Brent Patterson
@delanop.com
Artist and prof, of digital media | animation | open-source software | blender | art | cycling | stupid stuff | 🚫 no AI, NFTs | https://linktr.ee/delanop (profile by Aubs)
Despite everything, I submitted a talk proposal to the Blender Conference in Austin. I have been fairly radicalized over the past ten years, so I doubt they'll accept it. We shall see if they want to hear 'Fight the Fascists with FOSS' ... in Texas. #blender
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Despite everything, I submitted a talk proposal to the Blender Conference in Austin. I have been fairly radicalized over the past ten years, so I doubt they'll accept it. We shall see if they want to hear 'Fight the Fascists with FOSS' ... in Texas. #blender
I've been living at St. Jude for the past few weeks while my son is in therapy. I met other synth dads whose kids are in proton radiation therapy and we've started jamming together. We named the group Proton Beam. We're awful and it's awesome. I mainly do the visuals. The lion was Oliver's idea.
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I've been living at St. Jude for the past few weeks while my son is in therapy. I met other synth dads whose kids are in proton radiation therapy and we've started jamming together. We named the group Proton Beam. We're awful and it's awesome. I mainly do the visuals. The lion was Oliver's idea.
I've been making new work from the spaces here at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where we've been living while my son undergoes treatment. The full work will be at the upcoming faculty show at Czurles Nelson Gallery on Buffalo State's campus starting next week. It's also on my website.
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I've been making new work from the spaces here at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where we've been living while my son undergoes treatment. The full work will be at the upcoming faculty show at Czurles Nelson Gallery on Buffalo State's campus starting next week. It's also on my website.
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RJ is absolutely right here, I would add that concept artists more often than not serve as the filter for reference going into the project. We build reference libraries and understandings of an exceptionally diverse range of information and how that relates to the project.
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
RJ is absolutely right here, I would add that concept artists more often than not serve as the filter for reference going into the project. We build reference libraries and understandings of an exceptionally diverse range of information and how that relates to the project.
It's coming along... a new procedural, animated Jupiter-like atmosphere for Blender for my fellow sci-fi nerds. It's just a procedural shader. #b3d #blender3d #notai #procedural
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It's coming along... a new procedural, animated Jupiter-like atmosphere for Blender for my fellow sci-fi nerds. It's just a procedural shader. #b3d #blender3d #notai #procedural
Hi friends. My son, Oliver, is in surgery today to remove a brain tumor that has returned after six years. He needs your good hopes and well-wishes for a speedy recovery. Thank you.
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hi friends. My son, Oliver, is in surgery today to remove a brain tumor that has returned after six years. He needs your good hopes and well-wishes for a speedy recovery. Thank you.
He doesn't let me take many pictures of him... My son Oliver is getting his next brain MRI at St. Judes in a few hours. If you all could send him positive energy for clear scans, I do appreciate it. Thanks.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
He doesn't let me take many pictures of him... My son Oliver is getting his next brain MRI at St. Judes in a few hours. If you all could send him positive energy for clear scans, I do appreciate it. Thanks.
I have updated my Ruinator mesh destroying addon over on Superhive with many new features - custom debris, new shader options, etc.. #blender superhivemarket.com/products/rui...
The Ruinator: Mesh Destroyer
The Ruinator is a geometry nodes-based modifier addon that helps 3D artists procedurally quickly add highly detailed ruined structure effects non-destructively.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I have updated my Ruinator mesh destroying addon over on Superhive with many new features - custom debris, new shader options, etc.. #blender superhivemarket.com/products/rui...
My student Amya just turned in this season-appropriate project for one of my animation classes. #blender3d #buffalostate
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My student Amya just turned in this season-appropriate project for one of my animation classes. #blender3d #buffalostate
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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.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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.
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Your boi here really cooked on some painterly brush textures. Still needs improvements but dang... this cookin. Did you know blender is free?
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Your boi here really cooked on some painterly brush textures. Still needs improvements but dang... this cookin. Did you know blender is free?
please allow me to invade an old memory this Monday morning... #blender3d
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
please allow me to invade an old memory this Monday morning... #blender3d
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
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
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
My grandfather recorded this in 1993 in the woods near his home. He swears it was real. And stupid. #b3d
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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
My grandfather recorded this in 1993 in the woods near his home. He swears it was real. And stupid. #b3d
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
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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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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.
Republicans are kicking people off insurance then lying about who they’re doing it to.
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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.
Republicans are kicking people off insurance then lying about who they’re doing it to.
I'm home from Amsterdam and the #bcon25 and my Blender Conference 2025 lanyard has taken its place in my growing conference lanyard collection.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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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!!!
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
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September 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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!!!
also shoutout to #microscopynodes by @aafkegros.bsky.social, here's to awesome new collabs born at blendercon!!!
Everything feels sad, so here's a good boy I saw today in Amsterdam.
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Everything feels sad, so here's a good boy I saw today in Amsterdam.
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james cameron walks up to whiteboard with TOEJAM and EARL written on it. he erases the "and" and writes Vs.
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
james cameron walks up to whiteboard with TOEJAM and EARL written on it. he erases the "and" and writes Vs.