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Maryam Sheikh

@standingpad.org

Blender user and Python enjoyer with a sleep addiction. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ If you need to contact me immediately, email me at contact@standingpad.org. PGP Key: 7F6A0E6FA332BAD0EC9E76B383C7F596A88BE583

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 26/09/2026

Older piece from last year (before I created my Bsky account) #blender #b3d #voxel

A room of mostly pink wood with a white bed, some light blue lamps, a trans flag in the background, and glasses right in front of the camera. It's morning, as indicated by the sunlight going through the window

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/09/2026

"The Basilica" #blender #b3d #voxel #volumetrics

Interior of a towering cathedral in the morning with godrays going through the windows.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 11/09/2026

What's going on? Option 1: It's annoying or not interesting. Option 2 (checked): I'm in this photo and I don't like it. Option 3: I think it shouldn't be on Facebook. Option 4: It's spam.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/08/2026

Also adjusted the homepage to be a bit less... empty. Including some posts I liked writing, as well as some articles I recently read and want to share.

Home page of website with multiple sections: bio, recent posts, pinned posts, and recently read articles.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/08/2026

Highlighting included!

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/08/2026

Implemented sidenotes... code is kind of cursed though...

Web article about RMC2VDB. There's text on the side that wasn't there previously

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 12/08/2026

Epic after two years:

Andy from Toy Story dropping Woody and saying "I don't want to play with you anymore"

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 29/07/2026

Has the same vibes as this

Screenshot of tweet made by Merriam-Webster with the text, "When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called, 'footage.'" A user called Haseeb Aslam responds, "grok, is this right?". Merriam-Webster responds to Haseeb with, "Where do you think grok gets the info?"

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 25/07/2026

Holy shit I got featured on BlenderNation for this (www.blendernation.com/2026/07/24/b...)

Email notification for a comment made by Bart Veldhuizen on the Blender Artists forum. It reads, "I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!"

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 21/07/2026

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 20/07/2026

For anyone wondering: the painterly effect is using the new painterly node in Blender 5.2. I was originally going to use film grain, but I loved how this looked.

Compositor tab in Blender with a couple of nodes visible, including the output node, the painterly filter, the vignette filter, and the color balance node, just to name a few.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 20/07/2026

"The Screamer is a jolly creature that loves yelling while chasing after shiny things." Had a lot of fun making this from the concept art @azagwen.art recently shared here! Took some artistic liberties as it doesn't seem to have made it in the Aether mod on Bedrock. #blender #b3d

Small derpy blue cube wielding a blue sword while strutting in grass that's bluish-green in color. The creature has its mouth wide-open, with buck-teeth visible. The image is in the style of a waterpainting.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/07/2026

I have been inspired

BlockBench viewport with a blue derpy cubiod model. On the right is reference of the creature (made by Aza), labeled "Screamer".

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/07/2026

I love it when my system becomes *smaller* in a system update.

Total Download Size: 1768.48 MiB
Total Installed Size: 5595.66 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -2.90 MiB

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/07/2026

Apparently Minecraft 26.3 now uses SDL3 for both windowing and input: www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl... Which does mean for us Minecraft players on Linux, the game runs perfectly in Wayland now. Icons also work properly now. #Minecraft #Linux

Minecraft logs showing the back-end being used is SDL3. Here, I am running Minecraft on Wayland, and there are no errors.

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Maryam Sheikh @standingpad.org · 19/07/2026

Aww these fellas are so cute

A small, blue cuboid creature with a giant mouth and buck teeth labeled "Screamer"

Bipedal green plant creature with derpy face labeled "Wooden Hostile"

Blue cube of water with derpy face labeled "Hydroing"

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