Either I make them myself, or I grab something from printables.com
Sometimes I use a downloaded model as a starting point and I modify it to suit my needs.
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What are you looking to print and for what purpose?
I'm open to anything but hopefully looking for unique designs, and I'm really just trying to build my collection right now, but most of the people im subsrciped to have similar designs.
People who design 3D prints chase whatever is popular and pays. So all payed models tend to look alike. IMO those are people to totally ignore.
To find the new and unique you need to sort through a lot of chaff to find the seeds.
I totally agree with you, all of the models do look vary similar but how do would you pick and chose prints that are not trendy but still stand out and grabs people’s attention, what type of models do you recommend ?
It sounds like you're asking for advice on how to find files that you can print and sell. Legality and ethics of that aside, it all comes down to filling a niche, good timing and tons of luck.
I mainly search on makerworld or printables or make them myself depending on what im looking for
If I don't design them myself, I get them from Printables.com.
Students come to me with models from Makerworld, and those are, more often than not, terribly optimized for 3D printing.
Nowhere, but I've bought prints locally that are really nice that come from people on patreon... Lol but I forgot the names :(