How to make a Green Screen video at the Washington Utah Library

Watch Video Okay, there may not be any actual 3D printing in this video, but, there is a virtual 3D printer on that Mad Laboratory set. That section of the video was a learning experience. I spent days modeling, and a whole weekend rendering, for a minute of a gag. Do I regret it? Not even a little. In fact …

VRRD2020 Presentation

Watch Video This morning I was going to present at the East Coast Rep Rap’s virtual festival. However, since I wasn’t actually at a festival, and was actually at home, my presentation became succeptable to all kids of problem. No, that wasn’t a typo. So I had to face the fact that I wouldn’t be able to make my commitment. …

Should you back the JGMaker Artist-D on Kickstarter?

Watch on YouTube Check out the Artist-D Kickstarter Just to be 100% transparent about things, I’m not getting paid to say what I said. I hope that’s clear. I’m giving you the absolute truth about this machine; the good and the bad. Yes, I’m getting to keep the printer (they wouldn’t want this one back anyways), but JGMaker has absolutely …

How to displace on a Cylinder in Blender Video

Watch Video One shot, no script, no pants. Just a quick video to answer a viewer’s question. Hopefully it helps. But so help me, if it gets more views in the first day than the video that sparked it, I am deleting HitFilm. Not really. But I’ll probably do a lot more of this sort of thing because I managed …

3D printed Komusō monk inspired meditation aid, modeled in Blender video

Watch Video This was going to be just a one-off project that I wasn’t going to share with anyone. but after this first patron asked me about this meditation aid, another one showed up at a different makerspace with something similar they were using the makerspace’s video equipment to tell people about. And that got me thinking that maybe there’s …

How not to raid a nether fortress

Watch Video Barb and I tackle a nether fortress I found in our adventure world and it goes about as well as you’d expect. In other news, Makers and Minecraft has been rescheduled to this Friday. I’m going to do my best to spread the word about it. I hope you’ll do the same. There are some amazing builds and …

Makers and Minecraft Festival delayed 1 week – September 4th

I guess one of the advantages of an online event is that rescheduling doesn’t mean having to coordinate with the venue. Due to constraints with work (I swear I had my finger on this date first) and at the request of some people who want some more time to polish their builds, the makers and minecraft festival is being postponed …

Designing for 3D Printing – YHT

Watch Video This isn’t the first time I’ve taught this topic, but last time was years ago, and I felt that it needed a refresher. This video was recorded before the laptop-ocalypse. I waffled between rerecording it on the nicer rig that I had or just going with what I had, and the more I waffled, the less and less …

Chibimals Animation Test

Watch Video Chances are you weren’t aware I have created a youtube channel for Chibmials. Well, I have, and I’m working on doing the animations for it now. Chibimals will be series of short cartoons with a sweeping adventure throughout and a hidden puzzle to discover. It promises to be fun for all ages. I wanted to throw this little …