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.

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

Dreamchasers 2015 iPhone photo

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

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

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

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

Bangs Music video for Rozwell Kid 2016 Untitled Digital Rendering 2016


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

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


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