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.
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Ruinator Mesh Destroyer
I’ve been experimenting with Blender addons and node setups for a while and many are getting to the point where…
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This Machine Kills Fascists Addon
Feeling rather helpless and inspired by Woody Guthrie, I decided to make a Blender addon that places the words “This…
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Bake a Cake in Blender
In this demo from April 2025, I explore the very basics of procedural textures and baking textures in Blender 4.4.1.
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Retro Chrome Mograph Demo
A quick demo on retro chrome motion graphics I did for my students in my office which was noisy, so…
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Intro to Immersive Video in Blender
This is demo recorded during my intro to animation course on April 16, 2025. It covers setting up Blender to…
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Intro to Premier (Spring 2025)
AS very basic introduction to Premier – ingesting media, editing, exporting. For my Intro to Digi media Class – Spring…
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Godot Basics
This is a basic demo recorded from class in which we explore Godot 3D scene switching and importing basic animations.
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Meandering Retro Graphics Demo
This is another retro graphics motion demo that was not well-thought-out before undertaken on a cold day in March 2025.
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Beginner-level UV Concepts
This is a basic intro to UV concepts for my intro to 3D course.
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Michael Kiwanuka – Lowdown visualizer
In September of 2024 I was asked by UK-based creative studio, Blackwall, to help with a visual effect for a…
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Guru Donut
I have never seen Andrew’s famous donut tutorial, so I thought I would make my own.
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Grease Pencil Intro
A very basic intro to grease pencil for my students from Fall 2024.
