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The School of Visual Arts at NIU recently acquired a 3D printer, which creates basic prototypes of digital models.  There are a number of different technologies that achieve this; our machine uses a special powder that is applied one very thin layer at a time.  A printer head moves across the powder, dispensing a glue binder in a cross-section of the model.  This way, the 3D structure is gradually built out of slices of bound powder.

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My first 3D animation since high school! Very exciting.

Created with 3dsmax, sound coming soon.

My first 3D project of the semester. I was going for kind of an ambiguous biological theme, like something that could be the size of a sea urchin or only visible under a microscope. We’ll never know.

Click for big version.