Brian Chan
@brianchandesigns.bsky.social
Designer of origami, costumes, and mechanical things. Occasional luthier. Keeper of ants and guinea pigs.
Figure drawing practice, Apple pencil on Ipad with Sketchbook App.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Figure drawing practice, Apple pencil on Ipad with Sketchbook App.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Figure drawing practice from the Boston Figurative Art Center. Digital drawing done with Ipad.
March 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Figure drawing practice from the Boston Figurative Art Center. Digital drawing done with Ipad.
And it's done! Now I have a posable hand model for costume mannequins and for drawing practice.
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
February 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
And it's done! Now I have a posable hand model for costume mannequins and for drawing practice.
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
#hand
#mannequin
#3dprinting
Check out my current project: I'm making a posable mannequin hand. I modeled this in Onshape.
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out my current project: I'm making a posable mannequin hand. I modeled this in Onshape.
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
#mannequin
#hand
#onshape
Origami cicada, designed and folded by me from one square of paper.
I've designed about 4 or 5 cicadas over the past 20 years, but this one has that vibe I was looking for. The timing was right since I completed it last year, during the historic cicada emergence.
#origami
#cicada
#insect
I've designed about 4 or 5 cicadas over the past 20 years, but this one has that vibe I was looking for. The timing was right since I completed it last year, during the historic cicada emergence.
#origami
#cicada
#insect
February 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Red rock crab (Cancer irroratus) origami, designed and folded by me. This is a variation of a crab design I did almost 20 years ago.
February 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Red rock crab (Cancer irroratus) origami, designed and folded by me. This is a variation of a crab design I did almost 20 years ago.
When I'm on other platforms, I divide my macro photos to separate channel. I'm thinking now, why complicate things? Here's a fly.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When I'm on other platforms, I divide my macro photos to separate channel. I'm thinking now, why complicate things? Here's a fly.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
Photos taken with Sony Alpha a6300 with Laowa 85mm macro lens and custom 3D printed diffuser.
I found myself in LA without a 3D printer, so I crafted this prop the traditional way, with paper, knife, and glue.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I found myself in LA without a 3D printer, so I crafted this prop the traditional way, with paper, knife, and glue.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
#papercraft
Figure drawing practice, done at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
January 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Figure drawing practice, done at the Boston Figurative Art Center.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
Drawn with Apple Pencil, Ipad and Sketchbook app.
Let me know if the proper nudity filters are working. I do like that we have the option to tag our work appropriately rather than see everything banned with inconsistent criteria.
My most recent project, the armor suit from the anime Mospeada from the 1980s. I got to meet Shinji Aramaki and Keiichiro Maeno, anime and toy designers who worked on the real thing!
I designed the suit using Onshape and printed out the pieces on my custom 3D printer.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
I designed the suit using Onshape and printed out the pieces on my custom 3D printer.
#mospeada
#anime
#cosplay
January 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM