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Joe Wilson

@joewilsoneq.bsky.social

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Hi, it's me, EarthQuake from Polycount. I'm a 3D artist and I do product design at Marmoset. I know things about normal maps. My special interests are cameras, woodworking, and moss. https://marmoset.co/ https://www.artstation.com/earthquake

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 6d

Girl.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 6d

Stop clutching pearl.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 6d

Hello my name is Earl and I like to knurl. I'm also into burl.

Jordan Cain @oddenough.art · 6d

Then moving onto the knurling! This is the really fun part. I used to hate modeling knurling, and static alphas were too limiting. Here, I used a simple line with a bevel and tapered ends, and set the radial count to control size. It’s both fun AND you have so much control.
5/10

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Mar 20

I'm not that guy

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 5

good to see this is a thing in Blender, in Modo you just select the 3 verts and press p to create a face there, I use that to fill holes all the time

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 5

fox and raccoon palling around

#wildlife

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 4

Update: the neck exploded while I was trying to hollow it out. It decided it didn't want to be a weird little vase, what it actually wants to be is a weird little jar.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

gotta love those panel clamps, I have a couple sets of them but installed them on unistrut (steel u-channel)

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

do you have anything that will encourage fox spirits to come to my shop and help me build stuff out of wood - if they can do some light blacksmith work that would be good too but I would have to get a forge so I dunno if that's in the cards

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

Putting one of those DIY minisplits in my shop was the best decision I ever made. Wearing long johns and freezing my little toes off to do a bit of lathe in 13 degrees isn’t a good time. Hopefully you have a space heater pointed directly at you at least!

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

Mostly it's who was an abusive, belligerent drunk who pissed all over the paintings. (spoiler: all of them)

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

I am a slack jawed yokel and all of my art history knowledge comes via osmosis from my wife (art ed and museum background).

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 2

100 bonus points for using white epoxy, it's so milky

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Dec 1

Progress on the Japanese-style laminated knives. 5 different species of wood used here - ironwood, manzanita, walnut, ribbonwood, and boxelder (maple). Putting a wooden knife into a sharpening jig has to be one of the goofiest things I've ever done

sharpening a wooden knife in a kitchen knife jig

wooden knife assembly

marking and chopping the mortise for the handle

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 28

Update on this guy with the first coat of oil on. I decided to do a single bevel aka chisel edge on this one. I’m not happy with the edge yet - it’s chipping out a bit when I sharpen it, so I may need to adjust the angle. The next one will have a double bevel.

#woodworking

wooden kitchen knife

rough grinding the primary bevel

filing the primary bevel

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 28

Yeah I cut straight slots, my assortment of chisels is always changing so I wanted to make it generic - the spacing is even and all the slots are the same size. I put leather strips on the bottom row to keep them from wiggling around, I need to do the same for the top.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 28

Good stuff! I went with a similar design, but added a taper since most of my chisels have a tapered ferule.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 28

Handles will be all wood too, though I'll mimic that style and use walnut where the metal is

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 27

Same! I'm hoping I can hone it to a point where I can make a clean slice in a piece of paper. I found some guys making these on Youtube that were able to cut cucumbers and things like that so I think a somewhat functional edge should be possible.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 27

Here are a couple in more of a western style, with a solid ironwood blade and ribbonwood for the handles

ironwood knife blanks

blocking out the knife scales from ribbonwood burl

knife scales attached to the blade

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 27

I've laminated some thin pieces of ironwood and manzanita to create my own plywood, mimicking how hard and soft steel is used to forge Japanese knives. When I shape the bevel you'll be able to see the inner layer better.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 27

I'm attempting to make some knives entirely out of wood. I'm using super hard, tight-grained wood as an experiment to see how sharp of an edge I can get. Of course, it won't stay sharp like metal but it should be a fun experiment. The first set will be Japanese style with separate handles.

wood veneer with ironwood and manzanita

japanese knives used to create pattern

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 26

Yeah, if you have a copy of TB4, the upgrade discount stacks with the current black friday sale!

Azure Midsummer @millenia3d.net · Nov 26

if you haven't upgraded from Marmoset Toolbag 4 yet, now's a great time to use your upgrade coupon for a wombo combo with the black friday sale they're doing (on for another 7 days and change)

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 26

Awesome! I hadn't seen him for a few months so I was getting worried, but now he's back almost every night. He must have been on vacation (or maybe it's a new fox).

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · Nov 26

He's a good lad. I've gotten the best photos when he's having a midday nap - he's half awake, docile, and just kind of goofs around for a bit.