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    Default I'm new here, kinda... Matthew Amey #AMEY3D

    Hello.
    My name is Matthew Amey and I'm a long time lurker to this forum, and others, pertaining to digital sculpting, 3D printing and other art-related discussion groups. I am a professional tattoo artist by trade but I've been dabbling in 3D for about 15 years. I've been quietly working to understand how to efficiently and concisely create printable sculpts and I'd like to share some of my work with you. I have gleaned so much knowledge from this forum that I'd like to participate a little.

    When ZBrush 4R6 came out I was enamored with the idea of the IMM brush and this is the first piece that I created using a custom IMM tentacle brush that I created. The metal piece was printed through EXone.com, the same company that Shapeways.com uses to produce there 'stainless steel' line of materials.


    Here is an octopus pendant that I sculpted in the spring of 2014.
    Original render in ZBrush.



    The following images are photographs of the pendant after direct-to-metal printing available through EXone.com or Shapeways.com

    I did some hand polishing to the pieces after they arrived to bring out the details, especially on the tentacles.




    I would love to see this in Sterling Silver but I've got to sell a few of these first.

    Thanks for wasting some time looking at my stuff.
    If there are any questions I'm happy to answer them, just please be patient with my response time.
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    Cool. Pretty good detail for steel, what size is it?

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    Dimensions for this piece are:

    IN: 2.359 w x 2.76 d x 0.887 h
    CM: 5.992 w x 7.01 d x 2.254 h
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    Great work, I am sure we are going to see more of your work here as I have just browsed through your tattoos and some good stuff there...

    Keep them coming...

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    Wow, very cool how that turned out and Direct-to-Metal printing sounds promising. Looks like a Dirty Brass finish which you cleaned up by hand to bring out the detail.

    Edit: Looked on your web page (nice). Stainless infused with Bronze...

    Very Cool!!!

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    i really like this pendant, nice job.

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    Very nice work. Great Job, I was actually considering picking something like this up recently.
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    Thanks for all the comments. After perusing the site I think I'm going to start a thread where I can post a collection of my pieces. It seems to be the best way to document, and organize, a body of work.
    I'll post more in a new thread soon but for now, here's one of my flower pendants.
    ZBrush render


    Cast in sterling silver using matter.io

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    Great work,

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    Looks amazing!

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    If you don't know about him already, you should check out Tomas Wittelsbach's work. He uses digital sculpting and 3D printing to make really badass jewelry. He shares a lot of his techniques online too, just because he's nice like that!

    ZBC - http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr...lry-Sketchbook
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tswittelsbach

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    lsportner - Thanks. I've been following his work for a few years. Fantastic! Really cool of him to share his techniques as well.
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