I needed a project to use all of my different color plastics for the 3Doodler I had laying around. So, as a Mexican, what better way to represent my roots than drawing a bright Mexican alebrije? What is an Alebrije? Alebrijes are a Mexican folk art form from Oaxaca that originated from local artist Pedro Linares. These multi-colored Oaxacan wood carvings depict...
I had some time on my hands to create a new 3d pen art piece. Only, this time, I wanted to paint directly on white canvas. As I began, a three-dimensional drawing of a face was the first thing to take shape on the new canvas. Due to the teal color, it was evident that this face would turn into Lady Liberty. Here’s a video of the last steps in the creation of...
After starting my one sketch a day project, I had some time to spare and a lot of Black Belt Black 3doodler plastic, so I sketched a small guy on top of my notebook. The figure is sculpted after the Kingdom Hearts Shadow heartless, just because that’s what was in my mind at the time. This sketch took about an hour and less than 10 plastic strands, I’m...
I spent the holidays in the Austrian mountains, doing some ski, and eating some speck. Weather predictions expected 70 cm of snow during the week so we cozied up in a cabin and waited for the storm to pass. With my sculpting tools elsewhere, I decided to build something with the only means I had at hand: a 3Doodler pen and a LOT of Riding Hood Red strands. One of my...
Dia de los Muertos is here! As a Mexican, this holiday was always a big moment to reflect and remember those who have died. I never really understood the weight of this date until I lost my grandfather in 2011. As a way of remembering the dead, I decorated the 3d pen skull I created just a couple of days ago in Guelph. I was not expecting 3Doodler’s team to...