Angus the Animated

Meet Angus:

           

A good friend and recent housemate of mine is a particularly talented stop motion artist brimming with ideas; the lovely miss Adrienne Dowling. One of her creations was that of Angus, a simple fellow with an interesting job. However, his story is yet to be told and so I'll have to leave some mystery as to his origins as he may yet attempt to make it to the big screen. However, I liked him so much that I couldn't just leave him as a stop motion model, and asked if she wouldn't mind me turning him into a digital piece. So after getting her to send on a few photos of him, I set about trying to feed him into a digital world. I was quite happy with the result.

 

Lock em up!

Having had the joy of playing with 3d printers before, I couldn't help but jump at the chance to take part of an instructables challenge to make a tutorial on how to create something for a 3d print. Given free reign I decided to try and make something more than just a simple print, I wanted to make something functional, something you wouldn't be able to make by hand, and most of all, something different. The result: An ornate lock and key. While unfortunately I didn't have access to a 3d printer at the time of making it, a number of people have attempted printing it and the results are starting to appear. If anyone's curious as to how it was made then I suggest taking a quick look at the tutorial, below I'll just show you some of the more interesting breakdowns of it's mechanism and design.

Mortice Lock and Key from Matthew "Rick" Shaw on Vimeo.