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

Configure Half-Life 2 to use Madcatz Panther XL Joystick

Posted on Jan 9, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Madcatz Panther XL resources for playing Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2 with Panther XL on Win XP..

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panther xl resource, windows xp, joystick, steam userconfig

Volume Dealer headlines Rock to Remember

Posted on Jan 8, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Volume Dealer headlines Newport show to honor recent murder victims.

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Volume Dealer, newport, rock remember

Liquid 6teen at Rock to Remember

Posted on Jan 8, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Liquid 6teen played the Rock to Remember Concert at the Newport Music Hall.

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liquid 6teen, newport music hall, rock remember

Stoney's Tribute Band

Posted on Jan 8, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Friends of Erin Stoney Halk formed a tribute band to play some of Halk's favorite music.

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stoney's, tribute, stonies, rock to remember

Martian Thaw

Posted on Jan 4, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Martian Thaw original oil painting.

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Dreamers Fog oil painting

Christmas Golden Retriever

Posted on Dec 21, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Some photos of the Christmas season--golden retriever-style.

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golden retriever photos, christmas, dewey

CandleWatch - Rekindling the love for candlelight

Posted on Dec 9, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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CandleWatch is a new jar candle accessory that automatically extinguishes jar candles.

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candlewatch, candle accessory, fire safety

A Sonnet Dreamt

Posted on Nov 15, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

A poem about enjoying the moments and memories in our lives.

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memories, hopes, dreams, tragedy, time

Perfect Sunset

Posted on Nov 15, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
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A digital painting of a sunset composed in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12.

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perfect sunset, digital art, computer graphics

Fantasy, Furry and Mythos Art by Rebecca Kemp

Posted on Nov 6, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Fantasy, Furry and Mythos Art by Rebecca Kemp

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fantasy art, furry, anthro, cthulhu mythos
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