Recent content by gem20

Thank you!! You can outsource lasercutting, if you've got an illustration/design software on your computer to do the drawings, then there are now plenty of companies that will do lasercutting for you. Its costly, of course, but its worth it if youve got a few small, detailed pieces to cut :-)...

I would assume that the acetate is laser-etched....I can't imagine it would be scribed by hand. There could be other methods I'm not aware of though :-) And thank you so much! :-D - - - Updated - - - Thank you so so much! That means a lot. Yes, I still have it :-) - - - Updated - - - I'd...

For anyone interested in miniature building....I recently found myself presenting my folio to the man who was in charge of building the 'real' Hogwarts miniature used in the Harry Potter films. Luckily, he loved my model (phew!!!), but gave me a tip for scale windows like this. He said that he...

Ok, brilliant! Will look into both of those, thanks :-)

Thank you! I think I'm more interested in Rhino, autocad and zbrush at the moment, because I am a traditional model maker and can use those for lasercutting/3D printing...I'm right in saying Maya is an animation programme? So possibly not useful to me right now, would love to learn it in the not...

I already have a tablet because I have been teaching myself digital painting :-) I am a traditional model maker like Adam Savage, but as far as I'm concerned, its all transferrable skills and one part of the creative industry leads straight into another :-) Hence why I want to learn this :-)...

Thanks :-) Well, as a model maker, I sculpt organic things and I do hard edged architectural models, product models, props etc...but I'm aware that lasercutting and 3D printing are becoming huge in the model making industry, and that I'm more employable with a load of computer based skills, and...

Awesome! Thanks everyone for your responses :-)

Not sure if this thread is in the right category...if anyone thinks it would be better placed elsewhere, please let me know and I'll move it :-) Ok, so...I am a graduate modelmaker, and have been working for mostly props companies recently. I'm keen to develop my computer modelling/drawing...

Yep, you were right, his head wasn't proportioned right, and looking at a life cast helped a lot! Thanks! :-) So, he now looks like this, still a LONG way to go, but a big improvement:

Ahh yes! Of course! Can't believe I forgot about that! I used to do it all the time with portrait drawings :-) Thanks :-)

Hi again, So I've had a little free time to work on this some more, but its still got a VERY long way to go. I'm still trying to get basic proportions right, and it's still not looking correct. So, if anyone would be able to shed some light on what they think needs changing on it to get the...

Yeah, I agree :-) And yes, VERY early stages haha!

So, I haven't been able to dedicate as much time as I would like to this (as is always the case), but this is what it looks like currently. Still a VERY, VERY long way to go. But it looks human at least....I think....

Good advice! That seems to be the case with portrait work whether it be painted, drawn or sculpted, definitely worth remembering! :-) - - - Updated - - - Thank you very much, am steadily trying to work my way through previous threads :-) and thank you for your kind comment! Hopefully this...