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American Melon

September 7, 2021

Using After Effects, I created a humorous “teaser” for a fictional show “American Melon”. I combined a photograph of my grandfather with a logo I created for the show in Illustrator… then added some cheesy music and narration. 🙂 [...]

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Motion Graphics

RF Chip

June 23, 2021

I used Blender to create this model of an RF chip for my client Akash Systems. The model shows a typical application of Akash Systems advanced GAN-on-diamond technology. (I also developed their web site, as well.) [...]

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3D Modeling

USB Drive

June 23, 2021

This USB thumb drive is an example of solid modeling in Blender. I primarily used non-destructive modeling methods utilizing Blender modifiers. This was basically a learning exercise but creating the drive made me excited about other solid modeling projects using Blender. [...]

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3D Modeling

Today’s Number

September 30, 2020

David Lynch picks a number between one and ten daily. I don’t know why he does it but it’s oddly compelling! [...]

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Life

An Introduction to Sage

August 3, 2020

After a fantastic experience of working with Warner Brothers Entertainment Group (WBEG) earlier this year, I’ve made some changes to my WordPress production process. Also, since that time, I’ve been investigating some potential new processes and tools and I’ll cover those findings in this post. At WBEG, we utilized Advanced Custom Fields extensively for the [...]

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Web Development

Fed up with Unsplash

June 30, 2020

I finally got fed up with Unsplash.com and their oppressive rules for submission. In retrospect, uploading my photos to the Unsplash site was a pretty bad idea; not only did I lose control of my work for the photos I submitted, but I never realized any gain from posting them on Unsplash. Not a single [...]

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Life

My Current WordPress Process

October 3, 2019

I’ve been a WordPress developer for almost four years. In that time, I’ve experimented with multiple processes for WordPress design and development. My first WordPress project was to develop a new homepage for my then employer, Practice Fusion. The visual designer of that page wanted a lot of animated panels that needed to be mobile [...]

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Web Development

My Unsplash Page is Blowing Up! (Again!)

September 17, 2019

I posted some new photos on my Unsplash page this weekend. And, just like before, one of my photos ended up on the Unsplash home page. When that happens, my stats go through the roof! That photo nabbed a quarter of a million views in just one day! The photo (shown above) was one I [...]

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Photography