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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Killinsmallz @killinsmallz.bsky.social · 5d

Your boi here really cooked on some painterly brush textures. Still needs improvements but dang... this cookin. Did you know blender is free?

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 1d

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 3d

please allow me to invade an old memory this Monday morning... #blender3d

Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 5d

While returning home from the Blender Conference I saw this out the window of my plane somewhere over Lake Ontario. I swear this is real. #b3d

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 7d

I'm going to be doing these all month.

My grandfather recorded this in 1993 in the woods near his home. He swears it was real. And stupid. #b3d

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 8d

I'm teaching geometry nodes this semester in one of my animation classes, so here's some new work by Tori, J'juan, Rebecca, and Ayden. #b3d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s 3 full minutes of @kaitlancollins trying to get @SpeakerJohnson to admit undocumented people can’t get federal health care, and Johnson repeating the lie over and over anyway.

Republicans are kicking people off insurance then lying about who they’re doing it to.

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 16d

I'm home from Amsterdam and the #bcon25 and my Blender Conference 2025 lanyard has taken its place in my growing conference lanyard collection.

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jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 20d

so proud to share @jhuapl.bsky.social neuroscience research at #blenderconference2025 @blender.org ❤️

also shoutout to #microscopynodes by @aafkegros.bsky.social, here's to awesome new collabs born at blendercon!!!

Blending brains: Tales from the neuro department — Blender Conference 2025

YouTube video by Blender

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 19d

Everything feels sad, so here's a good boy I saw today in Amsterdam.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 21d

james cameron walks up to whiteboard with TOEJAM and EARL written on it. he erases the "and" and writes Vs.

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 22d

I find myself here again. #bcon25

Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 24d

I'm heading to #bcon25 in a few hours. Who else will I see there?

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 28d

A masterclass in staging and dynamics.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 29d

Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 29d

Who likes to make their renders look like outdated rubbish? I do. That's why I made RetroRender - a Blender compositing setup that let's you quickly design and apply old film or video looks directly to your Blender renders. It's live on Superhive superhivemarket.com/products/ret... and my Gumroad.

Retrorender

RetroRender is a compositor node setup for Blender that simulates vintage film or video.

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Sep 5

My student, Rebecca, made a wonderful short animation for one of my classes last spring and now it is an accepted entry for a Suzanne Award at this year's Blender Conference. If you have a Blender account, you can vote for it. conference.blender.org/2025/festiva...

Blender Conference 2025 — conference.blender.org

Blender Conference 2025 - The event of the year celebrating the Free and Open 3D Creation Software

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Sep 5

This coffee company logo looks familiar...

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · Aug 31

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”

- Fred Hampton

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Aug 29

The first assignment in one of my 3D animation courses is to remake a film studio logo animation (vanity card) as closely as possible, but change the text. I made my own. Fellow GenX folks will remember this one. #b3d

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Aug 17

Nebula Saturday! #b3d #blender3d #render #cycles

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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · Aug 17

Disney's Marvel studios is abandoning the state of Georgia to film in the UK, mainly bc of the difference in labor costs from not having to pay for employees' health insurance bc of the National Health Service.

Universal health care makes businesses more competitive in the global marketplace.

Disney’s Marvel Abandons Georgia, Taking Livelihoods With It

Tax incentives lured studios to help build the ‘Hollywood of the South,’ but now Marvel and others are going overseas for cheaper labor costs.

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Aug 14

Thursday render. #b3d #procedural #geometrynodes

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · Aug 10

Spaceship Sunday! I wanted to see if I could build a large ship with only geometry nodes. I love this software - ...plays in realtime. #blender3d #spaceship #b3d

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