This is Modeling Lab 2, and Eon is back in Nomad Sculpt, the app he uses to build 3D models on a tablet. This video isn't about sculpting a shape — it's about the boring-sounding but super-important skill that keeps every artist's work safe: managing your projects. By the end, Eon has practiced three buttons he'll use in every single video: Save, New, and Open. He even changes his mind partway through, which turns out to be the best lesson of all.

First: what even is a "series"?

Before touching the model, Eon and his dad stop on a question. They already have one set of videos called the Coding Lab, and now they want a name for this new sculpting set. Eon asks straight out, "What's a series?"

Great question to ask out loud. A series is just a bunch of videos that go together and build on each other — like chapters in a book or episodes of a show. Eon tosses out ideas: "modeling studio," "modeling size comparison." But his dad notices something sharp: "size comparison" sounds like the name of one specific project, not the name of the whole series. Those are two different things! So they make a smart move: put the name on hold and start working. You don't have to decide everything before you begin.

Save BEFORE you make something new

Here's the heart of the lesson. Eon wants to jump straight into a brand-new project — but his dad stops him first: "Save our original project." Their old project is actually named "Eon," and if you start something new without saving, you can lose what you had. So they save it first. Only then do they make the new one.

The steps Eon does himself, with his own finger on the screen:

  1. Tap the menu tab at the top.
  2. Choose New.
  3. Tap Create new scene — and a fresh, empty project pops up.

A scene is your 3D workspace, the space where your model lives. Making a new scene gives you a clean slate to build on, without changing the one you already saved.

One workspace, lots of projects

The moment the new project appears, Eon gets a little worried and asks a really good question: if he makes this new one, "is it going to be in my..." — basically, what happens to my old stuff?

His dad explains the big idea: "You've got a whole workspace, and inside you've got multiple projects." Picture the workspace as a backpack and each project as its own notebook inside it. Starting a new notebook doesn't tear up the others — they're all still sitting safely in the bag.

So how do you get back to an old one? You tap the folder icon. His dad even tells Eon exactly how: press it "using your index finger," then tap Open, choose the project named "Eon," and confirm with Yes. Just like that, the earlier project loads right back up. That's how you switch between projects without losing a single one.

Changing your mind is allowed

Now the most honest moment in the whole video. After all that setup for a shiny new project, Eon decides... he doesn't want it yet. He'd rather keep working on a sculpt he already started — one he's been calling "between the stars."

Why go back? Because there's a blobby shape in that older project that isn't completely round yet (the captions hear Eon and his dad calling it something like "been juice"), so it's not finished and not ready to show off. His dad doesn't argue — he rolls with it. They close the brand-new project and switch back to the old one to keep building.

That's exactly how real artists think. Sometimes the best next step isn't starting fresh — it's returning to finish the thing you already made. And because they saved both projects, switching back and forth costs them nothing.

Try it

You don't need Nomad Sculpt for this. Open any app where you make things — a drawing app, a slideshow, even a notes app — and do these in order, just like Eon:

  1. Make something tiny and save it with a clear name (use your own name, like Eon did!).
  2. Start a brand-new file — then notice your first one didn't disappear.
  3. Use the Open or folder button to go back to the first file.

Then ask yourself Eon's question: do I want to start something new, or finish the thing I already started? Both answers are great. The real trick is making sure your work is saved either way — so you can always come back to it.