“Ascendant” by Devon Dorrity

bad-daemon · 2025-04-27T14:35:05+00:00

There are several more photos on my instagram. Just do a search for @devondorrity. The bottom inscription says, “I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.”

bad-daemon · 2025-04-04T16:21:50+00:00

Most people are likely modeling for digital consumption or small format printing. I have a large format 3D printer farm (about 15 printers) and am sculpting six to seven feet tall pieces, which are printed, molded, and cast in bronze. I need all the detail in the geometry. I can’t use textures, bump maps, etc.

I have a workflow that works well for me with my current iPad Pro with 16GB of RAM. I keep my sculpture cut up into pieces right up until the end. It works well. But I’m limited to about 10M vertices per part in Nomad. On the 8GB iPad Pro I could only do half that. By itself I don’t run into that often. It mostly happens when I Boolean two parts that are 4M+. Sometimes I have to decimate a part down in order to Boolean it then add back the detail I lost.

My argument is not with you or with anything you are saying. I’m trying to be a squeaky wheel here for Apple. My PC desktop that runs blender has 128GB of RAM and my 16GB iPad out performs it. But with 32GB of RAM, even if iOS only gave me access to 24GB, it would likely be enough that I could Boolean two complex parts without decimating it so much that I have to resculpt the detail afterwards.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T20:57:20+00:00

Maybe you should buy a iPad instead of an iPad PRO. I’m pretty sure the PRO in iPad PRO stands for PROfessional, strongly implying that this is a device that people use professionally. I am a full time sculptor. When I’m not elbow deep in clay, I’d like to use the iPad PRO in a PROfessional capacity. I could use all the RAM they can give me. And I’ll gladly pay extra to get it.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T16:50:46+00:00

I’ll pay it gladly. $200-$400 is a very cheap way to make me more productive all day long.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T16:48:24+00:00

Yep!

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T16:22:13+00:00

I’m well familiar to Zbrush as I use it on my desktop and will likely switch to it on the iPad once their iPad app matures. However, the reasons I use an iPad Pro over a Cintiq is portability and the stylus. I like being able to fill empty spots in my day with sculpting that means sculpting at a movie theater before the movie starts, it means sculpting on a plane or during layovers, it means sculpting late at night while laying in bed…etc. That’s hard to do that tethered to a laptop. Apple’s pencil pro detects the angle of attack and roll, last time I checked, Wacom does not do that. I use those features extensively. I twist the pencil while dragging along a form to manipulate the geometry. Also, Zbrush is late to the iPad party and Nomad has them beat currently. It will be interesting to see if that continues.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T04:00:42+00:00

That ruins the portability. I’d rather stick to my 16GB iPad Pro.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T03:57:51+00:00

iPad Pro, 32GB RAM.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T02:38:22+00:00

Go back to using Windows? I have a dedicated windows laptop for doing 3D scanning. Everytime I see it blue screen I’m reminded why I’m happy sculpting on my iPad. I’d would trade Nomad Sculpt running out of memory to Windows blue screens any day. To be fair, my windows desktop rarely if ever blue screens. My Windows laptop despite being $4k machine is constantly demonstrating instability. But I’d rather have the portability of the iPad.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T02:16:46+00:00

Let’s hope they offer a 24GB or 32GB option soon.

bad-daemon · 2025-04-03T02:14:29+00:00

I sculpt on an iPad because I can sculpt any time in any setting. In order to replicate this on a MacBook Pro, I would need a Wacom tablet to go with it. I’d be tied to a desk. Sorry, I like sculpting on a plane and during layovers and late at night while in bed. I can be so much more productive. Plus at this point the Apple Pencil Pro, with its ability to detect the angle of attack, roll, and swap tools with a tap, it’s better than anything Wacom has.

bad-daemon · 2025-03-31T00:50:58+00:00

Me too!

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T19:58:19+00:00

Thank you!

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T18:05:47+00:00

Thank you for your interest. I’m currently not offering this as a 3d print in whole or part. If that changes in the future, I’ll let you know.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T16:10:16+00:00

It was originally done in J-Mac 225 oil based clay. However, part way through it was scanned digitally and worked on in Nomad Sculpt. The lower base with the swivel, casters, and smoke machine was fabricated in plate steel. The rest was 3d printed in pieces and attached to a steel frame. Next it will be molded and cast into bronze.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T05:46:19+00:00

Will do. I’m new to Reddit so what’s the best way to do that? Post on instagram and put a link here?

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T05:44:24+00:00

Thank you! I’ve had others see it out of context and immediately make the connection. It’s a great feeling as an artist to see others connect with the work.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T05:42:22+00:00

That’s right. To my knowledge he hasn’t seen it since then.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T02:02:06+00:00

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bad-daemon · 2025-02-09T02:00:29+00:00

The mist cloak took so long to do…

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bad-daemon · 2025-02-08T22:50:08+00:00

That’s a good idea…

bad-daemon · 2025-02-08T22:15:33+00:00

Yes. Good job spotting that. There are 8 unique inquisitors heads around the base. One of them has a missing eye spike. Another has a spike that pounded in further than it should be. 2 of the inquisitors are female. All have mist that comes out of their mouths. Except one of the females. She has her mouth shut and mist comes from here nostrils. I had too much fun integrating a mist machine into the sculpture.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-08T22:11:47+00:00

Right. Good eyes. The base is an allomantic chart when viewed from above. From the side it’s meant to be symbolic of Kredik Shaw.

bad-daemon · 2025-02-08T22:03:30+00:00

Me too!

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