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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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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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Loving the 2001 court and jerseys #sixers
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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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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Pizza Hut should have a Back to the Future-themed special every year on October 21st (preferably one where I don't need a Black & Decker food hydrator) #backtothefutureday #backtothefuture #bttf #greatscott
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Massive Phillies win. Great stuff from Nola and Ranger. Two Schwarbombs when they were most needed. #RedOctober isn't over yet. #phillies #gophils #ringthebell
October 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Win it for Zack #phillies #gophils #redoctober #ringthebell
October 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Ready for October baseball in Philly — there’s just nothing like it #phillies #gophils #ringthebell
September 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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That was a nice preview of next year’s Home Run Derby in Philly #phillies #gophils #ringthebell
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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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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The Four Schwarbomb Game #phillies #gophils
August 29, 2025 at 1:10 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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Win it for Zack. #phillies #gophils
August 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I'm irrationally disappointed that I can't have "Atari 2600" as one of the categories for my 1976 game show scene in Blender because it wasn't actually released until 1977. #blender #blender3d #b3d
August 23, 2025 at 3:29 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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Another scene is almost done in #UE
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August 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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I was making some broken light bulbs for my abandoned game show scene, and I was reminded of the fact that I had originally made some light bulbs for this scene as well, when suddenly I remembered that they don't have electric lights in Hyrule.
August 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Ridiculous strengthening this morning by #hurricane #erin. We're insanely lucky on the US east coast that this one isn't predicted to make a direct landfall.
August 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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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