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

Relativism & Judging

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

Essays concerning cultural relativism and judging.

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Liquid 6teen Photos

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

Photos of Ohio-based rock band Liquid 6teen.

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2007

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

Newsletters published and mailed in 2007.

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Cute Cartoons

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

Cute cartoons.

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Praying Mantis Photos

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

A large collection of preying mantis photographs.

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My Schooling

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

Essays and personal accounts about my education.

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Great American Hoopty

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

A series of humorous accounts of cars owned by Shawn Olson.

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Apathy and Entropy

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

Essays dealing with cultural and personal apathy.

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Wild Cats

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

Photos, videos and links related to large wild cats.

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Songs of Discontent

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

Poems dealing with uncertainty and hopelessness.

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Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max