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.

October 2 RenderProcedural Volumetric Render2023 detail detail

In the spring of 2023, I asked my students to create animations for the annual ‘Bengala’ – a gala that…

Render #33-3-23

Render #2 2-28-23

For Those I Love: Birthday/PainMusic video6 minutes2021 In late 2020 I had the honor of working with London-based Dadbod Films…

December NebulaRender2022

December Nebula 1bDigital RenderingDecember 3, 2022

Demo for Intro to 3D students on building and animating a caffeine molecule.

Dollar General2022

I’ve been doing a deep-dive in Blender’s geometry nodes to procedurally create massive structures that would otherwise take a very…

America2022

Random render I call Pepsi.