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A 115 Year Glow-Up

I picked up a film camera a few years back from a vendor at the MIT SwapFest, a collection of very colorful folks in beat up minivans selling all sorts of things out of a parking garage in Kendall Square. It was a Kodak 1A from the late 1920s - pretty, but also pretty common, … Continue reading A 115 Year Glow-Up →

beparnas crafts/fun 1 Comment November 27, 2019December 1, 2019 4 Minutes

Brightening my DayLilies

April was a tricky month. Formlabs is bustling; we announced a big new product to the world and now the days are spent on the final tweaks to get it into our customer's hands. And what is my role in all of this? I am, well, focused on growing some vegetables in our still-too-short New … Continue reading Brightening my DayLilies →

beparnas crafts/fun, electronics Leave a comment April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 4 Minutes

Hello, Again

...well, how was that for a cliffhanger? It wasn't exactly a riveting story, I agree. It's been a year and a half, plus or minus, since I left my story hanging here. I had to ask out of curiosity - Google tells me that I haven't posted or given any sort of update in exactly … Continue reading Hello, Again →

beparnas crafts/fun Leave a comment March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 3 Minutes

Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form

As an outdoors enthusiast, I'm pretty fond of topographic maps. I can't explain it, I just like how they look!   A while ago, I came up with a creative technique of translating one of these maps into a 3D model, and produced a map of Mt. Ranier in Washington made of foam, lasercut into the … Continue reading Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form →

beparnas crafts/fun Leave a comment January 5, 2017January 5, 2017 2 Minutes

What I've been up to recently

If anyone would like a card and/or sticker, send me a DM and I'll send you one! If you'd like a few of either to share, you can pick them up on Etsy - link in the bio.
Playing around with some of the animation tools in #procreate.
Some #id #sketches I've worked on for the past few days! Is related to a project involving bike helmet illumination I'd like to get started on this fall, pending...
Hello again - the cabin of the #moonfilm lunar rover is nearing completion! This required a bit of custom work, including some clear, tinted windscreens (@tamiyausa Smoke acrylic had me covered here), additional parts and light blockers for the dashboard/bench seat, and some LEDs to simulate dashboard activity.
Cabin taking shape! But we still a long ways to go.
Developing more #greeble for the MOON mining truck! Here are some of my markups, I'm referencing one of the original vehicle props from the film. My process has then been to design these features in #gimp - the original papercraft designer included much of the detail (it's just very flat) , so it's "simply" a matter of finding the parts to modify, clipping out the details and duplicating them on another page. You can see the printouts of the pieces I plan to install. I've now officially lost count of how many parts will go into this 😁

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