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Viewport Canvas

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 20, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A video tutorial on using the Viewport Canvas tool in 3D Studio Max 2010. The video demonstrates painting directly onto geometry as well as using 3rd party paint applications such as Photoshop and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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Viewport canvas, 3ds max, painting, texture, texturing, 3d paint

Remote Moments

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 25, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Poem about getting past apathy and taking control.

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poem, poetry, apathy, entropy, control

Evolution of a Shutterbug

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 20, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011

Some tips on photography and an overview on my education with cameras.

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photographers history, shutterbug, cameras, pictures

Creating a Tileable Texture from a Photo

Posted by Shawn Olson on Dec 7, 2011 | Last Updated May 29, 2022

Steps on making a tileable texture from a photo inside 3ds Max. Includes step-by-step instructions along with a video tutorial.

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tile, tileable, seamless, texture, photo, bitmap, 3ds max, viewport canvas

Spider Photos 3

Posted by Shawn Olson on Sep 10, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011

Photos of spiders.

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spider photos, arachnid photography, predatory insects, insect photography

Good Memories from the Badlands

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 31, 2021 | Last Updated Jun 1, 2021
Shawn Hiking in Killdeer

Photos from my trip to Killdeer and Medora in Western North Dakota.

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killdeer, medora, badlands, north dakota, photos, animals, landscape

SmoPix listed on DMOZ directory

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 31, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

SmoPix subdomain of the Creative Arts is now listed on the DMOZ regional photography directory.

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columbus photography directory, dmoz, smopix

Shawn Olson Creative Arts

Art, Poetry, Photography, Writing and 3D
Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Jan 14, 2023

Shawn Olson Creative Arts is a collection of artwork, journalism, poetry, photography, 3d and more by technical artist Shawn Olson in Columbus Ohio.

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shawn olson, technical artist, 3ds max, creative arts, art, photography, computer graphics, artist, journalist, photojournalist,

Creative Arts Search

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Jun 4, 2003

Search thousands of articles on art, photography, web development, education and more.

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art, writing, photography, artist, writer, photographer, search

Web Statistics

Posted by Shawn Olson on Mar 30, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

A brief introduction to understanding website statistics, including a discussion of visits, hits and other topics to be aware of.

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website, stats, statistics, logs, analyze, traffic, visits, hits
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