Smart Kids in Distress
Advice for young artists and free thinkers struggling in high school.
The Value of Art
An essay on the value of art.
Brian Atherton
An overview of the amazing Brian Atherton.
Feasts of Creativity
Graphic of a crystal photo manipulated to look like a dragon.
Major Directory Changes at ShawnOlson.Net
Topics pages now only list articles by Shawn Olson and very close friends and family.
Using Object Layers
Tutorial on using object layers to add depth and creative possibilities to graphic projects.
Orangebox Breaks Some Custom Maps
After Valve updated Counter-Strike Source to Orangebox, many custom maps have missing textures. Even worse, some maps now even crash CS. Here is what I did to fix de_tension.
Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software
How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists
Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.
Webonizer Content Management System Launches
My newest version of content management for artists, communities and small businesses is now available.