Every Broken Print Taught Me Something… A 3D Printer Tier List for the Rest of Us

by | Aug 28, 2023 | Body, Maker & Builder, Mind, Video Article, Work

Watch (17:59)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓3D printing✓printer tier list✓Bambu Lab Ideas ConnectedCraft MasteryResilienceLearning Through FailureTrustStewardshipTool Selection5 connected articles ChaptersThe Box of Parts That Started...

Make Rigid Prints Bend Like Rubber… A Simple Slot Pattern Changes Everything

by | Aug 18, 2023 | Maker & Builder, Mind, Play & Joy, Recreation, Video Article

Watch (14:13)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓3D printing✓CAD design✓living hinges Ideas ConnectedStructured FlexibilityElegant SimplicityIterating In PublicDemocratized CraftStrength Through VulnerabilityCreative Constraints5 connected...

Your Camera Isn’t Afraid of High ISO… You Are

by | Jul 25, 2023 | Creative Production, Mind, Relationships, Spatial Craft, Video Article, Work

Watch (11:41)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓ISO settings✓camera noise and signal-to-noise ratio✓exposure triangle Ideas ConnectedMyth DebunkingTechnical PrecisionCraft MasteryCounterintuitive WisdomSignal Versus NoiseAdaptability3 connected...

Pick Your Lightsaber: Building the Same Game in 8 Engines Proves the Magic Was Always You

by | Feb 18, 2023 | Creative Production, Life & Purpose, Mind, Recreation, Video Article, Work

Watch (12:34)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓game engines✓game development✓Unity Ideas ConnectedCraft MasteryAccessibilityMeeting People Where They AreTransferable ThinkingTool AgnosticismCreative Empowerment5 connected articles ChaptersThe...

Points Mean Prizes: How One Sphere Unlocks a Universe of Procedural Effects in Bifrost

by | Jan 30, 2023 | Creative Production, Mind, Video Article, Work

Watch (21:26)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓Autodesk Maya✓Bifrost Visual Programming✓Procedural Effects Ideas ConnectedFoundational MasterySimplicity As PowerCreative ControlBuilding BlocksCraft MasteryPlayful Experimentation5 connected...

The Crystal Nobody Sees: What a VFX Tutorial Taught Me About Quietly Working

by | May 12, 2022 | Creative Production, Mind, Video Article, Work

Watch (1:45:18)Read (4 min) What You’ll Learn✓Houdini procedural modeling✓Arnold rendering✓VFX crystal tutorial Ideas ConnectedCraft MasteryGenerosityImperfection As StrengthInvisible LaborPatienceIterative Refinement5 connected articles...