Shawn Olson Creative Arts

Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D

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Grand Canyon Photo
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Greetings Earthling. Welcome to my creative portal. My name is Shawn Olson. I'm a creative jack-of-all trades who has years of experience in 3ds Max, game development, web development, journalism, photography, graphics and parenting. You may know me as a technical artist for Black Mesa or as the developer of Wall Worm if you came here as a game developer. I now also work on USD workflows and capabilities in 3ds Max and Maya at Autodesk. All opinions here are my own.

If you need help with any of these things, then I'm your guy:

  • Problem Solving
  • 3D Environments
  • 3D Assets
  • 3ds Max pipelines
  • Game Design
  • Documentation
  • Journalistic Coverage
  • Application Education
  • Web Application Development

If you must know more about me, feel free to read A Short Biography. But more importantly, enjoy the various photos, poems, editorials and scripts across the site.

I always enjoy feedback from visitors. Feel free to send me an email with any comments, ideas, praise, criticism or corrections. Of course you can always interact with me on the Wall Worm forums or other 3D forums where I haunt.

Latest Articles

Mountains & Mole Hills

Posted on Jan 19, 2003 | Last Updated Jan 4, 2014

A cartoon of a mole reading a self-help book entitled How to Make Mountains Out of Mole Hills.

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mountains and mole hills cartoon

Boot Camp

Posted on Jan 19, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

A cartoon of the real boot camp. I drew this one in high school.

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Bob Mauk, purring his heart into his work

Posted on Jan 15, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Interview with wildlife artist Bob Mauk, originally printed in the Westside Messenger.

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The art of judging

Posted on Jan 9, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The art of judging has been undermined by misinterpretations of historic flaws in judging.

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cultural relativism, social assessment, judging, judgment, good versus bad,

IWA comes alive in Columbus

Posted on Jan 7, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

A feature on the International Wrestling Alliance in Columbus. Originally in the Messenger.

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Winners on Wheels

Posted on Jan 7, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

A feature about disabled students involved with sports. Originally from the Westside Messenger.

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wheelchair basketball, handicap, sports

Pinochle Score Card

Posted on Jan 6, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

A generic form for keeping Pinochle scores. PDF link for download.

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Hearts Score Card

Posted on Jan 6, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Score sheet for the card game Hearts.

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hearts card game score card

Education in Debt

Posted on Dec 30, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.

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cost of education, waste education, schooling, schools diplomas

Ethan Olson Photos 2001

Posted on Dec 25, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Photos of Ethan Olson in 2001, including first day on the school bus.

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ethan michael olson photos from 2001
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