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Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the upper storey windows and interiors. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #gettingthere My second try is definitely better than my first from a few weeks ago. I’ve told myself at this stage, no props! No barrels or crates or hay bales, wall sconces, procedurally-generated random street…
Spring 2024 Grades: Submitted Similar:Game night at our local library.GamesMy older brother falls to my son's chess skills.PersonalReliving memories and saying goodbye to my late colleague Sr. Ann Infanger.Reliving memories and saying goodbye to …PersonalAnother #neovictorian control panel for a personal #steampunk project. #design #aesthetics…AestheticsYeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalAnother 10 sq cm…
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Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light…
My simulation project does not require me to master medieval daub and wattle architecture. But sadly, I now know just enough to be disappointed by this first attempt. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #keepgoing Similar:Script: Prospero Makes a Circle on the Beach. Scene Designer: "How?"I was amused by this little note on the …AmusingThe Cosmic Brownie fairy…
Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Stupid Puns For the WinMy daughter just trounced me in a pun wa…AmusingI'm Gradually Losing My Hearing. (It’s Part of Aging.)During a department meeting today, I not…AcademiaHappy Easter 2022PersonalMask up.PersonalThe truth hits Thorvald. Loved PPT PlayTime’s online presentation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s…
Have you seen Apple’s “Crush” ad? It features a huge huge hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, art supplies, google-eyed toys, and other beloved artifacts of imagination and creativity. I remember seeing a video years ago that showed how a smartphone replaced a desktop full of tools like a calculator, notepad, rolodex, and so forth. But…
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve. First published in 1919, The Setonian not only predates SHU’s journalism major, it also predates the majestic London planetrees that the…
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A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him. With its extra-wide capital letters, diamond shaped punctuation and…
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So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:How newsroom managers can invest more time developing their staff — and why it mattersOne of my most consistently rewarding pr…BusinessThe Bremen Town Musicians (WAOB Audio Theatre) My daughter plays the narrator, my…HumanitiesWhat the ‘Grievance Studies’ Hoax Means As the hoaxers explained in Areo, they …AcademiaA warning…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:Kickball Ice Cream Maker Is Both a Stupid and Awesome Idea$35 Kickball Ice Cream Maker does exactl…AestheticsPippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureHomeschool prom 2017PersonalMy Summer Project: A WordPress Website for Stage Right, a Local Non-Profit Not too shabby,…
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Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:Thinking about physical therapy and cheerful, chatty older gents…I feel like I’m living in a sitcom. A…CultureAn Academic Conference Where YOU are the Hero: Interactive Fiction in Print and OnlineI wish I had known about this in…
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Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what thought is and how to make thought productive of knowledge and truth through the use of various methods. This image and its methods are, of course, products of human history. They change over time, in different cultures, and so on.…