3d printed portraits

3D Printing News Briefs: November 23, 2018

We’re starting with a little business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs – Intech confirmed its first order for Additive Industries’ MetalFAB1 3D printer, and Roboze CEO Alessio Lorusso has won…

The National Portrait: 3DCanada Project Captures Canadians’ Likenesses in 1,000 3D Printed Busts

Novelist and artist Douglas Coupland is credited with popularizing the term “Generation X,” which was part of the title of his first novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, published…

3D Printing News Briefs: January 26, 2018

We’ll get the business out of the way first in today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, then move on to some award news and a new 3D design challenge….

Twindom Offers Two New Products for Better 3D Printed Portraits

There will always be something special about photographs taken with a traditional film camera, even if many of them aren’t as sharp or vibrant as digital photos. Film photographs do…

The High-Resolution Veronica Scanner Produces 3D Portraits More Realistic Than Photographs

In the days before photography, people had to go through a lot to obtain a picture of themselves. A portrait often required several sittings, and the subject was required to sit…

Artist Leon Reid IV Unveils New 3D Printed Portraits in TECH-ART Exhibit

While history is full of people trying to narrowly define what art is, people always seem to come along to gleefully create artwork that fits well outside of those boundaries….

Making Visible the Invisible: Artist Uses DNA Phenotyping to Create 3D Printed Portraits of Incarcerated Chelsea Manning

As of this year, Chelsea Manning has been in prison for six years. The US soldier has been incarcerated since 2010, when she was arrested for leaking confidential information, including diplomatic…

Downtown Key West’s 3D Me: Have Your 3D Printed Family Vacation Portrait Made in Full Color

The southernmost point of the United States, Key West, stirs up great memories for many of us, from romantic and brilliantly sunset fueled honeymoons to luxurious cruises to awesome fishing…

Shapify Booth Allows Houstonians to 3D Print Themselves

It’s hard to get a lot done in 12 seconds or less. If you are Michael Phelps, you can swim about 80 feet and if you are a Vine fan,…

Urbanears Uses Sound to Control Racing 3D Printed Heads

It is exactly as strange as it sounds. I’ve spent the past hour watching five full grown adults race 3D printed head versions of themselves on a rotating track complete…