Foo Fighters Logo 3D Model
Introduction
Hey, friend! Back in early August of 2021, I modeled a drum with sticks. I was very happy with the project, but I knew there had to be some way for me to step up my game. I didn’t just want to keep reusing the same cylinders and cubes and spheres without changing them a whole lot. And so, I decided to construct the logo for one of my favorite bands, Foo Fighters.
Building The Logo
Unlike the other logos I’ve showcased, such as twenty øne piløts’ Blurryface, the Foo Fighters’ logo has a lot of curves on the mesh.
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| Foo Fighters’ Logo | 3D Model (Finished) |
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To start, I set down the base by flattening a standard cylinder to form the red circle you see in the middle. But, you’ll notice that there’s two outlines around the red circle: a white one (closest) and a black one (furthest). I recreated them by initially constructing a white torus that would surround the circumference of the main base, and then duplicated it and changed the color for the black one. After finishing the base, I moved on to constructing the two black F’s. However, you’ll notice that they are disconnected in the middle, but there’s a white outline around them that connects. Likewise, I had to create each one of the black F’s individually, but the white outline would be made into one shape. |
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To the right is a closeup of the detail when it came to layering. The white outline of the F’s lifts off the red circle a little bit, but the black lifts off much more. The reason I talk more about the F’s than anything is because they are the centerpiece of the logo and making them look symmetrical and smooth was one of the main goals of this entire project. One of the things that made this overall product look the way it does was the texturing. It’s a little hard to see, but there’s textures on each of the items in the scene to give them a sparkly, bold metallic look. |
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Result
This model was particularly difficult and took me about a week, but it’s probably my best work yet.
Atlas’ Magical Moral of the Story…
As I mentioned back in my Blurryface review, I want to add some kind of silver backing to cover the red filling as though it were a key chain. One thing I learned from this experience is that you have to be especially careful when transporting a 3D model from one computer to another. I did this a few times by using a flash drive to manually copy it from my desktop to my laptop (and vice versa), and I nearly lost the model because of it. On the flip side, I’ve certainly taken a liking to Microsoft’s OneDrive because it allows me to easily grab a cloud copy of my model as long as my files are in-sync.
Thanks for Reading!
~ Atlas from Atomic Rush Studios
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