Shawn Olson Creative Arts
Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D
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
Smart Kids in Distress
Advice for young artists and free thinkers struggling in high school.
Into Clean Air
Poem on regaining hope and vigor.
The Value of Art
An essay on the value of art.
Hole in my Heel
The story of how I survived a wound that killed legendary Achilles.
Remote Moments
Poem about getting past apathy and taking control.
Frost on Glass
Poem about staying positive when times are dark.
A Call for Reason
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
A Shallow Mess
Poem about the charlatans running this world.
Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization that can be done in-house, as well as advice for higher rankings.