Brent Patterson (aka delanop) is an artist based in Buffalo, New York. He is associate professor of art and design and coordinator of the graphic design and digital media arts programs at SUNY Buffalo State University. He teaches courses on art history, motion graphics, graphic design, and a lot of 3D animation. This site is a database of his projects, experiments, and teaching from 2000 – present. For inquiries on technical and creative consulting, please visit the Contact page.

  • Animated Painting Project

    Animated Painting Project

    In Motion Graphics 1 I introduce students to basic animation concepts by asking them to animate an abstract painting.

  • Dreamchasers

    Dreamchasers

    Dreamchasers 2015 iPhone photo

  • Adventures in Ravenswood

    Adventures in Ravenswood

    This is a video I made in 1992 with my high school friends Brian Westfall, Eric Rhodes, and Chris Gorrell.…

  • ourheights.org

    ourheights.org

    This is a custom WordPress theme for the University Heights Collaborative, a local community organization endeavoring to better the neighborhood…

  • Scene Remakes Spring 2015

    Scene Remakes Spring 2015

    Doh! Your browser might not be able to play html5 video. Scene Remakes Spring 2015 In this project, students in…

  • Molecules

    Molecules

    Doh! Your browser might not be able to play html5 video. I had students in my 3D class model basic…

  • Bangs

    Bangs

    Bangs Music video for Rozwell Kid 2016 Untitled Digital Rendering 2016

  • Making a Bottle in Blender (2015)
  • Intro to Game Level Design

    Intro to Game Level Design

    A short montage highlighting work done in Intro to Game Level Design2015

  • Texture Atlas

    Texture Atlas

    This is one method to bake a large texture atlas in Blender using the cycles renderer. It seems more complex…

  • Nesting Compositions
  • Digital Altarpiece

    Digital Altarpiece

    This is a documentation of a test of a collaborative project done by students in Marshall University’s Department of Art…