NextStep Experience From 3D Printed Shoe to Interactive 3D Product A 3D-printed shoe concept that started with a childhood memory and became an interactive 3D website. I wanted to be a shoemaker when I was a kid. There was a guy in a park near my house who fixed shoe soles, and I thought that was really cool. Years later, while thinking about what to build for my portfolio, I remembered him and decided to build a shoe. I started by building the shoe in Blender. I spent a lot of time working on the mesh and trying to build a 3D-printed product from scratch. Then I experimented with AI to rethink the geometry and make the shoe lighter. After that, I built the brand and a static landing page in Figma. The project sat for a while until I came back to it and decided I wanted to make the shoe interactive. I needed a 3D model that I could actually use on the web, so I experimented with several 2D-to-3D tools. Some produced incredible results but wouldn't let me download the model. Others were simpler but gave me something I could actually work with. Once I had the model, I brought it into Three.js and used Antigravity to build the interactive website around it. Now you can play with the shoe in the 3D editor and switch between different colors. This started with a memory from when I was a kid ended up becoming a shoe, a prototype, and eventually an interactive website. Explore the interactive prototype → (https://davidraigoza.design/work/next-step)

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The Chiropteran What happens when an engineer stops trying to imitate a machine and starts studying an animal? The Chiropteran is an experimental flying machine inspired by the mechanics of bat flight. Its articulated wings attempt to reproduce the flexibility, sequential movement, and changing geometry of a biological wing. For the Seedance 2.5 challenge, I wanted to explore that idea as a continuous cinematic journey: from observing the bat, to studying its movement, to building the machine, and finally attempting its first flight. Created with Seedance 2.5 in CapCut Video Studio.

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An experimental flying machine inspired by the mechanics of bat flight. I designed the machine, engineer, facility, and biological reference first, then brought the system into Seedance 2.5 to explore what happens when an engineered concept becomes a cinematic world. This is the extended cut from the experiment, edited from the strongest moments of the generation. Made in CapCut Video Studio with Seedance 2.5.

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PepeMatilda is a handcrafted jewelry brand inspired by the fictional story of hippos living abroad. I designed and developed a website that translates this playful narrative into an immersive digital experience, combining storytelling, product design, and e-commerce to make each collection feel like part of a larger world. Password: Pepe123 Visit the Website: https://cuboid-buttercup-lckg.squarespace.com/ Built natively on @Squarespace leveraging Finish Layer tools (custom font uploads, block animations, and asymmetrical stacks) to bridge 3D modeling and digital craft.

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David Raigoza

I make complex systems understandable.