John McNairn

 I recently created a model based on this photo of Rachelle Summers, taken by John McNairn.

The model came out pretty well and was very suitable for printing. You can see the resin print on the right in the photo below.

Naturally, I started following John's Twitter account, @foxtherascal, and have really enjoyed his frequent contributions.

As usual, I am on the lookout for fine art nude photos of models in poses that look like they could be 3D printed with an absolute minimum of support material.

On May 21st this year, John posted a photo entitled "Miss'D - Stephanie Dubois". It's a stunning photo and absolutely meets all my criteria. Hopefully, John won't mind me sharing it here.

It was only when I started reading a bit more about Stephanie Dubois that I learned of her tragic story and then understood the significance of John's clever title. Stephanie was one of the extremely unlucky victims of the rare, fatal side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine that has protected so many millions of others.

I decided very quickly that I had to create my own tribute to her, in the form of a 3D printed sculpture of this lovely pose.

Resin printing

Having resisted buying a resin printer for a long time, mainly because of the mess involved, I finally relented and bought myself an Elegoo Mars 2. The process is horribly messy and smelly and generally toxic, but the results are, as expected, in a different league.

 

Naturally, I revisited some of my recent designs and experiment with making resin prints. Here are a few of the results.

 

The level of detail is fantastic but the prints are on the small side. the tall model in the centre was printed in two halves and then welded together with a few drops of resin. It's actually quite hard to see the join!

Orson Carter

 It was seeing the photo of Ali Brooks in my last post that led me to the large portfolio of work by Orson Carter. Clearly a man after my own heart, he creates tasteful and always beautiful art nude photos that concentrate on a subtle 'shapes and shadows' style. I found many inspirational poses that would make great interesting challenges for 3D printed sculptures amongst his work, but after selecting my short-list of half a dozen favourites, the one at the top of my list turned out to be the one at the top of Orson's page as well. 

The photo of Melissa Tongue is another example of an implied nude, full of diagonal lines, extreme twists and wonderful light and shade.

 

Creating the pose in Daz Studio required turning off the 'range-of-motion limits' for many joints, but eventually I was able to achieve this 3D representation of the photo. I did make a slight modification to the position of the left hand so that the chin and tip of the nose would be supported.