plant in my backyard as well as finding them at the local garden shop. I did lots of live studies to understand the full form of the flower blossoms.
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Inspiration board for the Bleeding Heart Dragon.

3D Modeling

I take the side view and front view and set it up in Blender3D. Then, I block out the shape. The first stage is just getting the proportions right. Eventually, I break free from the initial reference sketches and follow my mind's vision.
At this point, I did a 3D print of the design and found that the head was not how I wanted it to look in real life. I redid the proportions and head design.
After several weeks of work, this is my final render library.

3d Printing

I set up supports for the miniature to be printed on a resin printer, like my Phrozen 3D printer. I used Lychee to create the supports. After a few rounds of back and forth because the supports were not correct, I finally printed out the final version.

Graphic Design

My customers are interested in fully fleshed out characters. As part of my services, I can create a simple stat page that is printable at home for my own creations or for something they need instead.

Gallery

These are other products that I designed using the same process.