Brush Rests

My paintbrushes kept rolling off my scrap paper and onto my new table which was kind of stupid, but more importantly pointed out that I really had no way to prevent them from rolling away. So, like most small problems I have, I consulted Blender first. In my mind, I thought a brush rest would be better if made out of clay, however, a 3D print is a lot easier to prototype. So, I made a simply worm-on-a-string looking brush holder and when I was happy with it made some fins on it to make an eel version. The first draft was printed at 700% size, and the crappiest print quality.

While technically the first print worked fine - which was suprising given the fact that I didn’t measure anything - it was ugly and felt cheap. I tried sanding it, but the quality was way too rough to even use for myself, it was also really thin and lightweight which meant that I would probably just lose it. Since the sculpt was fine, I just printed it at 1000% size and in standard quality to see where that put me.

The 1000% size gave the sculpt more weight and size so that it more comfortably held brushes. I was happy with that at this point, so I sanded and painted it. I really hate enamel paints so I used acrylics, but they suck for 3D prints, you need so many coats. Anyway, I painted one like a pink worm on a string and the other like a ribbon eel. Then I sealed them with a satin finish spray paint.

I decided to revist my brush rests with my resin printer. I kept the new size upgrades, but resculpted the design to add more texture that I knew the resin printer could handle. They are much sturdier than the plastic versions and feel nowhere near as cheap. Once printed I painted them with acrylics and sealed them similar to the plastic version.