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Michael Knight

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Motion Picture VFX Artist/Graphic Designer for Film & T.V., Games & Books/Knowledge Mercenary™. No DM's. #Microsoft, #ParamountPictures https://linktr.ee/michaelmknight Note: My images are protected by SafeCreative, Digimarc, & Adobe Content Credentials.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · 20h

I think he needs to concentrate on his websites and services from being hacked again before he dishes out praise for a convicted felon. I'm sure the people who's 1 Billion records of data that was stolen, and is about to be released, won't stay quiet either. Typical kowtower CEO.

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · 9d

With the release of the remastered Deus Ex game, I'm remembering these two awesome soundtracks. #deusex #deusexinvisiblewar #soundtrack #score #music #albums #game

Image depicts 2 Soundtrack CD's. With the release of the remastered Deus Ex game, I'm remembering these two awesome soundtracks.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · 25d

I'm glad that Olivier Deriviere stuck with the Dying Light franchise. It's another wonderful soundtrack. #dyinglightthebeast #dyinglight #OlivierDeriviere #techland #soundtrack #music #game

olivierderiviere.bandcamp.com/album/dying-...

Image depicts the soundtrack to Dying Light: The Beast.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · 27d

Borderlands 4? Whats your fave manufacturer? I've always prefered and love Jakobs. If you get the right skills, these can me amazingly powerful. #borderlands4 #borderlands3 #borderlands2 #borderlands #artwork #art #game #games #2K #gearboxsoftware

Image depicts a manafacturer (Jakobs) in the games of Borderlands.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Sep 11

With the release of TRON Ares looming, I created a LightCycle in Blender, just for fun. It's far from perfect but I've a lot going on personally at the moment, so not a lot of time was spent on it. #blender #blender3d #tron #tronares #tronlegacy #artwork #vfx #vfxartist #conceptart

Image depicts a LightCycle from the TRON movies. Created in Blender.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Sep 9

Ever wondered how big the Event Horizon is? Here's a comparison between the Event Horizon and the Eiffel Tower. It's 2200 Meters in length. 1.3 miles long. Image created in Blender. 8K version in bio link. #eventhorizon #eventhorizonmovie #blender #blender3d #vfx #Film #Movie #tvshow #TVseries

Image depicts the Event Horizon skip in contrast in size to the Eiffel Tower.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 29

Been playing around with Kit Ops 3 in Blender. It was super easy to create this 3D model of Joshua, the War Operation Plan Response (computer) pronounced "whopper") (W.O.P.R) from the movie WarGames.

www.behance.net/gallery/2326...

#blender #blender3d #vfx #artwork #retro #WarGames #Movie #film

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 27

Fallout. Season 2 Art. December 2025 part of a Fallout Personal Art Project: www.behance.net/gallery/1748... #fallout #fallout4 #fallout3 #FalloutonPrime #fallout76 #AmazonStudios #amazonprimevideo #art #artwork #artist #vfx #vfxartist #TVseries #tvshow #movie #film #blender #blender3d

Fallout. Season 2 Key Artwork.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 21

With the release of the new Fallout trailer for Season 2, I couldn't resist creating an Enclave Eyebot. It's very low-poly, but it will do for now. #fallout #fallout4 #fallout #amazonprimevideo #AmazonStudios #blender #blender3d.

8K Render:
cdn.michaelmknight.com/image/Enclav...

With the release of the new Fallout trailer for Season 2, I couldn't resist creating an Enclave Eyebot. It's very low-poly, but it will do for now.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 16

Alternative render.

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 15

Continuing on with some spaceships created in Blender, this time we have the Eagle, from the 60's sci-fi TV show Space 1999. #blender #blender3d #vfx #vfxartist #artwork #space1999 #retro

Continuing on with some spaceships created in Blender, this time we have the Eagle, from the 60's sci-fi TV show Space 1999.

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https://www.safecreative.org/work/2508152790520-space-1999-eagle?0.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 15

Fellow creatives. I'm curious. Do you use all of the Creative Cloud apps, or just a few of them? The only one I don't use is Firefly. Adobe only. I'm not interested in other software like Afinity. #artwork #art #artist #designer #vfx #vfxartist #adobe #creativecloud

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 9

EFF Challenge Coin. #eff #electronicfrontierfoundation #privacy #Security #cybersecurity #internet

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 8

The Commodore 64 1541 Floppy Disk Drive to go with the C64 I created in Blender. This was also created in Blender 4.5. #C64 #Commodore64 #Blender #Blender3D #vfx #vfxartist #art #artwork #retro #80s

Image depicts The Commodore 64 1541 Floppy Disk Drive to go with the C64 I created in Blender. This was also created in Blender 4.5.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 8

Thank you. I appreciate it!

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 8

A Commodore 64 render, created in Blender 4.5. This is for a personal project where I'm recreating all game and company logos for the C64. #blender #blender3d #conceptart #Commodore64 #C64 #vfx #vfxartist #artwork.

8K Downloadable image. Link in Bio. Scroll down to Project Links.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 4

Karate Kid: Legends. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Domanic Lewis. Domanic did an absolutely amazing job on this OST. And I loved the movie. #karatekidlegends #karatekid #thekaratekid #domaniclewis #soundtrack #albums #Score #music #musician #musicproduction #vfx #vfxartist

Image depicts a CD of the Karate Kid: Legends. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Domanic Lewis.

Domanic did an absolutely amazing job on this OST. And I loved the movie. The more I listen to this the better. Domanic has kept some of the essence of the original Bill Conti scores, but with a modern touch. This also completes my Karate Kid Soundtracks collection, including Cobra Kai.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Aug 2

Tried to blow a hair off my screen so now there's some spit next to the hair.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 25

City Hall... The new book from Bentley Little. Coming soon from Cemetery Dance. See Alt for info. #bentleylittle #CemeteryDance #Author #book #Books #reading #read #readinglist #bookworm #booklover #bookshelf #booknerd #readbooks #artwork #artist #horror #writer.

City Hall... The new book from Bentley Little. Coming soon from Cemetery Dance.

Join our facebook group for a chance to get an advanced copy, when they become available. Link in Bio. Scroll down to Groups.

Here's the blurb:

Paul Wardlow couldn't be happier after landing his job as an administrative assistant at Arovista city hall. The pay is good, the benefits are great, and he has the opportunity to finally help put some good out into the world. It seems like a dream.

But all is not well in city hall, and it hasn’t been for some time.

Doors open up on hallways that are not listed on any layout. Employees attend meetings and return changed. Strange men come and go, with no record of them being employed there--or even of being alive.

And then there are the whispered rumors of the Corp Yard, where no one is ever seen entering and no one is ever seen leaving, but screams are still heard.

Arovista's local government is preparing for changes. Big changes. For a new plan. A new future. And it will not tolerate interference.

As the saying goes… You can't fight City Hall.

CITY HALL is Bentley Little in his element, a scathing plunge into violence and madness and small scale government that only he could deliver. A must for horror fans.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 25

Sorry, i had to repost due to my stupid spelling. But I agree! I can't wait for City Hall.

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 25

Lately, I've been fighting Jason Bourne, Will Hunting and Tom Ripley. After months of therapy, I'm finally battling my Damons.

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 25

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked using Wi-Fi signals

A new system developed by researchers in Rome can identify specific people and their locations with 95% accuracy. #cybersecurity #Security #technology #science

www.pcworld.com/article/2856...

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked using Wi-Fi signals

A new system developed by researchers in Rome can identify specific people and their locations with 95% accuracy.

www.pcworld.com

Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 21

About to re-texture the Millennium Falcon. The current textures are low res, so I'm going for 8K, which should show up loads of detail when close up. Probably going to take a while. #Blender #Blender3d #VFX #VFXArtist #Art #Artwork #StarWars

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 13

Whilst this Blender render isn't anything special (I forgot to add a plane under the model, so the shadows look weird), but what is amazing about it is the fact that I rendered this image on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. See ALT. #blender #blender3d #vfx #vfxartist #3D #android #samsung #artist

Whilst this Blender render isn't anything special (I forgot to add a plane under the model, so the shadows look weird inside my infinite skybox), but what is amazing about it is the fact that I rendered this image on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Yes! Blender is available for Android, though it's still in testing, and it's amazing. If you have a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, you can connect them to your phone and use Blender, ANYWHERE!

The scene was created on my PC with an RTX 4090 then saved out. I then opened the file in Blender on my phone, messed with the lighting a little and rendered it out. You can use both EEVEE or CYCLES, and both work amazingly well.

The image here:
Render Time with EEVEE 0.76 seconds.
With Cycles and optimised settings 1.92 mins.

My Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is the 1tb 16gb ram edition, but I've seen Blender for Android work on a standard Samsung Galaxy S20.

Here's the link:

https://github.com/dshawshank/APP-android_arm64/releases/.

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Michael Knight @michaelmknight.com · Jul 13

Grok 4 will always snitch on you and email the feds if it suspects wrongdoing, report says. Read on: #x #grok #Security #cybersecurity

www.neowin.net/news/grok-4-...

Grok 4 will always snitch on you and email the feds if it suspects wrongdoing, report says

A new test called SnitchBench suggests that the xAI's latest model, Grok 4, reports users if it detects signs of illegal behavior.

www.neowin.net

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