Shawn Olson Creative Arts

Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D

Thanksgiving 2018.
Leopard Frog Photo

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

Life and Death

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Essays about life, old age and death.

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Custom Counter-Strike Maps

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

This is my collection of custom Counter-Strike 1.6 Maps.

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Olson's Uncouth Cartoons

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Uncouth Cartoons by Shawn Olson. Some of these cartoons may not be suitable for kids less than 13.

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The Brave Journey

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Poems to encourage one from succumbing to despair, to try and find strength to bravely face the future.

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Media Studies

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Jan 6, 2018

Articles about modern society, media, journalism, propaganda and information in the Internet Age.

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Educational Inflation

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

An analysis and critique of modern educational values and formal academics.

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Spiders

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

A growing collection of colorful photographs of spiders.

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Arizona

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Photos of a trip I took to Arizona with my two oldest sons.

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Card Game Score Sheets

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Scoresheets for various card games.

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They Walk Away

Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Sad poems about loss and death.

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Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max