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

Amazing Challenge V

Posted on Dec 10, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
Amazing Challenge Promo

The fifth maze in the amazing challenge series.

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maze

Bullet Jones at Skully's

Posted on Dec 3, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
Ryan CoxBullet Jones FanMat Marcum drumszombie lee bullet jonesBullet Jones

Bullet Jones finished off the night for the Philo CD Release Party

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Philo Releases its First CD

Posted on Dec 2, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
ryan butcher of philocorbin of philocorbin of philo playing guitarsryan butcher of philoRyan Wilder on Keyboardsryan butcher of philo

Rock band Philo released their first album (Self Destructive in Dark) on December 1, 2007 at the Skully's Music Diner in Columbus.

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philo, cd release, skullys, corbin

Wildlife Photos

Posted on Oct 27, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
Crab Spider PhotoThornsThorns Close UpBorer BeetleWaspDead GrasshopperDragonfly

Intriguing photos of wildlife and nature.

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wildlife, nature, photos

Corel Training Partner

Posted on Oct 3, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Corel has invited me to be an official training partner.

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corel, training, partner, columbus

Funny Animals

Posted on Sep 26, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
Chipmonk Stuffing CheecksmarkhorOtter Chasing Fishhominid baby

Photos of animals being silly at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

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photos, animals, funny

Ohio Caverns

Posted on Aug 28, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
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Photos of the stalactites and stalagmites of the Ohio Caverns.

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ohio caverns, caves, stalactites, stalagmites

Select Radio Inputs JavaScript

Posted on Aug 16, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

A free javascript function to choose radio inputs with a given value.

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javascript, radio, input, radios, inputs, form, forms, free, smo_selectRadioValues()

What are Meta Tags Anyway?

Posted on Aug 12, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011

Discussion on meta tags, including their legitimate usage, abuse and misunderstanding.

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meta tags, keywords, description, internet, seo, search engine optimization

hdn_sacrelige

Posted on Aug 5, 2007 | Last Updated Sep 18, 2012
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Custom map hdn_sacrelige is now available for testing. This is a custom map for the Hidden:Source Half-Life 2 mod. Beta 4 version.

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hdn_sacrelige, hdn_sacrelige_beta4
Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max