Check out my Vimeo Page for a new video Bacteria World. This animation starts with ciliated bacteria swimming around in what looks like an underwater world. Then it shows spherical bacteria replicating by mitosis before zooming into the cell wall and showing the lipid bilayer with penicillin binding to transpeptidase. This is part of what …
Tag Archive: 3-d
Jan 17
Z-Brush Ear Sculpting
This semester I am teaching myself how to use z-brush. This is a rough first attempt at the ear. First, I modeled a basic ear in Maya, imported it into z-brush, and started adding some details with basic sculpting tools. I used the tutorials on z-brush’s website to teach myself the UI and basics. I’m …
Feb 25
I want to print your brains!
via The Economist Illustration by David Simonds Instead of waiting months or years for a replacement body part from a suitable donor, wouldn’t it be amazing to be able to print replacement body parts on demand? This reality is closer due to the first commercial 3D bio-printer for manufacturing human tissue and organs! The machine …
Feb 01
Hemostat
No texturing or lighting done on this. Just modeling. Hey, it’s more complex than the red blood cell, right? This had some difficult parts in it. Specifically the channel box. I had to restart so many times before I finally got it.