Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree Album Art

Lightbulb Sun - 2000
 

And after all the time I spent with you,
summer went away
and we just weren't the same

I love Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree's music, so I created a set of 3D printable abstractions to represent his discography.

Unlike my previous beverage coasters, these Porcupine Tree ones are just for display as 2.5D art. It is square like a CD or vinyl album sleeve.

I recreated all of Porcupine Tree's albums in a way that are interesting for 3D printing:

• only two or three colors
• highlights the most recognizable element by “sticking” out of the background
• interesting infills, top patterns and other unusual, experimental approaches
• no supports
• print in parts, use pause-and-change filament, or with MMU/AMS
• glue is needed for a final assembly if printing in parts
   

If you like Steven Wilson's work, don't miss my other album covers.

--------Print instructions----------
 

Without input shaper, printing slow to help definition, 20mm/s for example.
Infill at least 15% to hold top layers or text above, but you can play with patterns and higher percentages. I left some open tops to expose the infill some times!
I didn't use brims or rafts, but you can if you experience warping, especially in the square corners. Temporary water-based adhesive is useful too.

• No supports
   
• Pause-and-change-filament at certain heights to have different colors, even with a regular FDM setup. With MMU it's even easier
   
• Scale to whatever size is convenient for you. If the height is too deep you can scale it down in the Z axis
   
• Feel free to experiment with colors and top fill patterns
   
• Adaptive layers can help speed up through just square parts, and then have more resolution on text above.

I printed the one you see in my photos in several parts. The square background is light grey changing into dark grey. The hand is orange, the “glow” is orange, and the bulb itself beige. All is glued together.

Modeled by Mexican designer Dany Sánchez, creator of MiniWorld3D & OpenFigure3D.

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Any Related Indicia are Trademarks of their respective owners. This model is a non for profit, fan work modeled from scratch inspired by album art. No trademark infringement is intended.