Another phenomenal panorama by Ola Apenes from the archive of the Etnografiska museet. This time from the Cerro de la Estrella, in much higher quality. It shows a network of canals, chinampas, and various towns.

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In ~1940, Ola Apenes took two photos from the Xaltepec volcano in the Valley of Mexico. It shows a sweeping image of the drying Texcoco Lake, and three towns (former altepemeh) at the foot of the Sierra de Santa Catarina. All this is now Iztapalapa, Mexico City.

The Dutch NatGeo came out too! It has the Mohenjo Daro article in it, kinda cool to read it in my own language. A bit more bts here: www.thomaskole.nl/md_natgeo.html #b3d #blender #archaeology #nationalgeographic

It's out! Download my Cobweb generation and simulation experiment from Gitlab. It should be easy to integrate: it's just a Geometry Nodes setup. Have some fun with it, and let me know if you run into anything. gitlab.com/thomaskole/g... #b3d #blender3d #geometrynodes

Now that it's out I can finally show this: For the May 2026, National Geographic Magazine commissioned three 3D archaeological reconstruction of the Indus valley site Mohenjo Daro www.thomaskole.nl/md_natgeo.html #b3d

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🇬🇧#PortfolioDay I'm Rafael Mena, Mexican archaeologist and illustrator doing Mesoamerican stuff, among others. 🇲🇽#PortfolioDay Soy Rafael Mena, arqueólogo mexicano e ilustrador de cosas mesoamericanas, entre otras. 📧 [email protected] #art #Painting #indigenous

Experimenting with some Polyhaven assets. I think these cobwebs are almost done :) #b3d #geometrynodes

I have a first working version of Cobwebs up on @blenderartists.org blenderartists.org/t/cobwebs/16... Give it a try, let me know what you think :)

I wasn’t doing my velocity calculations right, turns out we can have a little more fun still: #b3d #geometrynodes #simulationnodes #blender

Interested in the method of creating cobwebs in Toy Story 4: research.pixar.com/docs/2019.Si... Trying to replicate this in Geometry Nodes. It’s deceptively simple. Geometry Nodes are not very suitable for sequential logic, things that are not parallel so to speak.

Heh, about 10 years ago, I developed a little VR application for google cardboard, titled "Apollo 15 moon landing VR". It was kind of a hit in that niche, as there wasn't much available. I did it while in school, I thought VR was super interesting!

#Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow! This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more. Less wrestling with UI. More making games. godotengine.org/releases/4.6

My new Gaussian splat: www.patreon.com/posts/common...

First Person Tenochtitlan Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not? #b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan

A very fast to render transmission shader that is fully opaque and relies on reflection probes to achieve a convincing look. An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.

The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You can download it from the main website. It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE retratodetenochtitlan.mx #b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs

Capturing a 3D Scene in Blender, step-by-step, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan 3D viewer. The presentation is up on youtube! #tenochtitlan #threejs

CDMX & Tenochtitlan: ¡Explora ambas ciudades! El visualizador 3D interactivo está en línea ahora mismo --- CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now #tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx

It's live! My Interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is available online. Please give it a try and let me know what you think! retratodetenochtitlan.mx #tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs

Finishing touches, Wednesday fast approaching... #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan #cdmx

What a gorgeous and clear day today in Mexico City, this view makes me so happy.

One more week! Wed. 22nd of October, 18:00, @CCDmx! I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :) - ¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)

Launch: 22nd of October, 18:00, at the Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX. Don't forget to sign up at the eventbrite on the poster! --- Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer! #tenochtitlan #b3d

This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon: An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser. More details to follow. Stay tuned! #tenochtitlan #blender #threejs

I'm working on something, and it's almost done. More soon :) #tenochtitlan #webgl #blender #b3d

I will never not enjoy the wildly inaccurate battery level estimations of my laptop

Señor Flow in Mexico

Blender Foundation and the online developers community proudly present Blender 4.4! 🚀 A massive milestone in stability, with over 700 issues fixed and packed with features. Ready for production. ✨ What's new: www.blender.org/download/rel... 🧡 Donate: fund.blender.org #b3d

Fictional Huehuetl model in Blender. #b3d #aztec #huehuetl

Mexico City is currently blessed with beautiful snow capped Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Snow occurred in Tenochtitlan, and there's even a record of a proper blizzard. #cdmx #nieve #tenochtitlan

Of course I had to go see it. Very cool that a movie made with @blender3d.bsky.social, is playing in my local theater. Congrats Flow people!

Mostly procedural weathering in Blender / Cycles. Dirt accumulates in corners, edges of stucco are chipped. Rain leaves streaks across the vertical surfaces, and puddles in the floor. Everything is driven via Geometry Nodes #b3d #blender #aztec

That big plotter has always been a bit wobbly as the arm is just quite big, but still the precision is quite nice Plus you can use weird pens to give you effects you just don't get from a printer, or special paper.

I don't think I ever posted this piece. It's 54 windmills in increasing stages of construction. It's pen-plotted with green ink on cotton paper. Each of the mills is generated using some python code...

Shaky handheld Blender Cycles setup (with Ray Portal) It goes on a little plane in front of the camera :) #b3d #blender #cycles #rayportal

With this super simple Geometry Nodes setup you can simulate weathering streaks on your mesh using "rain" particles. This is a bit dressed-down, you can spice it up with some random values per particle for example. #b3d #geometrynodes #geonodes

Very sad to hear that Tomás Filsinger has passed away. A pioneer and an artist, his work has been a great inspiration for me and many others. While we have been in touch, I would have loved to meet him in person. His work will have a lasting legacy. Rest in peace 🏵️

If you are in the Netherlands, come by the 28th at the University of Leiden (in The Hague). I will present there, and there will be a panel discussion with academic staff. #tenochtitlan #leiden @unileiden.bsky.social Please do sign up: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Due to API changes, the add-on had been out of the running for a while, but Blender Hoogtedata Addon is back thanks to a helpful code contribution! It allows you to pull Dutch public high-detail GIS data into Blender. Give it a go: gitlab.com/thomaskole/b...

trying out the new gizmo nodes #b3d

My presentation at Blender Conference 2024 is up on youtube! A bit of a showcase behind some of the technology behind a Portrait of Tenochtitlan. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... #b3d #bcon24 #tenochtitlan

Let's try this platform. Here's the behind the scenes of a render, a statue of a frog caught in the rain at Texcotzingo. It overlooks lake Texcoco and Tenochtitlan. #tenochtitlan #b3d #geometrynodes