Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Aileron Numerals
Whenever I flew I ALWAYS wondered why there was just a #2 on the wing and kept looking for the #1. Maybe there was a #3 somewhere? And then one day it finally dawned on me that it’s an icon for a hook! So to memorialize my confusion and minor stupidity I decided to make…
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Layout Sketches
Still trying to keep myself honest by shoving sketching into my workflow. Here’s a few sketches of page layouts and column options for a recent deck.
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Helio Signage
Attempting to use my developing skills for client communication. Here’s a render of an entry lobby experience focusing on the lit signage. The idea is that inside this precious vase there’s a unique journey that’s illuminated by the experience in this space. Learning a lot about how to make materials, clean renders, and using the…
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Dutch Oven Bread
Flipping the script on this online recipe format. Recipe is first, story is below! The Recipe The key to making it at home is a dutch oven. I’ve got a cast iron soup pot with a griddle lid. Not only is it great for bread, it’s great for other recipes as well. .Cast irons are…
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Loose Nut Indicator
You ever wonder what these things are? I always have and turns out it’s pretty simple. Basically a one of these is not like the other trick. If any of the shapes are pointing a different direction than the others, mechanics can quickly tell if any of the lug nuts are loose. Simple sketch of…
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2022 Books
Last year we moved and landed next door to a library. Quite a dangerous move for someone who loves books and is trying to get anything accomplished. Over the course of the year I managed to start 29 books and finish 25. Some of the highlights in no particular order were: Entangled Life by Merlin…
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PC Airflow
I’m trying to be more paper focused lately and draw through ideas, sketch my thoughts, and really get that side of things going. This is a diagram of fans and my PC case.I recently acquired a new GPU. Since I didn’t get a new CPU, I’m going to need to overclock that so it can…
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Travel Sounds #2
tumblr_qtmnelqNBx1rxuljmo1 That classic Roman cathedral sound Shot on a Canon AT-1 with Portra 400
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Blender Illustrations
Been learning blender and wanting to use it to illustrate things. Took a stab at one of my son’s favorite books. Got a ways to go in the character study and need to work on textures and adding details around. 3D stuff looks so bland and boring with big expanses of blank shape.
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Thanksgiving Planning Infographic
As usual, we over extended our selves this past Thanksgiving. We were preparing for our second child so we took it easy as a small family. Everything was to be baked in one oven in our tiny kitchen that can barely fit two people. Needless to say, we really had to think about timing, oven…
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