Blue Appaloosa

@blueappaloosa

3d printing for SciComm (and fun) Animal Anatomy Sometimes GameDev Former adjunct Too many pets 3d Prints (from USA): blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com Merch: blueappaloosa.threadless.com Patreon: Links: blueappaloosa.neocities.org

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Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 14

Hello #PortfolioDay! I make 3d printed animal skulls, keyrings, magnets, and #SciComm models. I design, print, and finish everything myself. Check out my Etsy or Patreon for more! Etsy: blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com Patreon: patreon.com/BlueAppaloosa #PaleoArt #SciArt #3dPrinting #3dModeling

A 3d printed eohippus (a prehistoric horse) skull. It’s tan colored, facing right, with mouth propped open by a stick. Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Two 3d printed thrinaxodon skulls. (Thrinaxodon was a prehistoric creature with a Roman nose and pointed snout.) On the left, tan colored, mouth closed, side-ish view. On the right, white colored, mouth propped open with a US penny, side-ish view. Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

A 3d printed model of a horse foot, in three assemblies. On the left, the tan bones and white cartilage with light orange digital cushion, top-ish view. In the middle, the pink living tissue, top-ish view. On the right, the black hoofwall with light gray laminae and gray sole with black frog, top-ish view. Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Two 3d printed Strawberry Squid designs. The Strawberry Squid has a red body covered with pinkish specs and pinkish fins on the mantle. The eye on the left is small and dark blue, the eye on the right is large and greenish-yellow. The tentacles and suckers on the arms are tan. Each squid has a 1-inch (2.5cm) spit ring though the top of the mantle. Between them is a US penny for scale. Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 10

Another attempt at capturing my horse's weird facial expressions. It's harder from the front. #HorseArt

Pencil sketch of a horse's head, looking towards the camera. Her nose is all wrinkled up.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 8

Sketch of a firefly, ready for take-off. Referenced from the quoted photo by Thomas Shahan. I think I need to simplify my shading when I draw bugs. There's too much going on, and stuff gets lost. #SciArt #Invertebrates #BugSky

Pencil sketch of a firefly, facing the camera, with it's wing-covers lifted and ready for take-off.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 7

More sketching my horse's facial expressions. Really like the way this one turned out. Referenced from a picture. #HorseArt

Pencil sketch of a horse's head/neck, facing left. Her nostrils are flared and she looks like she's concentrating.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 6

Another horse sketch. From a picture of my horse. I'm trying to better capture her weird facial expressions and playful body language. (Since I'm kinda limited to sketching for the time being, might as well work on improving some things.) #HorseArt

Pencil sketch of a horse, facing right, with it's head down and a hind leg lifted off the ground.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 6

Slow progress is still progress. KT tape is holding me together. 😭 The red bit is because I haven't done the inside of the skull yet (the area where the brain would be), and so it's the "back" face of the outside. (WIP 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull.) #PaleoArt #3dModeling

Screenshot showing the back/bottom third or so of a 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull. This is the section behind the eye where the ear would be. You can see where the lower jaw hinges with the skull, as well as there the neck vertebra would connect. There is a small section of red under the "ear" bit. (Macrauchenia is a prehistoric animal that looked kinda like a llama with a short, elephant-like trunk on on it's head.)

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 5

Sketching doesn't seem to aggravate my repetitive-strain injury, as long as I don't get too detailed. So more sketches, I guess. Glass squid are such goofy-looking little creatures. Referenced from a MBARI photo: www.mbari.org/animal/glass... #SciArt #Invertebrates

Pencil sketch of a glass squid, front/side-ish view, facing right. It has it's arms and tentacles pointing upwards in a kind-of "hat" and big, goofy eyes.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 4

So the barn my horse lives at is hosting a little art show. And I figured it might be fun to submit something, but I looked at my recent horse art and uhm.... Not really the right audience. Might have to make something new. #DarkArt #HorseArt

Sculpture of a horse skull with two swords stuck through it, side view, facing left-ish, zoomed in compared to the other pics. The swords were "stabbed" under the jaw, and stick out the "front" of the face, like a unicorn horn. The back/upper sword is longer, the front/lower sword is shorter. The back two-thirds of the skull is covered with dried, peeling, flesh covered with pink, blue, and purple veins. The eyeball is dead white. The sword handled are wrapped with purple string that ends in tassels.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

A horse-like creature rearing on a dark green background. The creature has no skin so the muscles tendons and bones are visible. The creature also has a long, bladed horn. Everything is shaded with rainbow colors.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 3

This section always takes as much time (or more) than the rest of the skull combined. 😭 Still not finished, but have most the major shapes in place. I think. (WIP 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull.) #PaleoArt #3dModeling

Screenshot showing the back/bottom third or so of a 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull. This is the section behind the eye where the ear would be and the hinge of the jaw. (Macrauchenia is a prehistoric animal that looked kinda like a llama with a short, elephant-like trunk on on it's head.)

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 1

It's #InternationalPolychaeteDay! Polychaetes are also called Bristle Worms and most species live in the ocean. There are over 10,000 species known. To celebrate, here are some Gossamer Worm keychains I made for #InsertAnInvert2024. The segments are jointed so they wiggle! #SciArt

Two 3d printed gossamer worm designs; worm-like creature with many “legs” coming out from the body. The one on the left is a pearly-pink color. The one on the right is a white translucent color. Each has a 1-inch (2.5cm) split ring through it’s head. Between them is a US penny for scale.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jul 1

It seriously looks like someone just scooped out a chuck of clay from the top of Huayqueriana's head. (WIP of a 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull. Such a weird looking creature.) #PaleoArt #3dModeling

Screenshot showing a cropped view of the top of a 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull, showing the back half-ish. There's a passage through the top of the forehead through the bottom palate. Just behind/above it are four grooves in a fan shape that look like four fingers have scooped out wet clay. (Macrauchenia is a prehistoric animal that looked kinda like a llama with a short, elephant-like trunk on on it's head.)

Screenshot showing a 3d model of a Macrauchenia skull top/front/side view. There's a passage through the top of the forehead kinda like dolphin skull, and it has a long slender snout. (Macrauchenia is a prehistoric animal that looked kinda like a llama with a short, elephant-like trunk on on it's head.)

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 27

Poking at digital painting and kept trying to figure out why this style looked so familiar. Oh, the rainbow shading? Yeah, totally an AI thing, isn't it. 😖 Guess I'll just go ahead and walk into the sea. 🙃

WIP of a digital painting of a horse-like creature rearing. It has no skin, and the muscles are shaded with rainbow colors. The head and legs are unfinished.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 26

See, I can draw nice, normal unicorns! Sometimes. This is fine, but somewhere along the way it lost the "playfulness" I liked in the picture I was referencing. May try again. #Junicorn #HorseArt #UnicornArt

Pencil sketch of a horse-like unicorn walking from the left towards the viewers right side.

Watermark Reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 26

Of course! More pics on my Etsy blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com/listing/1716... And this one is on my SketchFab too: skfb.ly/oTwZY

A 3d printed biarmosuchus skull, tan colored, facing right. (Biarmosuchus was a prehistoric creature with a long flat snout and prominent fangs.)

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

A 3d printed biarmosuchus skull, tan colored, the jaw is on the left pointing front/right, the cranium is on the right facing front/left. (Biarmosuchus was a prehistoric creature with a long flat snout and prominent fangs.)

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 24

Made a terrible comic for #MakeATerribleComicDay. This is what happens when you give the Grumpy Roan Mare a treat. (Yes, the framing is bad and the line-work is rough, and you can see my eraser-marks. I could probably fix those but it's not Make a Mediocre Comic Day now is it?) #HorseArt

Pencil-sketch "comic" in three panels.

First panel, a horse's head looking at a hand holding a horse treat.

Second panel, the horse has the entire hand in it's mouth, with "Slorp" text nearby.

Third panel, the horse is chewing on the treat, the hand is covered in slobber.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 23

For #JapaneseCrabDay, Hairy Stone Crab keychains and magnets I made for #InsertAnInvert2024. Love the bright blue antennae! 🦀

Two 3d printed hairy stone crab designs. The crab is dark brown with a rough texture, tan joints, silver eyes, and blue antenna. The crab on the right has a 1-inch keyring through the abdomen. A US penny is between them.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 22

Flayed swordicorn. Kinda like this one, but not sure if I'll do anything more with it. #Junicorn #DarkArt

Pencil sketch of a rearing horse creature with a large horn on it's head. The creature has a skull head and no skin on the body so the muscles are visible.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 20

Think this is finally done! Maybe now it will stop haunting me and I can work on other projects. Hoplitomeryx skull, blowflies, and clown beetles. (3d printed parts with additional bits, 3d modeled, printed, painted, everything else by me) #SciArt #DarkArt #Invertebrates

A tannish colored Hoptilomeryx (prehistoric antelope with a horn in the center of it's forehead, a forked horn over each eye, and prominent fangs) skull with bits of red and brown dried flesh visible along the cheek and braincase, and a glowing green eye, facing left. There are several shiny green insects scattered around on it.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Close-up of the top side-front view of a tannish colored Hoptilomeryx (prehistoric antelope with a horn in the center of it's forehead, a forked horn over each eye, and prominent fangs) skull with a glowing green eye an a strip of brown brown dried flesh visible above the eye. There are several shiny green flies with red eyes scattered around on it.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Close-up of a side view of the back half of a tannish colored Hoptilomeryx (prehistoric antelope with a horn in the center of it's forehead, a forked horn over each eye, and prominent fangs) skull with a glowing green eye. There are bits of reddish dried flesh along the brain-case and cheek, and a piece of brown dried flesh partially covering the brain-case. There are several shiny green beetles on the brain-cases, and several shiny green flies with red eyes scattered around.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 18

I got them spray-coated and they looked great and then I decided to add little legs and now I have regrets again. 😭 (The wires will get trimmed and shaped to appropriate leg shapes, but it's already frustrating to work with so I gotta simplify when I can.) #SciArt #Invertebrates

Several tiny green flies and beetles, each with small wires glued to the bottom, spread out on a paper towel.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 17

Another swordicorn sketch. Actually had to be a responsible adult today, ugh. #Junicorn #DarkArt

Pencil sketch of a horse-like creature frolicking. The creature has a horse-skull head with a sword run through it resembling a unicorn horn.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 14

Cookie? (Trying to do some sketching while I find the energy to work on something bigger.) #Junicorn #DarkArt

Pencil sketch of a horse-creature facing the camera with a cute, sideways head tilt. The creature has a horse-skull head with a sword through it, resembling a unicorn horn, and a dark-colored body.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 13

Artists, QRT with your range! I never know how far I'm allowed to go on these. Do I stick to 2D? 3D? Only "fine" art? Only the last 5 years? #SciArt

Painting of an egyptian vulture's head and neck, facing left. The background is blue and purple and kinda swirly. The vulture's naked head is yellow with a black-tipped beak and a bright red eye. The feathers are white.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

A chestnut horse's head, with an annoyed expression. Text next to it reads: Resting Mare Face.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

A 3d printed horse foot, partially disassembled. On the left, the sole is flat on the ground with the far pink living tissue in place. The near living tissue has been removed, showing the position of the tan bones, white cartilage and light orange digital cushion. Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Side view of a skull of a deer-like creature with prominent fangs on the upper jaw, a split lower-with a a pair of fangs, and antennae-like structures protruding from the mouth. The skull is tan-colored, with parts coated in a light blue-ish substance. It also has red eyeballs and red, feathery antennae coming from the top of it's head. There are red lines carved into the lower jaw.

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Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 13

When in doubt, draw a horse-creature with big teeth. #DarkArt #HorseArt

Pencil sketch of a horse-creature's head and shoulders. The creatures head is a horse-like skull with large fangs.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 8

Oh sure, you put four legs on a goose and it's "adorable". But you put eight legs on a goose and suddenly it's an "abomination". I see how it is.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 5

I made some things. This is my second time ever using a sewing machine to sew things, as opposed to my usual method; hand sewing with pliers (I am usually sewing things that a "regular" sewing machine couldn't handle). Pattern from PrintablePony www.etsy.com/listing/6013...

A chestnut horse's head, front/side view, facing leftish. She's wearing a bitless bridle and an ear bonnet made from an orange handkerchief.

A red roan horse's head with a large blaze, front/side view, facing leftish. She's wearing a bitless bridle and an ear bonnet made from an blue handkerchief.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· Jun 1

Weird little project to make myself feel better that happens to coincide with #Junicorn. Might do another one, it was kinda fun. (3d printed with some additional bits. Modeled/printed/painted/everything else by me.) #DarkArt #UnicornArt

Sculpture of a horse skull with two swords stuck through it, side view, facing right. The swords were "stabbed" under the jaw, and stick out the "front" of the face, like a unicorn horn. The back/upper sword is longer, the front/lower sword is shorter. The back two-thirds of the skull is covered with dried, peeling, flesh covered with pink, blue, and purple veins. The eyeball is dead white. The sword handled are wrapped with purple string that ends in tassels.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Sculpture of a horse skull with two swords stuck through it, front/side view, facing left-ish. The swords were "stabbed" under the jaw, and stick out the "front" of the face, like a unicorn horn. The back/upper sword is longer, the front/lower sword is shorter. The back two-thirds of the skull is covered with dried, peeling, flesh covered with pink, blue, and purple veins. The eyeball is dead white. The sword handled are wrapped with purple string that ends in tassels.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Sculpture of a horse skull with two swords stuck through it, back/side view, facing right-ish. The swords were "stabbed" under the jaw, and stick out the "front" of the face, like a unicorn horn. The back/upper sword is longer, the front/lower sword is shorter. The back two-thirds of the skull is covered with dried, peeling, flesh covered with pink, blue, and purple veins. The eyeball is dead white. The sword handled are wrapped with purple string that ends in tassels.

Watermark reads: Blue Appaloosa

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· May 24

They're painted! Will put a glossy clear-coat on them for maximum shininess, but they'll probably be even harder to photograph after that. They're based on blowflies and clown beetles. (3d modeled, printed, painted by me.) #SciArt #Invertebrates

Top-down photo of many small, blue-green flies and beetles glued to toothpicks, with the toothpicks stabbed into corrugated cardboard.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· May 24

I had a neat idea, and now I have regrets. (Each of those bugs is ~half a centimeter, and has been painstakingly clipped from supports, glued to the end of a toothpick, and will now be individually painted, probably with the aid of a magnifying glass. This is only half of them. 😭) #Invertebrates

Many tiny, 3d printed beetles and flies, each glued to the end of a toothpick. The toothpicks being held upright because the non-bug end is shoved into the spaces in piece of rolled up corrugated cardboard.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· May 21

I made a thing. I'm not sure what I'm going to *do* with the thing, that was not part of the plan. (I am intrigued by the sword-icorn concept and want to play with it. Everything was 3d modeled and printed by me.) #UnicornArt #Unicorn #DarkArt

A 3d printed horse skull with two swords stuck through it. The swords were "stabbed" under the jaw, and stick out the "front" of the face, like a unicorn horn. The back/upper sword is longer, the front/lower sword is shorter.

Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa· May 19

Short (slightly sped up) video of the horse foot model being disassembled. Hopefully provides some insight into how it all goes together. The cartilage/ligaments/tendons (white), digital cushion (light orange) and living tissue (pink) are made from a flexible material #SciArt #Horse #SciComm