https://github.com/reiver/diy-practical-effects
In this text you will learn how to create Practical Effects yourself.
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In this text you will learn how to create Practical Effects yourself.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/reiver/diy-practical-effects
- Owner: reiver
- Created: 2020-03-27T17:45:36.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-04-17T04:15:35.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-25T13:08:47.954Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: practical-effects, special-effects
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- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# DIY Practical Effects
In this text you will learn how to create **practical effects** yourself.
> DIY (n.) short for _“do it yourself”_;
> doing something or creating something yourself rather than paying someone else to do it or purchasing a product someone else made.
> Practical Effects (n.) short for _“practical special effects”_;
> a type of _special effects_ (SFX) created physically (without the use of _computer generated imagery_ (CGI) or other _post-product effects_).
## Who Creates Practical Effects
Traditionally **practical effects** were (and even still are) used for movies, for TV shows, for TV commercials, and for photography.
Nowadays (whether acknowledged or not) **practical effects** are (also) created by:
* aquarium hardscapes,
* articulated comic book art (ACBA) artists,
* diorama creators,
* paludarium hardscapes,
* kit bashers,
* scratch builders,
* tabletop gaming terrain builders,
* terrarium hardscapes,
* toy photographers,
* vivarium hardscapes.
What this means for you is that, if you are interested in learning how to create **practical effects** yourself,
then there can be people in each of those communities that you can learn from.
## Index
* Materials
* Cheese Cloth
* [Concrete](section/concrete/README.md)
* [Methyl Ethyl Ketone](section/mek/README.md) ([MEK](section/mek/README.md))
* Pewter
* Polyethylene
* High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
* [Polystyrene](section/polystyrene/README.md)
* [Extruded Polystyrene](section/extruded-polystyrene/README.md) ([XPS](section/extruded-polystyrene/README.md))
* [Polystyrene Sheets](section/polystyrene-sheets/README.md)
* Resin
* Steel
* Steel Sheet Metal
* Products
* Armatures
* [Dioramas](section/dioramas/README.md)
* [Stands](section/stands/README.md)
* Techniques
* [Casting](section/casting/README.md)
* [Injection Molding](section/injection-molding/README.md)
* Lost Foam Casting
* [Lost Wax Casting](section/lost-wax-casting/README.md)
* [Coloring Resin](section/coloring-resin/README.md)
* [HDPE Recycling](section/hdpe-recycling/README.md)
* Painting
* Airbrush Painting
* Dry Brushing
* Weathering
* Tools
* Airbrush
* Airbrush Cleaner
* [Mold Box](section/mold-box/README.md)
* [Don Wood Tapered Mold Box](section/mold-box-don-wood-tapered/README.md)