anyway thats my soapbox

i think there are a lot of ways that 3d printing could be so interesting and beneficial and waste less pla but its really just disheartening to see so many people that dont care try to turn a quick profit. not even mentioning how oversaturated and boring these prints have become to see.

so i cant begin to describe the crushing disappointment the first time i saw a dragon booth or whatever i was like woah thats cool how did you make those and the answer was "i just bought a 3d printer and ran them off." exhausting

i had so many invigorating talks with artist and engineering students and even just inquisitive students in general. students who had their own printers and taught me so much about their inner workings, and collaborated with other students on projects the campus couldn't support.

I rendered out some loose outlines to follow using grease pencil lineart. i didn't actually model the beetle to scale because i'm lazy so i just scaled it down after i rendered it. "this is just more work in a different way," you might say. to which i reply, yes,

USE MY WALLPAPER