Shawn Olson Creative Arts

Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D

Jumping Spider eating Ant
Liquid 6teen Art
golden retriever 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

Education, Classrooms and Kids

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

Essays discussing dilemmas facing the modern American classroom.

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Pursuing Happiness

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

Essays relating to the topic of happiness.

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Unshackled Love

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

Poems on love and folly.

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Columbus Zoo

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

Photos of various animals at the Columbus Zoo.

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Bobaflex Photos

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

Photos of the popular rock band Bobaflex when touring in central Ohio.

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Modern American Insanity

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

Semi-facetious discussions on inconsistencies or deficiencies in on modern American life.

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My Dark Side

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

Poems on personal selfishness, greed and other unsavory emotions.

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Band Art

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

Samples of artwork used as background, posters or advertisements for various rock bands.

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Doh!

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

Ironic and witty cartoons.

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Undivided Band Photos

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

Photos of rock band Undivided.

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Wall Worm plugins and scripts for 3ds Max