Shawn Olson Creative Arts

Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D

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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

The animalism of our species

Posted on Sep 28, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Response to the Eugene Armstrong beheading. Humans are not as civilized as we presume; we are sometimes more barbaric than animals.

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Spiny Assassin Bug

Posted on Sep 24, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Photos of a spiny assassin bug which I think is a wheel bug.

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September Sunset Photos

Posted on Sep 23, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Photographs of sunsets taken in September 2004.

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Mating Mantids

Posted on Sep 14, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Photos of mating mantids.

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Foggy Morning

Posted on Sep 10, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Foggy morning photos from Westgate Park.

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Spider Webs

Posted on Sep 10, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Spider web photos from a foggy morning with dew covering the webs.

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Yellow Jacket Wasps

Posted on Aug 27, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Photos of a hive of yellow jacket wasps.

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Crazy World

Posted on Aug 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Essay on the turmoil of our world today and the current trend of escalating hatred, nationalism and xenophobia.

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Gibbons

Posted on Aug 24, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Gibbon photos from the Columbus Zoo.

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Flamingos

Posted on Aug 22, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
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Flamingo photos from the Columbus Zoo.

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