Shawn Olson Creative Arts
Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D
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
![Amazing Challenge Promo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3796_1_1390_1_amazing-challenge-promo.jpg)
The fifth maze in the amazing challenge series.
Bullet Jones at Skully's
![Ryan Cox](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3786_1_1389_2_ryan-cox.jpg)
![Bullet Jones Fan](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3787_1_1389_3_bullet-jones-fan.jpg)
![Mat Marcum drums](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3788_1_1389_4_mat-marcum-drums.jpg)
![zombie lee bullet jones](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3790_1_1389_6_zombie-lee-bullet-jones.jpg)
![Bullet Jones](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3793_1_1389_9_bullet-jones.jpg)
Bullet Jones finished off the night for the Philo CD Release Party
Philo Releases its First CD
![ryan butcher of philo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3773_1_1388_1_ryan-butcher-of-philo.jpg)
![corbin of philo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3776_1_1388_4_corbin-of-philo.jpg)
![corbin of philo playing guitars](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3779_1_1388_7_corbin-of-philo-playing-guitars.jpg)
![ryan butcher of philo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3780_1_1388_8_ryan-butcher-of-philo.jpg)
![Ryan Wilder on Keyboards](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3782_1_1388_10_ryan-wilder-on-keyboards.jpg)
![ryan butcher of philo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3784_1_1388_12_ryan-butcher-of-philo.jpg)
Rock band Philo released their first album (Self Destructive in Dark) on December 1, 2007 at the Skully's Music Diner in Columbus.
Wildlife Photos
![Crab Spider Photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3755_1_1382_2_crab-spider-photo.jpg)
![Thorns](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3757_1_1382_4_thorns.jpg)
![Thorns Close Up](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3758_1_1382_5_thorns-close-up.jpg)
![Borer Beetle](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3761_1_1382_8_borer-beetle.jpg)
![Wasp](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3763_1_1382_10_wasp.jpg)
![Dead Grasshopper](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3764_1_1382_11_dead-grasshopper.jpg)
![Dragonfly](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3765_1_1382_12_dragonfly.jpg)
Intriguing photos of wildlife and nature.
Corel Training Partner
Corel has invited me to be an official training partner.
Funny Animals
![Chipmonk Stuffing Cheecks](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3748_1_1380_2_chipmonk-stuffing-cheecks.jpg)
![markhor](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3749_1_1380_3_markhor.jpg)
![Otter Chasing Fish](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3750_1_1380_4_otter-chasing-fish.jpg)
![hominid baby](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3752_1_1380_6_homonid-baby.jpg)
Photos of animals being silly at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Ohio Caverns
![King Crystal](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3736_1_1378_1_king-crystal.jpg)
![Stalactites](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3737_1_1378_2_stalactites.jpg)
![Stalactites](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3738_1_1378_3_stalactites.jpg)
![Water Dripping from Stalactite](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3739_1_1378_4_water-dripping-from-stalactite.jpg)
![stalactites ohio caverns](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3741_1_1378_6_stalactites-ohio-caverns.jpg)
![stalactites ohio caverns](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3742_1_1378_7_stalactites-ohio-caverns.jpg)
![wet stalactites](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3745_1_1378_10_wet-stalactites.jpg)
Photos of the stalactites and stalagmites of the Ohio Caverns.
Select Radio Inputs JavaScript
A free javascript function to choose radio inputs with a given value.
hdn_sacrelige
![hdn_sacrelige_beta4](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3727_1_1374_1_hdn_sacrelige_beta3.jpg)
![hdn_sacrelige_beta4](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3728_1_1374_2_hdn_sacrelige_beta3.jpg)
![hdn_sacrelige_beta4](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3731_1_1374_5_hdn_sacrelige_beta3.jpg)
![hdn_sacrelige_beta4](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3732_1_1374_6_hdn_sacrelige_beta3.jpg)
![hdn_sacrelige_beta4](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3733_1_1374_7_hdn_sacrelige_beta3.jpg)
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.