I already wrote about easy panning and zooming in Blender, and now I've learned how to shorten the image on the screen so you can, for example, put a black bar of captions at the bottom. And I just now realized I can even rotate photos! In this miserable time of hopelessness and evil, this… Continue reading more fun stuff in Blender
How to pan and zoom in Blender
When you're making an animation, you actually have to "render" each frame of the film. So for example, this little snippet .... is actually composed of lots of images like this, all strung together and flipped through: It's a super nice way of getting things done, but the process of getting your computer to "render"… Continue reading How to pan and zoom in Blender
Parchment scroll in Blender 3D
I wanted to make something that looked like a constitution: That was what I came up with. I like it. However, while making an animation, the thing mysteriously unraveled and I couldn't figure out how to stop it. I thought, no biggie, I'll delete it and make another. Well! I was using this tutorial and… Continue reading Parchment scroll in Blender 3D
Failures
Failure #1. I have a PhD in science, tons of skills both technical and creative, and tons of experience, but I was rejected from a 3-month internship. Yes, that stung. They contacted me for an interview, and because of the time difference, I was dragged out of bed before dawn to prepare for it. I… Continue reading Failures
Helpful satellites
I came across this today on Twitter: THREAD In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. 2 women & 2 young children are led away by a group of soldiers. They are blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. #BBCAfricaEye investigated this atrocity. This is what we found... pic.twitter.com/oFEYnTLT6z… Continue reading Helpful satellites
Hummingbirds and butterflies
I saw a monarch butterfly happen upon our red roses a few weeks ago. And I have seen also a butterfly with glossy silky sapphire wings, and one with lemon-yellow wings. And we have a hummingbird friend that comes at least once a day, or several times a day, to our red roses. I know… Continue reading Hummingbirds and butterflies
grass in North Carolina
It is almost noon and the grass is still wet with soft, shiny pearl-drops of dew, at least on the slope over which the shadow of the heavy forest had lingered till just a bit ago. The sun has already warmed that grass, but not enough to siphon off the dew. Walking through the warm,… Continue reading grass in North Carolina
People and their word
During our wrap-up in Washington DC, we had several interesting panels. One of them was about science videos. I asked two of them afterwards (a person from NPR and a person from PBS) if I could send them some of my science animations to get their feedback. There was a third person there, a lady… Continue reading People and their word
Cardinal bird in Blender
The cardinal is the state bird in North Carolina. I made one in Blender last night: First, I started off with a cube and shaped a little beak. Then the crown and the rest of the head and torso: The rest of the bird emerges! Still doesn't have wings here, and maybe looks like a… Continue reading Cardinal bird in Blender
How fast is U.S. mail delivered?
This summer (2018), I had a letter arrive from a town in England to Berkeley, California in 10 days. I didn't know they can do it that fast! I mean, I thought it was weeks and weeks. A letter left Washington DC on Friday, August 24, 2018, and arrived in rural North Carolina the next… Continue reading How fast is U.S. mail delivered?
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