So I 3D modelled two icons (well, illustrations rather) for the communities that I created on kbin: Industrial Design and Jewelry Design. These icons are meant to reimagine kbin’s logo in a way that’s relevant to each community.
Btw, as a feature request, I think it might be cool to separate the banner on a magazine’s page from the mini-icon that shows up in listings. Also, inline images should be a thing, I think.
Industrial Design: icon
This icon is just an assortment of various gizmos and whatchamacallits that seemed to fit the shape. It was modelled in Rhino and rendered in Keyshot. The model uses curvature continuity, just like any self-respecting grown-up model would.
Ghosted view, plaster view
Jewelry Design: icon
This icon is designed as a hypothetically producible piece of jewelry, except that the corners — those tiny semi-spheres that hold the gems — are a tiny bit larger than usual to accommodate the icon’s scale. The piece has a partially open back — a common practice in jewelry design — to allow for more light to reach the gems. That makes them look prettier both in renders and irl.
Front view, back view
The model was created in Rhino and later welded and polished in ZBrush to make it appear closer to how it would look in real life.
zBrush smoothing
Want one?
Creating these was a lot of fun, so I’m open to making a few more. If you’re the owner of a magazine and would like to have a similar icon, comment here to discuss it. I’ll be creating these during my free time on weekends, so I probably won’t be able to make more than a couple pieces a week though.
Omg I would totally let you in current wave of beta testers for Artemis app. Just to add a cool icon like that to icon switcher 🥹
Haha, I was just reading about you guys a couple of hours ago. I’m definitely up to sign up :)
As for the icon — do you have any specific wishes?
Surprise me ha. But here’s our icon pack right now for inspo: https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp/t/94039/First-Artemis-icon-pack-has-been-created
And, sending you a DM about beta :)
This is awesome. I really dig the ghosted view you did for the ID community; there’s something about that pencil/draft look that just looks so cool.
Btw, as a feature request, I think it might be cool to separate the banner on a magazine’s page from the mini-icon that shows up in listings. Also, inline images should be a thing, I think.
This is a good idea, usually icons and banners have different aspect ratios. Surprisingly, this hasn’t been addressed in the issues section of the code repo at Codeberg, so you may request this feature should you feel so inclined. Ernest said the focus is on instance stability and core functionality at the moment, but I’m sure something like this will eventually get taken care of. There are a few more devs involved these days, fortunately all of Kbin’s development and operation duties are no longer dependent on one person.
But yea, siiick art!
Thanks. Yeah, I plan to post several feedback/feature requests there, but probably in a bit not to clutter it atm.
Heh I made one of the Kbird mascot, maybe you can improve, I would love to see the Kbird in your 3D style
Sure, I’ll give it a try sometime next week :)
These are excellent!
@fearout
These look great! Just the right amount of detail.
I have created @3dmodeling and @zbrush here, so if you’re interested in sharing these there too I’d personally love that!Sure. Also, subscribed :)
@fearout
was replying from mobile - so I’d like to add here… Great work on the texturing! The materials really look like their real life counterparts, perhaps even a bit more edible than supposed to. Which is a good thing.Thanks! Also, here’s one if you’d like something similar to your current one for your community.
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Also, regarding your sidebar text, you have this line there “…Blender, ZBrush, Rhino — Which ever software floats your Boaty”
You missed an opportunity to put “Whichever floats your Benchy” :)
I knew I made a mistake somewhere 😂 I’ll get to it - I’ve been focused on #artemisapp the past weeks, so slowly catching up on my magazines!
in love with thesze ‼️❤️
Thanks :)
@fearout Nice shaders and light. I like this style.
These look incredible! Would you mind making one for /m/enhancement? I think it’d be the perfect logo for the userscript we’ve been working on (right now we’re calling it kbin Enhancement Suite), we haven’t released it just yet but we’re hoping to follow in the footsteps of RES
Could you release the 3D model for just a “stock” folder icon so others can make their own modifications?
Do you have any specific ideas in mind?
And I’ll probably share the base models and a Keyshot camera setup file with the next update in case anyone wants to experiment their own. But there’s lots of cleanup to be done, right now it’s a mess :)
Oh my gosh, those look amazing! 🤩 I love the idea of various magazines using something similar like this. Aside from them just being cool, I like how they bring some uniformity to the magazines on the platform while also visually expressing themselves in a unique and creative way. Unfortunately I can’t think of a way for the magazines I run to be adopted to this 3D format, but if I run into anyone looking for an icon for their magazines, I’ll definitely send them your way!
