The Search, Part 2 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 2) The Federation makes a risky deal with the Dominion; Odo learns from other Changelings

Rewatching ST:DS9 After the recap of Part 1, a female Changeling (leader? spokesperson?) says Odo was sent by his people out into the universe as their equivalent of an infant, in order to learn about the “solids.”   When she takes Odo’s hand, both of their limbs mingle as orange goo, which causes Odo to appear…

More delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rectangles, that emulate #neovictorian brass and glass geometry through #blender3d #cgi magic. #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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I apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical CATS.

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The daughter is working hard as a dancer and Flaemchen understudy. @frontporchtheatricals

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Slicing up a massively detailed trimsheet to simulate reflections and geometry for four variations of a #steampunk console keyboard. #blender3dart #blender3d #design #aesthetics

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Top: flat, monochrome rectangles. Middle: rectangles with a flat bitmapped texture of buttons and dials. Bottom: angles, smoothness, glow, and metallic reflections added by texture magic. #blender3d #steampunk control panel #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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The Jem’Hadar (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 26) Sisko father-son bonding vacation threatened by Ferengi and the Dominion

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Nichelle Nichols, ground-breaking Star Trek actor and NASA recruiter, 1932-2022

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I baked about 12 million vertices of steampunk control panel geometry into a flat plane with just 4 vertices. All these reflections are mathematically faked, saving memory and speeding up rendering. #blender3d #steampunk #blender3dart #design #aesthetics #optimizing #gameready

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The third Google hit for " #steampunk control panel" is a #blender3d image I created. (I have nothing to sell. Just having some creative fun.)

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More bits of my summer project – another delightful span of a #neovictorian #steampunk control panel. #practice #cgi #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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The Collaborator (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 24) Winn tasks Kira with investigating Bareil’s connection to a war crime

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