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John Morgan
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30-something | he/him | wannabe 3d artist and game designer | tropical weather nerd | Philadelphia sports fan | basset hound and conure lover | spent way too much time on TypeRacer and Nitro Type in the 2010s
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Kokiri Sword from Ocarina of Time ("Golden Gate Hills" HDRI from polyhaven.com)

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December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Barbaro racehorse Beanie Baby ("Meadow" HDRI from polyhaven.com)

RIP Barbaro, 2006 Kentucky Derby winner (2003-2007)

#blender #blender3d #b3d #blendercommunity #art #3d #3dart #3dmodeling #3ddesign #substancepainter #horses #horseracing #kentuckyderby #barbaro
A Blender 3D render of a Barbaro racehorse Beanie Baby. Barbaro was the winner of the 2006 Kentucky Derby. The Beanie Baby is sitting in a meadow HDRI background.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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1983 Ocean City, NJ boardwalk Riolu sighting

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A Blender 3D render of the Pokemon Riolu peeking around the corner of a Kohr Bros frozen custard stand on a partly cloudy afternoon on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. The Riolu is staring at the camera and acting like he is trying to hide. The boardwalk is completely deserted other than the Riolu, with several benches that no one is sitting on. The beach and ocean can partially be seen in the distance. The render is made to look like a photograph taken several decades ago with a slight blurry effect, film grain, etc. A yellow timestamp in the bottom right states that this fictitious photograph was taken on February 28, 1983 at 1:58 PM.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Riolu (Sunset HDRI from polyhaven.com)

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A Blender 3D render of the Pokemon Riolu in front of a sunset HDRI background
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Happy Halloween (pay no attention to the fact that I actually posted this on November 1st)

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A Blender 3D render of a jack-o'-lantern with a glowing orange light in a dark, misty setting and a faint blue light coming from above.
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Fun with materials in #substancepainter ("Meadow" HDRI from polyhaven.com)

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September 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Parrot plush toy ("Meadow" HDRI from polyhaven.com)

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A Blender 3D render of a plush parrot toy/stuffed animal. The parrot has a red and white head with a black and yellow beak. The body is red with red, yellow and blue wings and red and blue feathers. The parrot is standing in an HDRI meadow scene.
September 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Hero's Shield from Zelda: Majora's Mask ("Meadow" HDRI from polyhaven.com)

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A 3D Blender render of the front of the Hero's Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, in front of a meadow HDRI background A 3D Blender render of the back of the Hero's Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, in front of a meadow HDRI background
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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A Blender 3D render of an abandoned game show studio from the 1970s. In the background there is a large green, red and yellow sign with peeling paint displaying the name of the show: "Trivia Challenge '76." In front of that sign there is the host's podium, with peeling yellow paint and a red question mark on the center. A dirty, damaged RCA television camera is pointing at a rusted metal sign displaying the message "We'll be right back after this break." The camera has the RCA logo as well as a sign for the fictional TV station WDSY-TV Channel 7 located in Ocean City/Atlantic City. The floor and stage are littered with debris such as metal fragments and game cards. A Blender 3D render of an abandoned game show studio from the 1970s. The view is from behind two contestant podiums. Across and to the right there is a large green, red and yellow sign with peeling paint and broken light bulbs displaying the name of the show: "Trivia Challenge '76." In front of that sign there is the host's podium with peeling yellow paint. Directly across from the contestant podiums there is a rusted metal gameboard displaying four categories and five dollar amounts for each, ranging from $20 to $100. The categories are Watergate, Elvis Presley, 200 Years of America and The Big Red Machine. The cards displaying the dollar amounts have dirt and water damage and are tilted, peeling and falling on the floor below. The floor and stage are littered with debris such as metal fragments, game cards and pieces of the main sign that have fallen off. There is also dust everywhere throughout the air. A Blender 3D render of the sign for a fictional 1970s TV game show called "Trivia Challenge '76." The sign is red, yellow and green with peeling paint and broken light bulbs. It is sitting in a dusty studio with a dirty yellow curtain and a yellow podium with peeling paint. A screenshot of a fictional 1970s game show studio made in Blender. The scene has not yet been rendered and all objects appear as gray with no textures or lighting. A sign with text reading "Trivia Challenge '76" is sitting next to a gameboard. A television camera is pointing at a sign in the center of the stage. There is a podium for the host in front of the Trivia Challenge sign and several contestant podiums to the right. There are studio lights on the ceiling and one of them has fallen down to the floor. There is a curtain in the background and a doorway to the right where the host would have entered. There is also a large amount of debris on the floor in the form of game cards and small pieces of metal.
August 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Abandoned 1970s game show studio (final render)

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A Blender 3D render of an abandoned game show studio from the 1970s. A large green, red and yellow sign with peeling paint and broken light bulbs displays the name of the show: "Trivia Challenge '76." In front of that sign there is the host's podium, with peeling yellow paint and a red question mark on the center. To the left there is a rusted metal gameboard displaying four categories and five dollar amounts for each, ranging from $20 to $100. The categories are Watergate, Elvis Presley, 200 Years of America and The Big Red Machine. The cards displaying the dollar amounts have dirt and water damage and are tilted, peeling and falling on the floor below. To the right there is a doorway where the host would have entered at the start of a show. Further to the right there are several contestant podiums with peeling magenta paint. In the center of the stage, a dirty, damaged RCA television camera is pointing at a rusted metal sign displaying the message "We'll be right back after this break." The camera has a sign on the side for the fictional TV station WDSY-TV Channel 7. On the ceiling there are studio lights, one of which has crashed down onto the floor. The floor and stage are littered with debris such as metal fragments, game cards and pieces of the main sign that have fallen off. There is also dust everywhere throughout the air.
August 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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My gameboard actually turned out better than I was expecting. I'm still disappointed that I couldn't use Atari 2600 as a category (because my fictional game show predates it) but other than that, this was a ton of fun to make.

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A Blender 3D render of the gameboard for a fictitious 1970s trivia game show. The board consists of a grid of four categories and five dollar amounts for each, ranging from $20 to $100. The categories are Watergate, Elvis Presley, 200 Years of America and The Big Red Machine. The metal frame of the gameboard is extremely rusted and parts of it have broken apart. The cards displaying the dollar amounts have dirt and water damage, are tilted and peeling, and some of them have fallen out of the gameboard onto the floor.
August 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Continuing work on my abandoned studio scene. Still need to finish the camera as well as the contestant podiums and the gameboard. It's amazing how much work goes into a 3D scene.

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A work-in-progress Blender 3D render of an abandoned 1970s game show studio. A magenta, green and yellow sign with cracked paint and broken light bulbs displays the name of the fictitious show "Trivia Challenge '76." Both the floor and the curtain behind the stage are dirty. A dirty, damaged 1970s television studio camera is pointing at a rusted metal sign on the center of the stage reading "We'll be right back after this break."
August 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Here's my scene with everything I've made up to this point. I actually think I like the way it looks so far. I still have a little while to go, but overall it's looking pretty close to the way I imagined, which is a cool feeling.

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A work-in-progress 3D Blender render of an abandoned 1970s-era game show studio. The dimly-lit studio has a dirty concrete floor and a damaged red carpet. A large sign in the back with peeling paint and scratches displays the text "Trivia Challenge '76." The sign is diamond-shaped and has many broken light bulbs. In front of the stage, a dirty, damaged 1970s-era RCA TV studio camera is pointing at a rusted, faded metal sign with the text "We'll be right back after this break."
August 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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My first attempt at the main sign/logo for my abandoned TV studio. I'm fairly happy with it but I need to see what it looks like in my main scene first before I really make up my mind.

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A Blender 3D render of a sign for the fictional TV game show "Trivia Challenge '76." The letters are pink with an orange diamond around it held up by blue concrete poles. The sign is extremely damaged with peeling paint, scratches and broken light bulbs. Some of the exteriors of the letters have also fallen off, revealing the neon tubes underneath.
August 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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The first actual render of my scene. Started the floor and stage and fixed the shininess of the sign so that it's more readable. I'm pretty sure I'm going to call this game show "Trivia Challenge '76."

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An unfinished, work-in-progress 3D Blender render of an abandoned 1970s-era game show studio. A dirty, damaged 1970s television camera is pointing at a rusted metal sign reading "We'll be right back after this break." The camera has a faded blue sign on the side for the fictitious TV station WDSY-TV Channel 7 located in Ocean City/Atlantic City. The camera and sign are sitting on a dirty floor with a faded red carpet and all of this is illuminated by a faint yellow light.
August 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Slow progress tonight with my camera. Had to redo part of it because of bad geometry. I totally lost track of time and after several hours my #blender program finally crashed, so I think that’s a sign that I should stop for now…

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A work-in-progress, unfinished Blender 3D render of a 1970s-era TV studio camera. The camera is sitting on a tripod and appears old and damaged. It has the RCA logo at the top and a faded blue sign on the side for the fictitious TV station WDSY-TV Channel 7 located in Ocean City/Atlantic City. The camera is pointed at a rusted, damaged metal sign reading "We'll be right back after this break." The scene is illuminated by a faint yellow light.
August 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Decided that I needed a break from working on my camera, so I made this sign tonight instead.

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A 3D Blender render of a sign reading "We'll be right back after this break" in a 1970s-style font. The metal frame of the sign is extremely rusted and damaged. The sign itself is a faded blue color with a lot of dirt and is peeling at the corners.
August 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Not sure how I feel about my camera so far. "Undisturbed for 50 years" is a hard look to get right... (It's also clear that this scene is going to take way longer than I thought, but that's OK, it's still fun to work on.)

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An unfinished, work-in-progress Blender render of a 1970s-era television studio camera. The camera is very black and gray with dirt and scratches and other damage. The camera has an RCA logo as well as a faded blue sign for the fictitious television station WDSY-TV Channel 7 located in Ocean City/Atlantic City.
August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I have a long way to go on this scene, but hopefully I can at least finish the camera soon before I move on to the rest of the studio. I've been playing around with #substancepainter all afternoon and I sort of like what I ended up with...

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A work-in-progress Blender render of a 1970s-era television studio camera. The camera is unfinished and has no textures except for a sign on the side of it for the fictitious television station WDSY-TV Channel 7 located in Ocean City/Atlantic City. The sign is blue in color and very damaged and dirty.
August 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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A work-in-progress 1970s-era television studio camera (an RCA TK-45A to be exact). My current project is an abandoned 1970s game show studio.

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A work-in-progress, unfinished 3D Blender render of a 1970s-era television studio camera
August 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Such a fun and memorable #PokemonGoFest. Also (finally) a shiny Unown, which I've been looking for for five years.

#pokemon #pokemongo #pokemongofest2025
A screenshot of a 100% IV Zamazenta in Pokemon Go A screenshot of a 100% IV Zacian in Pokemon Go A screenshot of a shiny Zacian in Pokemon Go A screenshot of a shiny Zamazenta in Pokemon Go
June 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Early morning on the bay side of #oceancitynj

#oceancity #ocnj #photography #morning #goodmorning #sunrise
A photograph taken at one of the harbors on the bay side of Ocean City, NJ; the sky is clear and beginning to turn yellow and orange as the sun begins to come up A photograph of the bay of Ocean City, NJ near sunrise; the sky is clear and beginning to turn yellow and orange
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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June 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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All #oceancitynj #sunrise photos have been temporarily postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

#ocnj #oceancity #beach #ocean #photography #morning #goodmorning
The beach at Ocean City, NJ on a cloudy, foggy, gloomy morning, looking northeast over the ocean with no sunrise visible The beach at Ocean City, NJ on a cloudy, foggy, gloomy morning, looking out over the ocean
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Our basset hound. She can barely see out of this window...
A photograph of a basset hound looking out the bottom window of a front door on a sunny day
June 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM