Bro even I am a sculptor Wanted to give a piece of advice. Just take a 🕯️ (candle) and heat that 1$ knife when you cut. It will perfect with polystyrene.
100% enjoying to see this! hope you will not mess it up ( 3 minutes ) ... ok saw it till the end - please make a new carving video 😂😂 you can go through new school breaks into the holes of letters and carve with the good tool there too. just use needles to hold everything in place. But good tryout - would love to see you painting the 3D sculpture with realistic shading on a wall!
In the film industry we use drywall mud and sand paper to smooth out everything then truck bedliner to seal it alternatively you could plastidip it then scuff and airbrush detail
Hey doke, my parents use to have a poly art business and used a table cutter, two pieces of poly, glued with aquadere. One would be a black background with the colour pieces stuck on top to make the 3d. They also used thick cardboard as the design template which was pinned to to poly and would allow the hot wire to cut close clean lines. I have lots more tips if your interested. I write Wizer and live in Australia. Peace
For the next time you do this, you could use the clean cutting wire to cut the inside holes, just cut in through one edge and around the inside hole then back out the same slit you cut to go inside the hole, it will leave minimal visual damage and could be glued together if the tiny gap bothers you
The best way to get rid of the bulk of the high density foam is with a fine blade in a jig saw. Plus, you can get super clean lines with the use of sandpaper. It sands extremely well.
Looks good! For the future if you get a sanding stick you can reach those areas in the holes and get them nice and clean.... just do it outside the dust gets everywhere
Came out great, a jig saw with a fine tooth metal cutting blade would be a lot more consistent and cleaner, and you can buy them for about $30. And whatever doesn't come out clean you can hide with black paint haha😁! great job man!
just so you know, the one with the wire can do holes like in the o, you simply need to detach the wire from one side, put it true the hole, and reattach it. I don't know if your set can do it but I know some can
At my work for foam cutting in the packaging department we have a table with a hot wire going through vertically. You have way more control when have it fixed and just move the foam. Its like having three hands.
You should be able to take the wire off on the first one. So the straight attachment you used was to make the initial mark for the inside shapes then you can go back and use the wire to cut it out. You would just have to undo the wire and retighten it.
Very cool idea. I think the next step would be to make it truly 3d. And layers and depth to the letters. As in one in front of the other. Or maybe a curved front. It's a good start. Maybe try some super fine grit sandpaper to help clean the edges and internal spaces .
You should clean up the edges and insides of the foam with sandpaper. It makes the art go from a solid 7 to a measly 4. It looks VERY unfinished. Take a break and come back to it. THEN paint it. Dont just paint it to get it done and over with.
you could try to just cut the sculpture on the outside and maybe use one of those sawblades you were mentioning in the video but you can defenetly also get a better result with a really fine hand saw some sandingpaper and maybe use some sort of a dremel tool to give it more texture and depth :)
Art hack for big circles (I always use this one for mandalas when I draw something bigger) - tie a piece of yarn around a pencil, then take the other end and wrap it around a nail/pin/ whatever. The yarn should be as long as half the size of the circle you wanna draw. Then put the pin in the middle of the space where you wanna draw the circle, pull the pencil as far as you can and boom - you'll get a somewhat perfect circle.
I like the carving video I was just thinking when you're using the needle Hotwire thing if you just kept a wire brush nearby and clean it every so often you might be able to get straight smooth lines with needle tip
If you use model foam you can bend it with a heat gun. Then you could shine a light on it and see the perfect shading gradients. Take a pic and go paint something crazy based on it.
As everyone mentioned get some sandpaper. I would also suggest to use filler spray before painting. Maybe you can get a smoother surface without the foam texture und sketch lines
There is a tool similar to yours but the hot wire is vertical and it's mounted on kind of a plate so you put your material on the plate and then you can move it thru the wire so youll have got excellent 90 degree shapes and round shapes will be much easier. Hope you understand what I mean. PS. You're an awesome TH-camr
shop.probauteam.de/epages/61352506.mobile/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61352506/Products/Proxxon&Locale=de_DE That's a web link for the product I mentioned. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
If you draw the design you want to carve on paper and spray glue it to the foam the hot wire wont cut the paper giving you a clean edge that's how I've been doing it for years. You did great for free hand though.
AAAA little tippp. If u want to cut cleaner shapes try holding the cutter with your left hand but steady and move the letter with your right hand with out mooving the cutter
This is cool. Reminds me of working at the sign shop. Try a product called High Density Urethane. It's even stronger and denser than the foam board you used.
I watch your videos a really long time now.. and every time I think: okay now he is not in the position to do something new or incredible but then you always get me.. Oh man this artwork looks great doke.. I hope there is coming another one soon Sorry for my bad english
Not sure you know this Doke but when cutting out areas such as the inner part of the "O" you can poke a hole in the center of the area then on the main wire foam cutting tool you un-tie one end of the wires from its post then string it through the hole of the "O" and cut the desired shape out. Cutting foam is pretty nasty if you don't have a fan or open area for the fumes.
u and some othe graffiti youtuber really inspired me to do graffiti again... i used to to it all the time when i was 13-17..now i'm 29 and i scrap all over my old blackbook again^^
The nice thing about styrofoame is that you can sandcast it, whitout removing de faom creature out of the sand before casting. In this way you can cast everything that you make out of the styrofoam. This is because the styrofaom will disapear when the hot metal touches it.
The rod cutter is used to make a hole to then disconnect the wire feed through hole reconnect and cut probably. Almost exactly like a jeweler saw would be done. Pre drill hole insert cutting apparatus and Bam!! Idk just a guess
Metal straight edge and tape it to the foam. Wire follows the edge. Prob will destroy the wire faster though. Get a steel straight edge about 18” at least
Usually the foam cutter is not hot enough to light up thicker paper, so you could try using a stencil of paper next time for clean lines (try watching the king of random for some tips)
I think that when you have a hole in a letter the idea is to make a small hole first with the point tool. Then take off the wire from the cutter, thread it through the hole and put it back onto the heated cutter.
Doke , I feel that you might miss the one thing about this, as much as you might already have read. BUT ... when doing these sculptures cutting out is just one part. Then you have to patch, as @SCOCAT stated you need to high grit sand it also. So here is my two cents (or 2 euros). 1: I would of done what you did and cut each letter out as a single unit. 2: Cleaned them up with the sandpaper and just worked on the over all shape (not just blocked but any other way) 3: Used Poly glue to adhere the letters together and made it flow that way. 4: Airbrushed some color into it and or applied bondo to make it stiff. This all sounds good and i know you are not "ballin" (make tons of money) but this video is a good and solid foundation for things that you can build on and make WAY better. You use the platform of youtube to show your content, and i am sure they have some creators that do Poly crafting also so you can see or do what they are talking about. * What i like to see on the next video is - Gunpla with street art on it * : Link for expliantion softoyhobby.com/tag/gundam/page/2/ I have a few that are built and would be ok shipping them DM me and if this is something you like then that is fine with me. I can go over which ones i have so you can get what you need for your style.
Its cool, but i was hoping it would be almost like a layered look. Like its not level with the other letters. Maybe have some of it go behind certain areas. Still came out sick tho
Hey, i have a lil tip for you. Im working with this kind of things in my Job. You just have to build a stand for the thing, so the wire will be straight all the time. Than u´ll have noch "3D Effects" anymore, just straight lines! ^^
Doke try doing it proper 3d where there is line going behind the other. But this is also amazing and as you practise you will develop more skils with the hot wite its like can control😁
One trick when carving anything, is to start at the bottom of your sheet so you don't waste half of it or have to do a bunch of extra to get to what you need
Loved the video Doke. Maybe u should make more of this kind of videos. Maybe with different tools for the trade. 🤙👏✌💪(two thumbs up) Those pieces look great!! I'm definitely gonna get into trying these myself.
Hello Doke I have used this trick alot to seal poly or any kind of foam check out Punished Props Academy on TH-cam. Basically use Mod Podge or any white glue for the 1st layer then you can use rattle can primer afterwards. Then paint with with whatever you like, plus you can also sand the primer smooth as well. I really like your content and art work keep it up.
I think you should have gotten a high grit sandpaper to smooth out the round shapes
SCOCAT came here to say this.
Yea
He must use sand paper
IT would be broken
^^^
it wont break if you have a more smoother surface on the paper
You wasted a lot of foam drawing the design in the middle if you did it on the edge you could have carved more things
And waste a lot of time to cut the waste with the cutter. Why not used the knife to cut it with 2 simple wrist moves. 😅😂
Originally Awesome TV true
You know what ur doing
its 5€
@@luka1693 its also very polluting to the environment... just coz things are cheap, doesn't mean we need to be wasteful and throw them away
you can use some sandpapef to make it smooth ;) greetz from germany
I thought it's Germany 😂
Are you 15 years old?
Lmao he's such a huge fan of 15 year old writers from Germany 😂
Bro even I am a sculptor
Wanted to give a piece of advice.
Just take a 🕯️ (candle) and heat that 1$ knife when you cut.
It will perfect with polystyrene.
100% enjoying to see this! hope you will not mess it up ( 3 minutes )
... ok saw it till the end - please make a new carving video 😂😂 you can go through new school
breaks into the holes of letters and carve with the good tool there too. just use needles to hold everything in place. But good tryout - would love to see you painting the 3D sculpture with realistic shading on a wall!
Have you seen DAIMs sculptures? I remember being in awe of them when I was a kid. Graffiti lettering sculptures. They are so awesome.
@doke we exactly! Daim and Delta!
Oh yes, Daim AND Delta!
Daim, Delta and Doke!
In the film industry we use drywall mud and sand paper to smooth out everything then truck bedliner to seal it alternatively you could plastidip it
then scuff and airbrush detail
Hey doke, my parents use to have a poly art business and used a table cutter, two pieces of poly, glued with aquadere. One would be a black background with the colour pieces stuck on top to make the 3d. They also used thick cardboard as the design template which was pinned to to poly and would allow the hot wire to cut close clean lines. I have lots more tips if your interested. I write Wizer and live in Australia. Peace
For the next time you do this, you could use the clean cutting wire to cut the inside holes, just cut in through one edge and around the inside hole then back out the same slit you cut to go inside the hole, it will leave minimal visual damage and could be glued together if the tiny gap bothers you
The best way to get rid of the bulk of the high density foam is with a fine blade in a jig saw. Plus, you can get super clean lines with the use of sandpaper. It sands extremely well.
I like the rough and irregular flat surfaces. Adds character. Crazy and cool, brother. Nice work.
Looks good! For the future if you get a sanding stick you can reach those areas in the holes and get them nice and clean.... just do it outside the dust gets everywhere
Came out great, a jig saw with a fine tooth metal cutting blade would be a lot more consistent and cleaner, and you can buy them for about $30. And whatever doesn't come out clean you can hide with black paint haha😁! great job man!
just so you know, the one with the wire can do holes like in the o, you simply need to detach the wire from one side, put it true the hole, and reattach it. I don't know if your set can do it but I know some can
The best thing about this video is that you explain how you are going to do ❤️
If you use some fine sandpaper u can smooth out rounded areas. Its how I make foam molds for automotive dash pieces.
At my work for foam cutting in the packaging department we have a table with a hot wire going through vertically. You have way more control when have it fixed and just move the foam. Its like having three hands.
Heres a tip use sandpaper to make the cuts flush wrap ig around a pencil to get in tight places
You should be able to take the wire off on the first one. So the straight attachment you used was to make the initial mark for the inside shapes then you can go back and use the wire to cut it out. You would just have to undo the wire and retighten it.
I like the wavyness on the back of the outline myself, it makes some of it look like cloth
Very cool idea. I think the next step would be to make it truly 3d. And layers and depth to the letters. As in one in front of the other. Or maybe a curved front. It's a good start. Maybe try some super fine grit sandpaper to help clean the edges and internal spaces .
I am not sure if that would work, but you could try to use sandpaper to smoothen the inner parts of letters
I love the fact that you try different mediums of art.
I like your video very much for finishing and detailing by using the Sand paper
You should clean up the edges and insides of the foam with sandpaper. It makes the art go from a solid 7 to a measly 4. It looks VERY unfinished. Take a break and come back to it. THEN paint it. Dont just paint it to get it done and over with.
CARLOS X RAMIREZ lol it’s his first time and he probably didn’t even think about sandpaper so don’t jump to being all toxic about it
you could try to just cut the sculpture on the outside and maybe use one of those sawblades you were mentioning in the video but you can defenetly also get a better result with a really fine hand saw some sandingpaper and maybe use some sort of a dremel tool to give it more texture and depth :)
Art hack for big circles (I always use this one for mandalas when I draw something bigger) - tie a piece of yarn around a pencil, then take the other end and wrap it around a nail/pin/ whatever. The yarn should be as long as half the size of the circle you wanna draw. Then put the pin in the middle of the space where you wanna draw the circle, pull the pencil as far as you can and boom - you'll get a somewhat perfect circle.
I like the carving video I was just thinking when you're using the needle Hotwire thing if you just kept a wire brush nearby and clean it every so often you might be able to get straight smooth lines with needle tip
You could try using sandpaper to smoothe some of the surfaces.
You should do a costume Macbook if you bring back the costume series! Would be pretty sick!😊
What costume
If you use model foam you can bend it with a heat gun. Then you could shine a light on it and see the perfect shading gradients. Take a pic and go paint something crazy based on it.
As everyone mentioned get some sandpaper. I would also suggest to use filler spray before painting. Maybe you can get a smoother surface without the foam texture und sketch lines
This is awesome! I'm just getting into Graff, but I have a foam cutter and plenty to mess around withgoing to give this a try
There is a tool similar to yours but the hot wire is vertical and it's mounted on kind of a plate so you put your material on the plate and then you can move it thru the wire so youll have got excellent 90 degree shapes and round shapes will be much easier. Hope you understand what I mean. PS. You're an awesome TH-camr
shop.probauteam.de/epages/61352506.mobile/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61352506/Products/Proxxon&Locale=de_DE
That's a web link for the product I mentioned. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
If you draw the design you want to carve on paper and spray glue it to the foam the hot wire wont cut the paper giving you a clean edge that's how I've been doing it for years. You did great for free hand though.
Notification squad love your work❤️
6:15 yes i do
Wrap sand paper around a long and skinny object or alternatively fold the sand paper and use that to smoothen put the interior edges
You could use cardboard stencils on both sides of the polystyrene that act as a guide for your wire cutter.
Man it looks sooooo awesome!
You can use sandpaper to smooth out the edges
AAAA little tippp. If u want to cut cleaner shapes try holding the cutter with your left hand but steady and move the letter with your right hand with out mooving the cutter
I think that you can disassemble the wire from the machine, put it through those holes, assemble it back together and make much smoother edges :)
The last piece looks really awesome
This is cool. Reminds me of working at the sign shop. Try a product called High Density Urethane. It's even stronger and denser than the foam board you used.
You always amaze us with more creative work. Great job! Greetings from Argentina!!
Yes bring it back I like a custom art videos is help me got a new idea every time I wasing
( bring it back peace~~~~~~~®)
You are a avil genius I am Italian and I love your stile
Very satisfying and good music, love these vids! Keep it up
šmirgel papier a je to perfektné ;D
Ten druhý bych více nabarvil
@@tpix2863 Tiež by som to urobil.:D
@@tpix2863 Já taky 😂
Dat boi?
Czy jak ja rozumiem wasz język to wy mój też? XD
I watch your videos a really long time now.. and every time I think: okay now he is not in the position to do something new or incredible but then you always get me.. Oh man this artwork looks great doke..
I hope there is coming another one soon
Sorry for my bad english
please bring back custom series or keep in theese videos. Maybe just do whatever you want love your work
Soooooooo nice Doke! Great work!!!
Not sure you know this Doke but when cutting out areas such as the inner part of the "O" you can poke a hole in the center of the area then on the main wire foam cutting tool you un-tie one end of the wires from its post then string it through the hole of the "O" and cut the desired shape out. Cutting foam is pretty nasty if you don't have a fan or open area for the fumes.
You may use it like melting form for creating metal sculpture
But for it a lot of metal is needed
u and some othe graffiti youtuber really inspired me to do graffiti again... i used to to it all the time when i was 13-17..now i'm 29 and i scrap all over my old blackbook again^^
Of course we miss the custom series!)
Great idea for video)
That's so satisfying and sick at the same time
the outsidelayer u could just used the rod so you dont waste any material for a smaller piece :) Nice idea btw!
The nice thing about styrofoame is that you can sandcast it, whitout removing de faom creature out of the sand before casting. In this way you can cast everything that you make out of the styrofoam. This is because the styrofaom will disapear when the hot metal touches it.
The rod cutter is used to make a hole to then disconnect the wire feed through hole reconnect and cut probably. Almost exactly like a jeweler saw would be done. Pre drill hole insert cutting apparatus and Bam!! Idk just a guess
Next level. Use sandpaper to make the letters it self threedimentional.
So have one line go over the other with depth.
Have U ever tried to make Your 3d piece with clay ? If not - there's idea for U. I've tried and it turned up quite nice
2:24 Whats the song name?🔥
Love your work. Shout out from Australia.
Do another just with a better sculpting tool. Plz
Metal straight edge and tape it to the foam. Wire follows the edge. Prob will destroy the wire faster though. Get a steel straight edge about 18” at least
You should try layering the carvings to get a cool effect, don't forget glue
Usually the foam cutter is not hot enough to light up thicker paper, so you could try using a stencil of paper next time for clean lines (try watching the king of random for some tips)
Use sand paper to smooth edges and use a saw to get rid of the big pieces you don’t need makes it much quicker
I think that when you have a hole in a letter the idea is to make a small hole first with the point tool. Then take off the wire from the cutter, thread it through the hole and put it back onto the heated cutter.
What material is he using for the carving?
Doke , I feel that you might miss the one thing about this, as much as you might already have read. BUT ... when doing these sculptures cutting out is just one part. Then you have to patch, as @SCOCAT stated you need to high grit sand it also. So here is my two cents (or 2 euros).
1: I would of done what you did and cut each letter out as a single unit.
2: Cleaned them up with the sandpaper and just worked on the over all shape (not just blocked but any other way)
3: Used Poly glue to adhere the letters together and made it flow that way.
4: Airbrushed some color into it and or applied bondo to make it stiff.
This all sounds good and i know you are not "ballin" (make tons of money) but this video is a good and solid foundation for things that you can build on and make WAY better. You use the platform of youtube to show your content, and i am sure they have some creators that do Poly crafting also so you can see or do what they are talking about.
* What i like to see on the next video is - Gunpla with street art on it * : Link for expliantion softoyhobby.com/tag/gundam/page/2/
I have a few that are built and would be ok shipping them DM me and if this is something you like then that is fine with me. I can go over which ones i have so you can get what you need for your style.
Could you do a mural as a carving video?
"I just decided to keep going, and yeah, that's what we artists need to do." Doke: the Bob Ross of graffiti and more
You inspire me to do my graffiti,artwork thank for the help😆😅😎🐶
Very entertaining. I really respect that your always trying something new and different. Keep up the awesome videos!!!!
I love your work doke fan in philippines!!
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Its cool, but i was hoping it would be almost like a layered look. Like its not level with the other letters. Maybe have some of it go behind certain areas. Still came out sick tho
Not a bad 1st try. Get a Dremel & fine grit sand paper for the details.
why dont use the thicc wire to cut of the spares than use thin one for the main cut?
use sandpaper to smooth some of the ruff bits
You can clean the edges with sandpaper
Yesss, more carving videos
Hey, i have a lil tip for you. Im working with this kind of things in my Job. You just have to build a stand for the thing, so the wire will be straight all the time. Than u´ll have noch "3D Effects" anymore, just straight lines! ^^
Wo hast du das Styropor her? Hellweg oder so?
Doke try doing it proper 3d where there is line going behind the other. But this is also amazing and as you practise you will develop more skils with the hot wite its like can control😁
Please more. I think if you Do this often you'll able to make realy good 3D pieces
you can sand this type of foam pretty good
I was honestly entertained watching this
Great to hear that ✌🏻
1:05 was it 5 euro or $5?
here in the brazil the polyestyren is called "isopor"
This video was really cool. Thanks for making it. 😊
One trick when carving anything, is to start at the bottom of your sheet so you don't waste half of it or have to do a bunch of extra to get to what you need
see your video is so satisfying doke
Loved the video Doke. Maybe u should make more of this kind of videos. Maybe with different tools for the trade. 🤙👏✌💪(two thumbs up) Those pieces look great!! I'm definitely gonna get into trying these myself.
More carving videos this is so satifying to watch
Hello Doke I have used this trick alot to seal poly or any kind of foam check out Punished Props Academy on TH-cam. Basically use Mod Podge or any white glue for the 1st layer then you can use rattle can primer afterwards. Then paint with with whatever you like, plus you can also sand the primer smooth as well.
I really like your content and art work keep it up.
That's very cool! I've always dreamed of "stone graffitis"
All you gotta do is just sand em smooth, you got it brother!