Thomas Kole
@thomaskole.bsky.social
Technical Artist from the Netherlands. Blender, realtime stuff, open-source, etc.
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
First Person Tenochtitlan
Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not?
#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan
Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not?
#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
First Person Tenochtitlan
Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not?
#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan
Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not?
#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan
Reposted by Thomas Kole
A very fast to render transmission shader that is fully opaque and relies on reflection probes to achieve a convincing look.
An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.
An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A very fast to render transmission shader that is fully opaque and relies on reflection probes to achieve a convincing look.
An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.
An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.
The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You can download it from the main website.
It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs
It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You can download it from the main website.
It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs
It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs
Capturing a 3D Scene in Blender, step-by-step, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan 3D viewer. The presentation is up on youtube!
#tenochtitlan #threejs
#tenochtitlan #threejs
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Capturing a 3D Scene in Blender, step-by-step, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan 3D viewer. The presentation is up on youtube!
#tenochtitlan #threejs
#tenochtitlan #threejs
CDMX & Tenochtitlan: ¡Explora ambas ciudades! El visualizador 3D interactivo está en línea ahora mismo
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CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now
#tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx
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CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now
#tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
CDMX & Tenochtitlan: ¡Explora ambas ciudades! El visualizador 3D interactivo está en línea ahora mismo
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CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now
#tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx
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CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now
#tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx
It's live! My Interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is available online. Please give it a try and let me know what you think!
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs
Tenochtitlan 3D viewer | retrato de Tenochtitlan
interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's live! My Interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is available online. Please give it a try and let me know what you think!
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs
retratodetenochtitlan.mx
#tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What a gorgeous and clear day today in Mexico City, this view makes me so happy.
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
What a gorgeous and clear day today in Mexico City, this view makes me so happy.
One more week! Wed. 22nd of October, 18:00, @CCDmx!
I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :)
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¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)
I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :)
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¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One more week! Wed. 22nd of October, 18:00, @CCDmx!
I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :)
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¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)
I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :)
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¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)
Launch: 22nd of October, 18:00, at the Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX. Don't forget to sign up at the eventbrite on the poster!
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Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer!
#tenochtitlan #b3d
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Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer!
#tenochtitlan #b3d
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Launch: 22nd of October, 18:00, at the Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX. Don't forget to sign up at the eventbrite on the poster!
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Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer!
#tenochtitlan #b3d
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Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer!
#tenochtitlan #b3d
This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
September 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I will never not enjoy the wildly inaccurate battery level estimations of my laptop
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I will never not enjoy the wildly inaccurate battery level estimations of my laptop
Reposted by Thomas Kole
Señor Flow in Mexico
May 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Señor Flow in Mexico
Reposted by Thomas Kole
Blender Foundation and the online developers community proudly present Blender 4.4! 🚀
A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production.
✨ What's new: www.blender.org/download/rel...
🧡 Donate: fund.blender.org #b3d
A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production.
✨ What's new: www.blender.org/download/rel...
🧡 Donate: fund.blender.org #b3d
4.4 — blender.org
Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software
www.blender.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Blender Foundation and the online developers community proudly present Blender 4.4! 🚀
A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production.
✨ What's new: www.blender.org/download/rel...
🧡 Donate: fund.blender.org #b3d
A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production.
✨ What's new: www.blender.org/download/rel...
🧡 Donate: fund.blender.org #b3d
January 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mexico City is currently blessed with beautiful snow capped Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Snow occurred in Tenochtitlan, and there's even a record of a proper blizzard. #cdmx #nieve #tenochtitlan
January 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Mexico City is currently blessed with beautiful snow capped Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Snow occurred in Tenochtitlan, and there's even a record of a proper blizzard. #cdmx #nieve #tenochtitlan
Of course I had to go see it. Very cool that a movie made with @blender3d.bsky.social, is playing in my local theater. Congrats Flow people!
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Of course I had to go see it. Very cool that a movie made with @blender3d.bsky.social, is playing in my local theater. Congrats Flow people!
That big plotter has always been a bit wobbly as the arm is just quite big, but still the precision is quite nice
Plus you can use weird pens to give you effects you just don't get from a printer, or special paper.
Plus you can use weird pens to give you effects you just don't get from a printer, or special paper.
December 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM
That big plotter has always been a bit wobbly as the arm is just quite big, but still the precision is quite nice
Plus you can use weird pens to give you effects you just don't get from a printer, or special paper.
Plus you can use weird pens to give you effects you just don't get from a printer, or special paper.
I don't think I ever posted this piece. It's 54 windmills in increasing stages of construction. It's pen-plotted with green ink on cotton paper. Each of the mills is generated using some python code...
November 29, 2024 at 11:11 AM
I don't think I ever posted this piece. It's 54 windmills in increasing stages of construction. It's pen-plotted with green ink on cotton paper. Each of the mills is generated using some python code...
Shaky handheld Blender Cycles setup (with Ray Portal)
It goes on a little plane in front of the camera :)
#b3d #blender #cycles #rayportal
It goes on a little plane in front of the camera :)
#b3d #blender #cycles #rayportal
November 17, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Shaky handheld Blender Cycles setup (with Ray Portal)
It goes on a little plane in front of the camera :)
#b3d #blender #cycles #rayportal
It goes on a little plane in front of the camera :)
#b3d #blender #cycles #rayportal
With this super simple Geometry Nodes setup you can simulate weathering streaks on your mesh using "rain" particles.
This is a bit dressed-down, you can spice it up with some random values per particle for example.
#b3d #geometrynodes #geonodes
This is a bit dressed-down, you can spice it up with some random values per particle for example.
#b3d #geometrynodes #geonodes
November 16, 2024 at 11:34 AM
With this super simple Geometry Nodes setup you can simulate weathering streaks on your mesh using "rain" particles.
This is a bit dressed-down, you can spice it up with some random values per particle for example.
#b3d #geometrynodes #geonodes
This is a bit dressed-down, you can spice it up with some random values per particle for example.
#b3d #geometrynodes #geonodes
Very sad to hear that Tomás Filsinger has passed away. A pioneer and an artist, his work has been a great inspiration for me and many others. While we have been in touch, I would have loved to meet him in person.
His work will have a lasting legacy.
Rest in peace 🏵️
His work will have a lasting legacy.
Rest in peace 🏵️
November 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Very sad to hear that Tomás Filsinger has passed away. A pioneer and an artist, his work has been a great inspiration for me and many others. While we have been in touch, I would have loved to meet him in person.
His work will have a lasting legacy.
Rest in peace 🏵️
His work will have a lasting legacy.
Rest in peace 🏵️
If you are in the Netherlands, come by the 28th at the University of Leiden (in The Hague).
I will present there, and there will be a panel discussion with academic staff.
#tenochtitlan #leiden @unileiden.bsky.social
Please do sign up:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I will present there, and there will be a panel discussion with academic staff.
#tenochtitlan #leiden @unileiden.bsky.social
Please do sign up:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
November 13, 2024 at 8:28 PM
If you are in the Netherlands, come by the 28th at the University of Leiden (in The Hague).
I will present there, and there will be a panel discussion with academic staff.
#tenochtitlan #leiden @unileiden.bsky.social
Please do sign up:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I will present there, and there will be a panel discussion with academic staff.
#tenochtitlan #leiden @unileiden.bsky.social
Please do sign up:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...