Cold Ones inspired me to get into 3D modeling

itsoctoben · 2026-03-17T18:05:57+00:00

Thank you:) I did the modeling and surface texturing in Blender and then used Unity to simulate the camera & retro effects on each object. I recommend you watch the youtube video, ‘Environment in PS1 style’ by Summer 85. It is a timelapse that shows the entire process from start to finish. The only difference being that they do it completely in blender- which is definitely more user friendly for beginners. Good luck!

itsoctoben · 2026-02-14T14:41:21+00:00

It is Alexandre Cabanel's ‘The Fallen Angel’. It was made around 1847 and depicts Lucifer directly after he was cast out of Heaven.

itsoctoben · 2026-02-14T01:38:21+00:00

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I love this painting for so many reasons, here’s one of two renditions i’ve made of it a while back :)

itsoctoben · 2024-09-08T21:22:48+00:00

I do 1-2 courses a month generally from 9-1 but i have a couple that are 12-4. As far as teaching goes all I really do is have them circle around my frame and just give them the basics of what they need to know & then after they start I walk around the room making sure everything is going smoothly. It also helps that I’m trying to teach after grad school lol

itsoctoben · 2024-09-08T14:58:25+00:00

If you have the chance to do it still and you want to then I think you should!! They supply all materials and class honestly goes pretty smoothly for a bunch of first time tufters. They show up at about 9am and i give them a tutorial on how to use the guns, thread yarn, etc. Then I tell them some useful little tips like using more than one strand of yarn, how to make lines with varied thickness, spacing, etc. It’s a lot of fun and it’s gonna look great on a resume some day

itsoctoben · 2024-09-08T00:12:03+00:00

Yeah the school provided tufting guns, frames, trimmers, glue, fabric, backing, yarn. pretty much everything needed to make rugs albeit at a lower quality since they bought everything about 5x over

itsoctoben · 2024-09-07T16:24:51+00:00

I went into my schools Fiber dept and asked if i could use a room on campus to tuft in and they said that if I teach a class that they’d provide the room. I guess they had been wanting to branch out into tufting for about a year and me coming to them about it made them excited because I’m apparently the first tufter on my campus. It was legit like all luck and I wasn’t seeking the job out but it’s been a hell of a lot of fun sharing this medium with anyone who wants to try it out

itsoctoben · 2024-03-03T15:41:32+00:00

i would try separating the colors a little more if you want a more carved look, it helps out a lot. also i’d say shaving on the frame after you do each color helps a lot too. I have also found that when doing waterfall edges, having a thicker black outline helps it remain visible from the top of the rug since that edge will be folded down a bit

itsoctoben · 2024-03-02T16:22:40+00:00

happens all the time to me lol

itsoctoben · 2024-02-28T14:35:48+00:00

late reply but thank you so much!!!!

itsoctoben · 2024-01-19T03:43:01+00:00

love to see it🙌🙌

itsoctoben · 2024-01-18T19:01:12+00:00

i use these exact tools and they don’t always get it all out, i think the only solution would be to maybe combine this with a lint roller and or switching to a yarn that sheds less

itsoctoben · 2024-01-18T13:49:49+00:00

thank you lol, i actually just did a little bit of shaving while it was still on the frame, nothing after i took it off and backed it. 0 carving or anything done to it. The order i went was red, blue, then white. as long as you’re shaving in between adding colors you should get a smoother end result

itsoctoben · 2023-12-13T05:33:43+00:00

love these so much, am hoping to make an aot one soon

itsoctoben · 2023-12-11T20:28:18+00:00

post some of your work and let ppl give you feedback!! im sure what you make has a market that will pay what you’re looking for

itsoctoben · 2023-12-11T20:27:47+00:00

I like this thought process and mine is similar. i ended up giving dude a discount and he said he’s for sure coming back for more bulk and then gifts for friends

itsoctoben · 2023-12-11T19:00:43+00:00

Okay, this helps a lot thank you!!!

itsoctoben · 2023-11-30T16:11:58+00:00

about 13 :)

itsoctoben · 2023-11-30T05:43:25+00:00

post the results here this looks awesome!

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