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Innovative Designer Brings Magic Weapons Closer to Reality

posted on by Lynzee Loveridge

FriskP is a tech designer with a steampunk aesthetic. She's created items like a propeller watch that looks like something out of Bladerunner, and her latest creation utilizes similar technology for a stunning, realistic effect.

FriskP created a special effects weapon resembling a blaster rifle that appears to create a magic incantation before shooting a fireball. The effect is created by using light bouncing against rapidly moving fan blades. Unlike FriskP's watch though, the magic gun has upgraded graphics. It uses tech start-up Life is Style's Phantom, a "versa-writer" like the previously mentioned fan concept.

The effect is something straight out of Fullmetal Alchemist. FriskP used the technology to change it from a handheld to a gun model. FriskP used a 3D printer to create the parts to mount the Phantom to a toy gun. She then used a CAD program to create the mount model before 3D printing it and used free Nive2 software to create the animation.

You can check out FriskP's other creations at her official YouTube channel.

[Via Sora News 24 (Master Blaster)]


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