Spencer Magnusson

Blender enthusiast and add-on developer. Pipeline engineer at DreamWorks (opinions are my own, of course). Proud husband, father, and Christian. #b3d #blender3d #python

Note that some of my posts are auto-deleted after a couple weeks. That is normal. If you really want me to save a post for posterity, let me know :)

Avatar: selfie of me smiling, in a hat
Cover photo: CG render of Blender's default cube and X and Y axes, stylized like a painting

2025-06-17

@camperotactico I've been playing it recently, so it's fresh on my mind 😄

2025-06-17

@camperotactico *smiles in Elder Scrolls*

Love it!

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2025-06-17

I am working on a #tool for #godot that allows assets to be placed on scenes using physics directly from the editor.

It is still very WIP, but my plan is to release it as an asset once it is more complete.

#gamedev #games #indiedev #indie

2025-06-17

A local I know teaches Blender to high school students. He recently made an intro to using Blender in a short guide. I got to review it; it's a great resource for beginners.

Check it out; he also has some related videos on his new YouTube channel too.

youtu.be/_H1NqMNNils?feature=s

#b3d #Blender3d

2025-06-16

@chaosthief yeah, I tend to run out of memory far quicker with Eevee than Cycles. My suspicion is that Eevee is more memory heavy upfront (due to rasterization + a full screen buffer), whereas Cycles is more stable with lower usage since it's just path tracing each pixel/tile. But again, I haven't gotten to know how it works under the hood.

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2025-06-15

Wanna give a shoutout to ​⁠Artisans of Vaul‬ - such an informative channel if you want to learn #hardsurface #3dmodeling. Recommend.
youtube.com/@artisansofvaul?si

2025-06-15

As a fairly new father, I resonate with words from "Death Stranding": "When I found out I was gonna be a father, I was so scared. Scared of what it would mean. .... I had it all wrong, all wrong. Being a father didn’t make me scared. It made me brave."

While I always have a backlog of things to do, nothing is more fulfilling than being a husband and father. As a Latter-Day Saint, I believe families can continue to be together after death. And that makes me so happy.

2025-06-15

#SundayThoughts happy (American) Father's Day. I'm grateful to have a father who taught me how to learn. When I was stuck with homework, he wouldn't give me the answer. He would have me go through my work to recognize and correct my own mistakes.

He was a studious learner, and loved learning the "why" behind things. But not only did he study his own religion, but he also loved learning others' cultures and religions, often making friends of strangers.

2025-06-15

@chaosthief weirdly I've found Cycles often faster than Eevee nowadays. As much as I love doing NPR in Eevee, I bring myself back to Cycles often.

2025-06-14

I've been doing @calver 's Blender challenge this month as a last hurrah before I get busy in July. It's been fun, going down a rabbit hole of geo nodes for the sand dunes 😄

#b3d #Blender3d

2025-06-14

@visy nice! How was the viewport performance difference for you?

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2025-06-14

@taylor

Here's some unsolicited advice on skill acquisition, Taylor.

Don't focus on getting the perfect output - as that is not where the joy lives for a hobby artist.

Focus on the input. The act of learning, creating and improving.
This is the important part, the perfect input.

Spending 12 hours on something you enjoy and is improving your skill and experience far outweighs feeding an image to a machine for zero gain or enjoyment.

So keep doing what you're doing.

2025-06-13

Guess what song I'm bingeing rn: youtube.com/watch?v=QZfH7cFp3Y

More tasteful VFX this time around, creative cinematography (is that drone footage I saw?), and solid editing/mixing on the music and video. Amazingly well done music video.

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2025-06-13

// Link Dump – June 2025

kaigulliksen.com/link-dump-jun

New month, new links. I’m a little later than usual with this one, but there are some good ones in here! […]

#BlogPost

2025-06-13

@waynedixon I've been looking into Linux flavors recently, how are you liking Pop OS?

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2025-06-12

Paradoxal shadow casting

2025-06-12

@pafurijaz the fact that the properties tabs look so different in size and organization is the giveaway for me 😄 but you'd have to find the source to be sure.

2025-06-11

@pafurijaz I'm guessing this is a mockup someone made? The logo in the corner looks like a meme page I've seen.

That would be a funny idea of using Liquid Glass.

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2025-06-11

Which #linux do you run your #blender on?

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