The sculpture notebook · antlered beetle study

Mandibles.
Four futures.

A complete antlered beetle drawing takes four prototype paths: unrigged game reference, display figure, rear-loop keychain and tabletop mini.

01 · Original art by twikoiOriginal antlered beetle artwork by twikoi
Native ink, RGB and reviewed alpha preserved.
Explore the original antler →
02 · Actual inferred geometry
Actual antler display prototype on a base

Digital display render. Artist and physical validation pending.

The mandibles are recognizable.
The surface needs a sculptor.

The mandibles and leg silhouette remain recognizable. The body is shallow, the wing and surface hatching are coarse, and the rough reverse is inferred. These remain unfinished studies for Mattea’s likeness review.

Actual generated antlered beetle front with coarse wing marks
Raw front · recognizable mandibles, unfinished surface.
Actual inferred antlered beetle back with rough unapproved marks
Inferred reverse · artist-guided refinement pending.

Four destinations. Separate files.

All 50,536 triangles and generated vertex colors remain in the unrigged game reference. The print master retains the complete single closed body; no disconnected component or zero-area face was dropped. The display is about 150.2 mm high. The selected keychain is about 53.49 mm high, with a rear attachment; its full depth is about 11.42 mm. The standing mini is about 29.26 mm high on a nominal 25 mm circular base.

Actual print STLs pass independent single-part closure, winding, positive-volume and nonzero-face checks. Fine details, support stems, ring fit, sliced layers and strength remain pending. Every shown view is a digital render; physical product photos await supervised samples.

A loop with measured openings.

The first exact-union keychain has six non-manifold edges and remains blocked. A changed 0.10 mm voxel study has a closed main shape plus a tiny separate fleck. It also remains blocked as a full mesh. The selected third study retains all 680,348 main triangles unchanged; the visually reviewed 12-face fleck stays in a separate sidecar and both full earlier revisions are preserved. Its rear post connects near 70% of body height. Five parallel opening sections preserve about 5 mm of space; the central section measures 5.01 mm. These measurements do not establish minimum junction thickness, pull/drop strength or real ring fit.

Choose the next detail to refine.

  • Display: 0/512 chords below the editable 1.6 mm review assumption.
  • Keychain: 147/512 chords below the editable 2.4 mm review assumption.
  • Mini: 201/512 chords below the editable 1.6 mm review assumption.

The CPU review used 1,536 actual-STL chords, 256 box calibration rays and 96 independent full-mesh comparisons, which agree. Chords locate review targets; they do not certify minimum walls, self intersections or printability. Actual nozzle, material, sliced layers and artist likeness must guide refinement.

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Three actual print constructions.

Actual antler display digital render
Display · actual construction; physical sample pending.
Actual antler keychain digital render
Keychain · actual construction; physical sample pending.
Actual antler mini digital render
Mini · actual construction; physical sample pending.

Follow the drawing into the world.

Product concepts, fictional lore, artist likeness, commercial terms and physical production all remain pending approval.

Every line. A beetle to keep.

Her original ink beetle becomes two source-art relief alternatives.

Explore the raised-art beetle →