By Tommy Garvey | Bomber Media
Charlie Stice, a senior in Digital Design II, creates many interesting 3D-printed art pieces.
Recently, he created turtles, each connected in some way to the Native American myth of the world being created on a turtle’s back.
Charlie Stice modeled turtles based on Native American mythology and 3D printed them in his Digital Design II class. (Tommy Garvey, Bomber Media)
Stice used ZBrush Core Mini to sculpt the turtles. He is now using Adobe Substance Painter to give the turtles lifelike texture.
“I found this program, Zbrush, and liked it and got into it because you can make anything and it looks sick,” said Stice.
His favorite of the three pieces is the blue turtle, which displays a beach on its back. The red turtle displays a swamp with some mushrooms and the purple turtle showcases a mountain.
“I kind of got into [3D design] in Digital Design I, junior year, when Mr. Malkus was showing us some other cool stuff that we could be doing,” said Stice.
Stice hopes to use the skills he picked up in his Digital Design classes in college. (Bomber Media)
Stice has an entire portfolio of creations, some that are influenced by TV shows like “Rick and Morty” or video games like “Elden Ring.”
Stice is currently planning to attend a university where he can participate in creating CGI, motion graphics, and/or 3D design.▮
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Tommy Garvey is a multimedia reporter for Bomber Media and a junior at Kenston High School.