Gizmo Week - Lasercut Models with Blender and Inkscape - pt.1 (Patreon)
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Part 2 tomorrow! Or the day after!
So- as I mention in the video, I was going REALLY hard in the cg department for a bit there, and while I'm super amped to finish up the HyperBole sequence (and the Dynamo Dream episode!!!), I wanted to take a moment to stretch my legs with some other stuff, so I'm going to take a few days to try and refamiliarize myself with arduinos/electronics/projectors, and various things that might be useful to micro-budget filmmakers, and documenting it for anyone who might be interested.
I suspect it'll be fairly useless for anyone already familiar with the tools (cause I don't know them all that well), but hopefully could be cool for anyone who's been curious about diving into anything like this?
Today is part one, and tomorrow I'm going to try actually making an IK-based sculpture with servos and such, and assembling it. We'll see how it goes!
Again, HUGE thanks to Sean for helping me get everything running (and letting me use his laser cutter). Having someone walk you through everything that first time makes all the difference.
Apparently his lasercutter is the K40 ($300-400), which is a standard no-brand sort of thing. Here's a video he recommends if you're curious.
Also, I just typed it into google maps and found a handfull of makerspaces* nearby to me. I suspect it's not a totally global phenomenon, but odds are high you have one nearby! They're a great way to be able to try out CNC machines and laser cutters and 3d printers without having to buy one yourself, and usually full of the coolest folks.
*Not sure if makerspace is an organization or just the word for a type of place, actually. I think they used to call them hackerspaces? I'm not sure.