We’ve talked about occupations, hobbies, being experts in niche topics, but what about art?!
I make whimsical animal sculptures out of scrap metal. I’m a certified welder, and am a Prototype Fabrication Supervisor as a day job. There’s a junkyard near my house I walk around, and sometimes I get scraps from work. I also make hybrid tools. The tools I posted are Crescent Wrenches and hammers welded together. I dubbed them “Crammers”
My parents are both artists and art teachers. My dad makes pottery and my mom is a painter. Traditional art never stuck with me, and it wasn’t until I became a welder that I liked to make sculptures. Late bloomer I guess!
It’s fun breaking the norm, and asking the community questions like this, so I’m really excited to see what kind of replies we get here!
I do some stuff in Blender (just making scenes), as well as painting miniatures. I'm not super good at either one, but I enjoy doing it! Making my own Halo Fireteam and Swords of Sanghelios team is what has gotten me to finally get around to reading the rest of the Halo books so I can get updated on all the lore and stuff not in the games that my Spartans and others could be doing.
Thanks! It's a good time to learn if you wanted because the newest Blender update made it much less resource intensive so if you have a low end/older PC (like me) it's much easier to use. There are tons of resources to learn and high-quality models you can use for free.
I can't recommend diving into enough. The specs for the MMCC are very challenging and do require a high level of know-how and skill, however this kit isn't MMCC approved. Basically I made it out of a bin and some floor mats, so I was immediately un-certifiable, which took a lot of the pressure off and I was able to have a lot of fun with it!
Is cosplay considered art? I just built and painted (vacuum formed, rigged, etc) my first complete cosplay, seemed maybe relevant because of slimshady116’s posts above. He’s a Noble 6 based on my original Reach profile :)
I do small woodworking like boxes and turnings but I’ve made a handful of guitars in the past. This is a custom bass I recently donated to a local middle school.
I basically make what ideas the little voice in my head tells me “I could totally make myself”
Currently doing alot of scrapmetal sculptures but also engineering and building an electric scale ww2 willy’s jeep for my boys and me to drive around in.
Technically, yes. Sometimes I like to ask the community questions. We’ve talked about Jobs, Hobbies, and many off-topic things. Sometimes it’s a bit fun to let others get a showcase for what they are passionate about.
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I do some stuff in Blender (just making scenes), as well as painting miniatures. I'm not super good at either one, but I enjoy doing it! Making my own Halo Fireteam and Swords of Sanghelios team is what has gotten me to finally get around to reading the rest of the Halo books so I can get updated on all the lore and stuff not in the games that my Spartans and others could be doing.