#NaBloPoMo – Like it was in 3D
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Because of my choice in college degrees, I’ve had access to 3D technology for a long time. In college, we used 3D scanners that would scan and collect data from 3d objects and create a digital 3D model that could be manipulated for animation.
Of course, now things are going the other way, you can design something in 3 dimensions and have it printed out.
There are a lot of reasons that this is great technology, however until they start replicating my food, it’s not something I see myself using in everyday life. And it’s certainly not something I plan to use in my art. That’s probably one of few ways in which I’m old-fashioned. Part of crafting something is making things on your own and not letting someone or something else create for you.
Now, if I were like some of my friends who’s names appear in the credits of 3D animated movies, I would feel very differently about this, because for them, the creation is in designing that 3D object and I can’t think of anything cooler than having my own 3D creation printed into reality.
Screen shot from Tangled that included Paint Fix work by, college friend, Jac Piette. How cool would a 3D print of this be?
Alas, this is not where my talents lie, so I will continue to create in my own more primitive way. How do you create? Do you work with technologies like 3D printers or keep things “old school”?
I am such a dinosaur. I only learned to use the computer because I typed 65 wpm. I just about learned to programme the VCR when DH bought the DVD recorder–and that was over a decade ago!! Still haven’t learned to record on that!
I am happiest with slow food, slow sewing, hand quilting, and would love more paper books if not for space and climate limitations. What can I say, I have a 19th century mind in a 21st century world. I do love the Internet though, my “window on the world.”
The internet is an amazing thing! It’s allowed me to meet amazing people (like you!) and learn about things I never would here in rural America.