Category: Blender 3D

Shape Key Feathers

I have come up with a few different ways to make 2-dimenstional feathers in Blender. The method that follows is the best way I know how to do this. The feathers don't have to be perfect; the more perfect I try to be perfect to the reference image, the more imperfect it looks once assembled. … Continue reading Shape Key Feathers →

Drawing the Gears

The .stl desperately needs to be re-meshed. What a mess!

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Paper model trials

I finally made the decision to test out a bit of my Blender designs in the real world. At some point it helps to have tangible results to inform future design choices. A good friend helped me construct what would be the elbow joint of the main spar of the gull ornithopter. What started out … Continue reading Paper model trials →