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
The knock at the door
Mom used to pull pranks on us as kids... so I couldn't help pulling pranks on her too.
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Cringe Art
Artwork I composed over the last year for the rock band Cringe.
Liquid 6teen Art
Graphics I designed for the rock band Liquid 6teen.
The root of educational failure
The reason public education suffers is because the primary participants (students and parents), do not share a love for learning.
Columbus Messenger, Me and Unprofessional
The Columbus Messenger Newspapers and why I don't work there anymore.
Lady Beetles
Lady Beetles didn't swarm us this year, but next year they might!
Do Not Call - Seriously
When the Do Not Call registry went into effect, telemarketing should have listened.