Imaginary Worlds: A Blender Workshop

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The Result

Check out the website for the two-day workshop, Imaginary Worlds: An Introduction to 3D with Blender, held in November 2022.

How it all began

More than a decade ago, I chose to take Art as an A-Level subject.

In recent years, conversations with my junior college art teacher about art education and the role of technology in art-making led to some realisations:

3D software is largely absent from the art curriculum.
Teachers aren’t really familiar with 3D software or what it can do.
Some students pick up Blender by themselves and make artwork despite a steep learning curve.

As a graduate of that same art curriculum, I felt uniquely positioned to contribute. I loved my time studying art, with all its opportunities for critical thought and developing a personal artistic practice. I also loved the possibilities - how much could be done, and how easily - opened by the knowledge of specific software, techniques, and workflows. The goal was not to merely teach Blender, it was also to provide a conceptual framework to approach computer-generated imagery (CGI) as a medium, and to eventually make thoughtful, sensitive artwork with it. With the digital world becoming increasingly important to all fields, it’d help to equip students with a basic understanding of virtual 3D space, its rules, and common operations.

SketchUp for Architecture

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A knowledge base for architects.

Check it out here!

Why?

SketchUp for Architecture was born from a desire to share knowledge.

It was started over a weekend while I was working full-time at an architectural office. With varying levels of experience within the firm, there was a great opportunity to share and establish best practices, streamline modelling processes, and essentially improve internal workflow for the team.