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The Technician

@thetechnician.bsky.social
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3d generalist using blender. Musician. former draftsman. varied side projects cara.app/technician www.youtube.com/channel/UCZW8jIcnni… vgen.co/technician matthewarthur.bandcamp.com

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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 3h
#Inktober day 1, Apple I was given a toned paper pad for my birthday (in august), this is my first time trying it out! ^^ #Inktober2026 #ink #art #traditionalart #watercolor
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Inspired by this post, I modeled one of these in blender, to use in my scifi scenes! ^^ #blender #blender3d #b3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber retrospective! #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #clipstudiopaint #csp
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day ?; Stripes #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #clipstudiopaint #csp
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Xanathon @xanathon.com · 22/09/2026
Do you use 3D-Software like #Blender , #C4D or others and you sometimes need #displacment maps? Please have a look at my free project #HeightSmith Everything runs in the browser and on your video card, nothing leaves your computer hs.xanathon.com #textures #bump #heightmaps #AO #normalmaps
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HeightSmith
GPU procedural displacement, normal and AO map generator. Runs entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded.
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 28; Harbour #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 26; Missiles #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 25; Mothership going with a 1950s Adamski inspired design for this one #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #ufo
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 23; ruins #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #clipstudiopaint #csp
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 22; Huge #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #clipstudiopaint #csp
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 21 Organic One advantage of studying giant space orthocones is that instead of a tracking collar, you can use a whole research station. #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spot the difference (lol)
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 19 Armored A armored exploration ship, for investigating asteroid fields and high-v gas clouds, where collision is inevitable. This is exploration ship number 8, unofficially (but universally) known as the Octopus. #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #csp #clipstudiopaint
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Spaceshiptmeber day 19 Torus I dont remember now which old scifi author described a spin-grav station as looking like a bicycle wheel in space, but that image has stuck in my head for years. (repost, because bsky >_< ) #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #csp #clipstudiopaint
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 18, Scavenger This scavenger's life is about to change forever, because one of these ships isn't as dead as it looks #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 18, Angular I used blender, Rebelle8, Flame painter, CSP, and scanned airbrush and ink sheets to make this #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #rebelle8 #csp
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 17, Destroyer A Saturnine Destroyer hunts for ice pirates in the rings. ------- Still restoring settings and setting up workspaces on my pc, but I was able to finish this, so, progress! #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #csp #clipstudiopaint
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
after 2 days, 4 windows installs and 3 hard drive swaps, my computer is now working well enough I can begin reinstalling software
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 15 (Derelict) Discovery of the nebular object known as The Obelisk. of unknown age or manufacture, surrounded by a ring of equally mysterious space junk, #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #rebelle8
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 13 (Asymmetry) went with a ship built into the discarded shell of a giant space mollusk #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #csp #clipstudiopaint
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 13 (Bandits) kitbashed this one with a submarine, some wreckage, and an airbrush painting #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d #csp #clipstudiopaint
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 12(carrier) The Tigress, Formerly Mining Carrier 3, and her cub #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 12 (slender/thin) The solar sailer 'Queen of the Ether' coasts with her sails folded. The sail material is a close relative to LCD screens, and trimming is done electrically, but when coasting they are closed to prevent damage. #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 11(ish) (dropship) #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#SST26 Day 10 - Creative Freedom. Pushing the Speed of Light, Inspired by the song of the same name #spaceshiptember #b3d #blender3d #3DCG
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 9 (space station) #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
sunset #sketchbook painting. I gave this one a slight digital touch up, because I didn't feel like getting the airbrush out just to blend the sun, and because the camera never gets the color right #traditionalart #Gouache
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 7 (Mining) #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Mission control to EVA astronaut; Please release the robot, we need it to get back to work" #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 6 (Curved) Art Nouveau was inevitable for this one, but also I wanted something grounded in reality, so I looked at how functional structures incorporated that style, and tried to design the ship the same way. #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 5 (probe/drone) Space cephalopod robot! this is a soft body robot, using small jets to move, and tentacles as general purpose manipulators. it isn't particularly fast, or maneuverable, but the soft body absorbs low speed collisions #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 4 experimental) here we see the first piloted test of a faster then light drive. A full size engine prototype is fitted to a single occupant cabin, with an explosive collar and escape drive in case of emergency. #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Spaceshiptember day 2 (winged) A bit more of a ornithopter today, because I couldn’t figure out how to fit rocket engines on a dragonfly, and have gotten bored of space-planes #SST #SST26 #scifi #blender #blender3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tugs help the bulk freighter Olympus Mons into a unloading orbit. #Spaceshiptember day 2 #SST #SST26 #scifi #space #blender #blender3d #animation
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#Spaceshiptember day 1 #SST #SST26 #scifi #space #blender #blender3d
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Spaceshiptember @spaceshiptember.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The prompts for the year! I wanted to keep it low-surprise, with some new ideas, and I'm excited to see how you interpret them. #Spaceshiptember #SST #SST26
Day 1. Fighter
Day 2. Freighter
Day 3. Winged
Day 4. Experimental
Day 5. Probe/Drone
Day 6. Curved
Day 7. Mining
Day 8. Red
Day 9. Space Station
Day 10. Creative Freedom #1
Day 11. Dropship
Day 12. Slender/Thin
Day 13. Carrier
Day 14. Asymmetry
Day 15. Luxurious
Day 16. Green
Day 17. Variant
Day 18. Angular
Day 19. Armored
Day 20. Creative Freedom #2
Day 21. Organic
Day 22. Huge
Day 23. Ruins
Day 24. Blue
Day 25. Missiles!
Day 26. Scanners!
Day 27. Guns!
Day 28. Repair!
Day 29. Lasers!
Day 30. Homage
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sketchbook landscape #art #myart #artist #gouache #sunset #Sketchbook #landscape
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AREA 6 @area6cgi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Know Your Pencils (2023) #NotSoStillLife #whimsy #artsupplies #Maxon #C4D #Redshift #animation #art #cgart #sounddesign #ArtYear #ArtByHumans
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
playing around with a fluid sim! #blender3d #b3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Went to an Art Nouveau exhibit at a local art museum
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Study of "View of a Winter Landscape from a Monastery" by Wilhelm Steuerwaldt (1844) #art #landscape #clipstudiopain #csp
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Firelight in Beorn's House Scene from the Hobbit, based of Tolkien’s own drawing. #clipstudiopaint #art #blender #jrrtolkien #fantasy
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Firelight in Beorn's House Scene from the Hobbit, based of Tolkien’s own drawing. #clipstudiopaint #art #blender #jrrtolkien #fantasy
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
some details #art #fantasy #clipstudiopaint #blender #interior
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Alchemist's shop modeled in blender, then painted in csp. All 727 objects... #art #fantasy #clipstudiopaint #blender #interior
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Miguel Pozo @pragma37.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember the custom lighting from the NPR prototype? It's finally happening! With lots of improvements and extra goodies. Give it a try and leave your feedback before we merge it into main: devtalk.blender.org/t/material-l... #b3d #DevFund
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Material Lighting Nodes - Feedback
Hello! We’ve been working on new material nodes for EEVEE that allow users to implement custom material lighting. For those of you familiar with the NPR prototype build, these are similar to the F...
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ouroboros cauldron #blecner #blender3d #b3d #fantasy
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
here is a little trick for adding procedural variation to a tiling texture. add a voronoi texture with the scale at 1 and the randomness at 0, offset the X+Y coordinates by .5 and the color output is now a random value for each tile. #blender #blender3d #b3d
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Pokemon desk scene! #blender #clipstudiopaint #gloom #porygon #fanart #retro #retrocomputer
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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Pokemon desk scene! #blender #clipstudiopaint #gloom #porygon #fanart #retro #retrocomputer
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