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Post by Bruce on May 15, 2019 2:13:20 GMT
I work with a gal that came over from China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and was granted a green card with the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992. Anyway she is moving out of our local area and I made this plaque as a going away present. This was done with a grayscale relief jpg file loaded into ArtCAM. I added the oval frame edging in ArtCAM also. Relief finish was cut with a 1.5mm ball end mill. She told me this was a scene of people playing a stringed musical instrument called a zheng. The zheng or guzheng, also known as a Chinese zither, is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2,500-year history. This is similar to the Japanese koto. The koto is derived from the Chinese zheng. I had no idea what was going on in the picture. So a similar scene here in the US would be a few guys meeting at the lake to play their guitars.    |
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Post by Hommer Woods on May 15, 2019 17:28:22 GMT
Very nice!
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Post by Derek the Admin on May 15, 2019 20:59:52 GMT
Awesome work Bruce.
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aa
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Post by aa on May 15, 2019 21:38:03 GMT
Very neat. Are the colored areas thinned out paint or dye?
- Aaron
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Post by Bruce on May 16, 2019 1:19:56 GMT
The paint is thinned out acrylic water based paint.
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Post by ricko on May 20, 2019 13:31:01 GMT
Beautiful thought and piece
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Post by fracturedtom on Aug 14, 2019 22:12:05 GMT
I work with a gal that came over from China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and was granted a green card with the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992. Anyway she is moving out of our local area and I made this plaque as a going away present. This was done with a grayscale relief jpg file loaded into ArtCAM. I added the oval frame edging in ArtCAM also. Relief finish was cut with a 1.5mm ball end mill. She told me this was a scene of people playing a stringed musical instrument called a zheng. The zheng or guzheng, also known as a Chinese zither, is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2,500-year history. This is similar to the Japanese koto. The koto is derived from the Chinese zheng. I had no idea what was going on in the picture. So a similar scene here in the US would be a few guys meeting at the lake to play their guitars. Bruce this work is exactly the kind of thing I'm wanting to get into. However, I want to create my own "grayscales." Have you run across tutorials or apps or any information at all about making this type of work? I have many years of experience with Photoshop and Illustrator, but I'm not sure how much of my skill will transfer. |
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rowiac
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Post by rowiac on Aug 14, 2019 23:48:01 GMT
Vectric Aspire and CarveCo (was ArtCAM) can create 3D models for relief carvings and grayscales can be exported from them if needed. You might be able to create grayscales manually with Photoshop or Illustrator, but I personally have not tried it. Unfortunately neither of these pieces of software are cheap.
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Post by Bruce on Aug 15, 2019 1:50:38 GMT
I use ArtCAM (now Carveco) and I have created a number of relief shapes, mostly custom frames and simple stuff. I've been playing with some more advanced shapes like boats and cars but haven't really worked at it much. If you want to play with 3d modeling without a large financial investment you could look at open source software. www.sculpteo.com/blog/2018/03/21/top-13-of-the-best-open-source-cad-software/ Save the file as an STL file and then you can import it into Fusion. But 3D modeling is a whole other art form. There are a bunch of tutorials on Youtube using Blender. |
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Post by Bruce on Aug 16, 2019 3:15:09 GMT
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maury
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Post by maury on Aug 16, 2019 13:01:54 GMT
Hey, I like your style (of relief work). :-) It's interesting that most of the CNC relief art comes from either Russia or China. I haven't done any coloring of my stuff except for clear finishing and letting the contrasts highlight. Nice work. I'm getting ready to do a deer in the woods scene (Russian STL) for my son's father in law. Thanks Again
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Post by Bruce on Aug 17, 2019 1:36:22 GMT
Your right, it is interesting that most grayscale relief files are Chinese and most STL relief files are sold by Russians. Really not sure why, but that is what I have encountered too.
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Post by fracturedtom on Aug 25, 2019 15:52:23 GMT
Can't tell for sure, but it looks like Blender CAM is a dead project. I have version 2.79b of Blender and cannot find any info on Blender CAM or the bas relief addon working. I should mention that when I open Blender, my mind goes blank, my jaw drops, I drool a little and then quit. Basically, I am REALLY struggling with the software.  |
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Post by Bruce on Aug 25, 2019 20:15:26 GMT
Bummer, I thought the Blender CAM sounded interesting. So it goes with open source software.
I just did a search on YouTube for "blender tutorial creating bas relief" There are quite a few time lapse videos showing the process of creating a relief from a photo. Basically it's virtual sculpting.
Like I said, it's a whole other art form.
Here is a beginner introduction tutorial for sculpting in Blender. Zbrush user, Mudbox, or any other sculpting software, you will still be able to follow this video.
I think this would also apply to ArCAM and Aspire software as well.
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