Hero Gauntlet

Hero Gauntlet is a "partial-hand" prosthetic device, for patients with a limb-difference affecting their fingers. Each device is custom-made for the specific user, with the number of fingers tailored to the patient's needs.

My role in the project initially was to provide aesthetic guidance to the engineering team, helping them to refine the style of the device, and to help develop the range of swappable covers.

Upon completion of the product development, I created 2D renderings and 3D animations of the product for use in marketing materials and in the promo video, and graphic design for product brochures & the user manual / quick start guide.

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Sculpting & animating the hand

Animating the Hero Gauntlet's grasping functionality was a considerable technical challenge. As well as configuring each individual part of the product to move, we also needed the "flesh & bone" human hand itself to move in a lifelike fashion. This required me to learn some techniques used by character animators working in the video game & movie industries.
Starting from a 3D scan of the patient's hand, I digitally cleaned up the model, then posed & animated the thumb, wrist and fingers, using Blender's 3D sculpting tools to ensure the skin creased & stretched in a believable way.

Hero Gauntlet in action

Hero Gauntlet

Open Bionics

2024

Bristol, UK

My Role:

Product Visualisation, 3D Animation, Graphic Design

Tools Used:

Blender 3D, Adobe Suite