Category: Technology
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My Five-Year-Old (Computer) Could Make That!
Supply, demand, and how the Steam Store helped me feel less anxious about the threat of machine learning
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Unleash the Basilisk
Thoughts about old computers, emulators, and the difference between idealized memory and practical reality
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May the Chip Shortage Be With You
A mysterious message from someone at Raspberry Pi that seemed interesting enough to pass along
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Project Diary: Tanuki Clock Part 1
Start of a hopefully ongoing series about my process making an expensive and over-complicated version of a cheesy novelty item
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(One of) The Hidden People
Continuing my practice with Nomad Sculpt for iPad, I took a stab at making one of Graham Annable’s characters, The Hidden People. Graham’s art is fantastic, getting so much expressiveness out of so few lines, and perfectly combining funny and sinister. You can buy some of it at Gricklemart!
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Yukon Cornelius
My experiments with Nomad Sculpt for iPad continue. Here’s Yukon Cornelius, lickin’ his old pickaxe (so to speak). I’m not going to lie, I’d originally thought this would be my first attempt at animating one of these models, and I’d do a constant loop of him just licking the pickaxe for infinity. But of course,…
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Cute Felt
Might delete later, idk. (Heads-up: the “present” is just a bunch of seeds and a dead cricket, but it’s the thought that counts). Made with Nomad Sculpt on iPad and textured in Blender, using a tutorial by Southern Shotty. I also cheated and added some tint to the final render in Procreate, because it was…
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Blood Orange Bird
Here’s another experiment with Nomad Sculpt, the lovable Blood Orange Bird. I’m pretty sure somebody’s already come up with this gag, but I’m avoiding Googling it so I can believe I’m the first one.
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Monday Cat
Here’s another experiment learning Nomad Sculpt for iPad. The cliche that cats are grumpy and mean-tempered is lazy and inaccurate. This cat, for instance, loves Mondays. That’s the day he gets to go to his job at the bank, foreclosing on people’s homes.