SkipperWing!
@skipperwing.bsky.social
animator, comic artist, sculptor.
I wanna make it? I make it.
Style? Cute but cool.
Opinions are mine & don't represent anyone else.
I wanna make it? I make it.
Style? Cute but cool.
Opinions are mine & don't represent anyone else.
fuck, making a rig you won't hate in a week -I mean, "in a year"- is hard, even with good (okay "semi-decent") planning.
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
fuck, making a rig you won't hate in a week -I mean, "in a year"- is hard, even with good (okay "semi-decent") planning.
Day #3 at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social !
Still rocking 3D prints of my 3D sculpt designs at table D16!
Swing on by!
These prints are available this weekend only!
Still rocking 3D prints of my 3D sculpt designs at table D16!
Swing on by!
These prints are available this weekend only!
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Day #3 at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social !
Still rocking 3D prints of my 3D sculpt designs at table D16!
Swing on by!
These prints are available this weekend only!
Still rocking 3D prints of my 3D sculpt designs at table D16!
Swing on by!
These prints are available this weekend only!
Day #2 at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social !
Swing by booth D16 for my custom (my design) #sonicTheHedgehog and #SuperMario 3Dprints!
(Only available this weekend!)
Swing by booth D16 for my custom (my design) #sonicTheHedgehog and #SuperMario 3Dprints!
(Only available this weekend!)
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Day #2 at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social !
Swing by booth D16 for my custom (my design) #sonicTheHedgehog and #SuperMario 3Dprints!
(Only available this weekend!)
Swing by booth D16 for my custom (my design) #sonicTheHedgehog and #SuperMario 3Dprints!
(Only available this weekend!)
Hey Artists! Quote with your Fanart!
September 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hey Artists! Quote with your Fanart!
Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Naaaaaa~!
HOO, HA, HA, HOO HA, HA!
Threw in a Kremling cuz I miss their "AUGH."
Would be nice if they were in the game... ;)
#DonkeyKongBananza
#Pauline
#Nintendo
#Switch
HOO, HA, HA, HOO HA, HA!
Threw in a Kremling cuz I miss their "AUGH."
Would be nice if they were in the game... ;)
#DonkeyKongBananza
#Pauline
#Nintendo
#Switch
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Naaaaaa~!
HOO, HA, HA, HOO HA, HA!
Threw in a Kremling cuz I miss their "AUGH."
Would be nice if they were in the game... ;)
#DonkeyKongBananza
#Pauline
#Nintendo
#Switch
HOO, HA, HA, HOO HA, HA!
Threw in a Kremling cuz I miss their "AUGH."
Would be nice if they were in the game... ;)
#DonkeyKongBananza
#Pauline
#Nintendo
#Switch
Bouncing a ball in #mohoAnimation.
Slowly migrating over from #adobeAnimate and my favorite test of animation in a new software is how well they handle an infinite ball bounce.
Still a little bit of UI/workflow jank to work out (which is on my self-ed to fix), but I like where this is going.
Slowly migrating over from #adobeAnimate and my favorite test of animation in a new software is how well they handle an infinite ball bounce.
Still a little bit of UI/workflow jank to work out (which is on my self-ed to fix), but I like where this is going.
August 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Bouncing a ball in #mohoAnimation.
Slowly migrating over from #adobeAnimate and my favorite test of animation in a new software is how well they handle an infinite ball bounce.
Still a little bit of UI/workflow jank to work out (which is on my self-ed to fix), but I like where this is going.
Slowly migrating over from #adobeAnimate and my favorite test of animation in a new software is how well they handle an infinite ball bounce.
Still a little bit of UI/workflow jank to work out (which is on my self-ed to fix), but I like where this is going.
Quote with your fanart
May 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Quote with your fanart
Something's callin' me; I don't know what.
Something's talkin' but I don't know who.
Something's callin' me more and more;
No one stops Knuckles' feet!
#sonicTheHedgehog #KnucklesTheEchidna #fanart #skipperwing
Something's talkin' but I don't know who.
Something's callin' me more and more;
No one stops Knuckles' feet!
#sonicTheHedgehog #KnucklesTheEchidna #fanart #skipperwing
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Something's callin' me; I don't know what.
Something's talkin' but I don't know who.
Something's callin' me more and more;
No one stops Knuckles' feet!
#sonicTheHedgehog #KnucklesTheEchidna #fanart #skipperwing
Something's talkin' but I don't know who.
Something's callin' me more and more;
No one stops Knuckles' feet!
#sonicTheHedgehog #KnucklesTheEchidna #fanart #skipperwing
"Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight,
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right!"
#Sonic #sonicTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right!"
#Sonic #sonicTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
November 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
"Long as the voice inside drives me to run and fight,
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right!"
#Sonic #sonicTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
It doesn't matter who is wrong and who is right!"
#Sonic #sonicTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
Made some tweeks to my "Template rig" for Flash #animation
(now dubbed "Lil' Template")
- Killed the internal shadows (too much work)
- Added hair/goggles (for other characters to ref)
- Added 4 more views/heads (greater pose diversity)
Can't wait to see where this goes!
#indieAnimation #art #WiP
(now dubbed "Lil' Template")
- Killed the internal shadows (too much work)
- Added hair/goggles (for other characters to ref)
- Added 4 more views/heads (greater pose diversity)
Can't wait to see where this goes!
#indieAnimation #art #WiP
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Made some tweeks to my "Template rig" for Flash #animation
(now dubbed "Lil' Template")
- Killed the internal shadows (too much work)
- Added hair/goggles (for other characters to ref)
- Added 4 more views/heads (greater pose diversity)
Can't wait to see where this goes!
#indieAnimation #art #WiP
(now dubbed "Lil' Template")
- Killed the internal shadows (too much work)
- Added hair/goggles (for other characters to ref)
- Added 4 more views/heads (greater pose diversity)
Can't wait to see where this goes!
#indieAnimation #art #WiP
"Behold! The ULTIMATE Power!"
#sonicTheHedgehog #ShadowTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #ShadowGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
#sonicTheHedgehog #ShadowTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #ShadowGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
November 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
"Behold! The ULTIMATE Power!"
#sonicTheHedgehog #ShadowTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #ShadowGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
#sonicTheHedgehog #ShadowTheHedgehog #SonicGenerations #ShadowGenerations #SonicXShadowGenerations
And just yesterday, I bought a license for CozyBlanket on iPad and I'm almost done retopologizing this, because "drawing in squares" and "swiping to create edgeloops" is so much more intuitive than trying to remember which hotkey does what, and where the function is if you can't remember.
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
And just yesterday, I bought a license for CozyBlanket on iPad and I'm almost done retopologizing this, because "drawing in squares" and "swiping to create edgeloops" is so much more intuitive than trying to remember which hotkey does what, and where the function is if you can't remember.
But NomadSculpt honestly changed the game for me. Its so much easier to add a shape to your scene, grab a tool, and start sculpting.
Heck, I sculpted and printed in a week last year, for a co-worker who'd been particularly helpful to me at my job as I was settling in.
Heck, I sculpted and printed in a week last year, for a co-worker who'd been particularly helpful to me at my job as I was settling in.
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
But NomadSculpt honestly changed the game for me. Its so much easier to add a shape to your scene, grab a tool, and start sculpting.
Heck, I sculpted and printed in a week last year, for a co-worker who'd been particularly helpful to me at my job as I was settling in.
Heck, I sculpted and printed in a week last year, for a co-worker who'd been particularly helpful to me at my job as I was settling in.
and everyone who knows me know I am absolutely not a 3D person.
Or wasn't, before this.
I'm a 2D guy, all the way.
Or was, anyway.
Or wasn't, before this.
I'm a 2D guy, all the way.
Or was, anyway.
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
and everyone who knows me know I am absolutely not a 3D person.
Or wasn't, before this.
I'm a 2D guy, all the way.
Or was, anyway.
Or wasn't, before this.
I'm a 2D guy, all the way.
Or was, anyway.
I used to think that was just a necessary burden of 3D software and that I'd never be a 3D artist as a result. And then I downloaded NomadSculpt on iPad and started watching Dave Reed's video serieses. now I can do this:
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I used to think that was just a necessary burden of 3D software and that I'd never be a 3D artist as a result. And then I downloaded NomadSculpt on iPad and started watching Dave Reed's video serieses. now I can do this:
You wanna know why there are so many more illustrators and writers than 3D sculptors, fabricators, and animators?
Heck, why there are so many more 3D printers than people making stuff for 3D printers to actually print?
Heck, why there are so many more 3D printers than people making stuff for 3D printers to actually print?
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
You wanna know why there are so many more illustrators and writers than 3D sculptors, fabricators, and animators?
Heck, why there are so many more 3D printers than people making stuff for 3D printers to actually print?
Heck, why there are so many more 3D printers than people making stuff for 3D printers to actually print?
In light of my most recent photo post, I'm thinking about a thing I need to make a video on at some point (among lots of things I need to make public video diaries about, apparently).
Accessibility (probably not the right term) in User interfaces for 3D art software.
Accessibility (probably not the right term) in User interfaces for 3D art software.
November 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
In light of my most recent photo post, I'm thinking about a thing I need to make a video on at some point (among lots of things I need to make public video diaries about, apparently).
Accessibility (probably not the right term) in User interfaces for 3D art software.
Accessibility (probably not the right term) in User interfaces for 3D art software.
previously, on “Why is Skip like this?!”
Me: “I’ve got a few spare hundred dollars… I should spend it on a train set! Or a Model kit! Or a Harmonica!
10 Hrs Later
Me: “Or I could spend seventy dollars on a license for a retopology app on iPad”
Me: “I’ve got a few spare hundred dollars… I should spend it on a train set! Or a Model kit! Or a Harmonica!
10 Hrs Later
Me: “Or I could spend seventy dollars on a license for a retopology app on iPad”
November 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM
previously, on “Why is Skip like this?!”
Me: “I’ve got a few spare hundred dollars… I should spend it on a train set! Or a Model kit! Or a Harmonica!
10 Hrs Later
Me: “Or I could spend seventy dollars on a license for a retopology app on iPad”
Me: “I’ve got a few spare hundred dollars… I should spend it on a train set! Or a Model kit! Or a Harmonica!
10 Hrs Later
Me: “Or I could spend seventy dollars on a license for a retopology app on iPad”
Doing some cool stuff with Rigs,
but this is where it starts.
If this rig can do it, anything built off of it can do it too.
Stay tuned for more coolness.
but this is where it starts.
If this rig can do it, anything built off of it can do it too.
Stay tuned for more coolness.
November 9, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Doing some cool stuff with Rigs,
but this is where it starts.
If this rig can do it, anything built off of it can do it too.
Stay tuned for more coolness.
but this is where it starts.
If this rig can do it, anything built off of it can do it too.
Stay tuned for more coolness.
Nu Banner, who dis?
October 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Nu Banner, who dis?
Nu logo, who dis?
(will spruce it up later)
(will spruce it up later)
October 21, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Nu logo, who dis?
(will spruce it up later)
(will spruce it up later)
Me, Last week: "Finally, my template rig is done, on to the next one!"
Also me, 3hrs ago, after a a jog jumpstarted my brain:
"Okay, but what if we do some vector trickery to add shadows..."
(note: this now has to be retroactively added to my other rigs/templates)
Also me, 3hrs ago, after a a jog jumpstarted my brain:
"Okay, but what if we do some vector trickery to add shadows..."
(note: this now has to be retroactively added to my other rigs/templates)
August 7, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Me, Last week: "Finally, my template rig is done, on to the next one!"
Also me, 3hrs ago, after a a jog jumpstarted my brain:
"Okay, but what if we do some vector trickery to add shadows..."
(note: this now has to be retroactively added to my other rigs/templates)
Also me, 3hrs ago, after a a jog jumpstarted my brain:
"Okay, but what if we do some vector trickery to add shadows..."
(note: this now has to be retroactively added to my other rigs/templates)
RAWR!
Lots of fumbling with this.
Redoing the snout in the sculpt,
in the car or out,
and lots of searching for good lizard skin material demos on YT.
I think this is the first time the Nomad render is better, but Nomad turnarounds aren't the best.
Still, the print is fun!
Lots of fumbling with this.
Redoing the snout in the sculpt,
in the car or out,
and lots of searching for good lizard skin material demos on YT.
I think this is the first time the Nomad render is better, but Nomad turnarounds aren't the best.
Still, the print is fun!
June 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
RAWR!
Lots of fumbling with this.
Redoing the snout in the sculpt,
in the car or out,
and lots of searching for good lizard skin material demos on YT.
I think this is the first time the Nomad render is better, but Nomad turnarounds aren't the best.
Still, the print is fun!
Lots of fumbling with this.
Redoing the snout in the sculpt,
in the car or out,
and lots of searching for good lizard skin material demos on YT.
I think this is the first time the Nomad render is better, but Nomad turnarounds aren't the best.
Still, the print is fun!
And she's done!
Tested out using a custom "femme!midbod" template in Nomad
(so as not to have to sculpt from scratch every time), and I like the results!
1. Sculpted in Nomad Sculpt (iPad)
2. Post-Processing in Blender (desktop)
3. Printed with the Bambu P1S (self-explanatory)
Tested out using a custom "femme!midbod" template in Nomad
(so as not to have to sculpt from scratch every time), and I like the results!
1. Sculpted in Nomad Sculpt (iPad)
2. Post-Processing in Blender (desktop)
3. Printed with the Bambu P1S (self-explanatory)
May 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
And she's done!
Tested out using a custom "femme!midbod" template in Nomad
(so as not to have to sculpt from scratch every time), and I like the results!
1. Sculpted in Nomad Sculpt (iPad)
2. Post-Processing in Blender (desktop)
3. Printed with the Bambu P1S (self-explanatory)
Tested out using a custom "femme!midbod" template in Nomad
(so as not to have to sculpt from scratch every time), and I like the results!
1. Sculpted in Nomad Sculpt (iPad)
2. Post-Processing in Blender (desktop)
3. Printed with the Bambu P1S (self-explanatory)