Succulent Bud Pendant

The succulent bud pendant has made it!  Can’t wait to get earring versions of these done…

Here’s a group shot of all currently available succulent pendants!

Group shot of succulent pendants

Silver Red Blood Cell Pendant

Sterling silver red blood cell pendant!  Available (of course) on Etsy!

This one was done in the polished silver, and compared to another test print I had done months and months ago, this one is gorgeous!

Red blood cell pendant image

Red blood cell pendant image 2

Sneak peak at upcoming jewelry series – Rosette Succulents!

These renders show a sneak peak of a new series of jewelry I’m working on, inspired by the lovely botanical and geometric forms of rosette succulents. 4 in progress currently, test 3D printing to begin soon!

Rosette Succulent Pendant previews - perspective

 

Rosette Succulent Pendant previews - orthographic

 

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Updated: 2 of the succulents now available in stainless steel!

Pretty and lovely floral one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/96542449/flowersucculent-pendant-in-stainless?ref=v1_other_1

Spiky one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/96542196/spiky-flowersucculent-pendant?ref=v1_other_2

Lemur Sketch 1

Very exciting – I’m going to be doing some volunteer illustration work for a fantastic local animal care organization: CARE, a center with mostly big cats, but also 4 lemurs. They take fantastic care of the animals (often wild animals that need to be taken in) and work to promote wild animal awareness.

Here’s lemur sketch #1!

Lemur sketch 1

Honeycomb Slice Pendant

Freshly photographed – the first in what I hope to be a series of honeycomb jewelry pieces, of course now available on etsy, printed by Shapeways (after 3D ‘hand modeling’ by yours truly) in matte gold coated stainless steel.

photograph of 'honeycomb slice pendant' with necklace chain

Anatomical Heart Ring Holder

After doing a few searches, and not coming up with any anatomical heart ring holders done by anyone else (let me know if I’ve missed any!), I was excited to go ahead and do this myself. After modeling and a few test prints, the final result has been beautifully printed by Shapeways in stainless steel. Check out the heart ring holder on Etsy!

Anatomical Heart Ring Holder by Michelle Davis

Newborn Painting

For my very young nephew and his parents, I painted this painting, based on a lovely photo taken by my sister in law’s sister (though colors and a few minor things were changed for the painting). His name is Nolan, and he is such a cutey!

The whole painting:
Painting of Nolan, by Michelle Davis

Detail:
Detail of Nolan Painting, by Michelle Davis

3D Printing How-to Handout

At the 2011 Association of Medical Illustrators meeting this past weekend, I was able to show and talk about the experiences I’ve had with 3D printing, especially with jewelry, and especially using Shapeways.

Below is the handout I made available! It’s a very short primer with tips about the process, information about other 3D printing services, and examples of other designers’ great works.
Shapeways Printing How To – Michelle Davis

Finished Giant Iris Painting

The giant pop art style iris painting is now on its way to Hoyos (a fascinating company that makes iris scanning devices), after being successfully framed and packaged very very well by UPS!
Below is a series of process images – I always love seeing the way other artists create and develop their artworks, and wanted to show this painting’s development. Fun stuff!
You’ll notice some color variation throughout – some of that is the painting process, but some is because I photographed at night vs. daytime.

Drawing study for the iris.
Digital study of the iris over a graphite drawing
Final color digital study for the painting.
The cat is in front of the canvas.
The drawing is applied to the canvas.
Image of the first application of paint to the canvas.
#2 of the iris painting sequence
#3 of the iris painting sequence
#4 of the iris painting sequence
#5 of the iris painting sequence
#6 of the iris painting sequence
#7 of the iris painting sequence
#8 of the iris painting sequence
#9 of the iris painting sequence
The finished painting, complete with framing.

In Progress: giant iris painting

Here’s a sneak peak at a very large project I’ve been working on for a very cool iris scanning company – Hoyos. 60 inches square.

giant iris painting action shot

giant iris painting preview: action shot of painter painting