Owen Richards
@owenrichardscgi.bsky.social
Graphic artist specialising in game and space art. Currently trying to learn animation so I can make silly CGI videos.
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I am highly concerned and aware of what is going on politically at the moment. I am using this platform to have somewhere to get away from all that.
Because of that, please do not be offended if I don't follow you back on mostly politicaly themed channels. Thank you.
Because of that, please do not be offended if I don't follow you back on mostly politicaly themed channels. Thank you.
Nick Stevens asked me some questions about generative AI and models. It sent me down a rabbit hole and I found out a few things that are pretty disturbing. TurboSquid and CGTrader have deals to train generative AI on their model catalogues. Note: "ethically-sourced"
www.jonpeddie.com/news/nvidia-...
www.jonpeddie.com/news/nvidia-...
Nvidia brings generative AI to 3D models in TurboSquid
Shutterstock’s 3D model generator is trained on licensed, ethically-sourced data.
www.jonpeddie.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nick Stevens asked me some questions about generative AI and models. It sent me down a rabbit hole and I found out a few things that are pretty disturbing. TurboSquid and CGTrader have deals to train generative AI on their model catalogues. Note: "ethically-sourced"
www.jonpeddie.com/news/nvidia-...
www.jonpeddie.com/news/nvidia-...
His art is highly stylised, yet nails the likeness. The character's souls come off the paper. I love his stuff.
Some pages from the book jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
His art is highly stylised, yet nails the likeness. The character's souls come off the paper. I love his stuff.
Reposted by Owen Richards
Oscar Isaac/Inside Llewyn Davis. Drawn this day in 2018. Colour pencil with added colour in Procreate.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Oscar Isaac/Inside Llewyn Davis. Drawn this day in 2018. Colour pencil with added colour in Procreate.
This is how you stylise!
Patreon post about my City of the Dead poster. www.patreon.com/posts/city-o...
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is how you stylise!
These are amazing.
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These are amazing.
We had a twitch streamer cover our Duke mod. He used the wrong render settings while knocking the graphics. He also didn't link back to the ModDB page.
Streamers, please drop a link to where you got the mod from. You are using us for publicity. Please return the favour. Also, read the read me.
Streamers, please drop a link to where you got the mod from. You are using us for publicity. Please return the favour. Also, read the read me.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We had a twitch streamer cover our Duke mod. He used the wrong render settings while knocking the graphics. He also didn't link back to the ModDB page.
Streamers, please drop a link to where you got the mod from. You are using us for publicity. Please return the favour. Also, read the read me.
Streamers, please drop a link to where you got the mod from. You are using us for publicity. Please return the favour. Also, read the read me.
A very basic and old part of my brain just likes beautiful shiny things. This just lights up all those receptors.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A very basic and old part of my brain just likes beautiful shiny things. This just lights up all those receptors.
Just imagine you get up, look out the window and you see this. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in bringing this to us groundhogs.
'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
ISS - Light Fantastic
YouTube video by Seán Doran
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just imagine you get up, look out the window and you see this. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in bringing this to us groundhogs.
If Blender, or Wikipedia, or any other free service has made your life better in any way, please do consider giving something back, even if it's only a small, one time donation.
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If Blender, or Wikipedia, or any other free service has made your life better in any way, please do consider giving something back, even if it's only a small, one time donation.
Yep, can confirm!
before asking "how's that project going??" to any creative, just assume it's going like this
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yep, can confirm!
Make sure you check your watch like this guy is. Not a second over!
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Make sure you check your watch like this guy is. Not a second over!
A brilliant interview with Magnus Møller from Tumblehead Studios. Advertised as how they switched to Houdini, but he gives a lot of insight into how they started the studio and what is involved in running it.
youtu.be/Q_nzxB37Euw?...
youtu.be/Q_nzxB37Euw?...
How Tumblehead Mastered Houdini for Animation & Built Their Studio
YouTube video by The VFX Process
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A brilliant interview with Magnus Møller from Tumblehead Studios. Advertised as how they switched to Houdini, but he gives a lot of insight into how they started the studio and what is involved in running it.
youtu.be/Q_nzxB37Euw?...
youtu.be/Q_nzxB37Euw?...
Anyone who thought that having WhatsApp handily available on your Windows desktop was a great idea needs to rethink their chatting strategy! Up to 3 Gigs of Ram for active chats! This is ridiculous. www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/12/m...
Meta just killed native WhatsApp on Windows 11, now it opens WebView, uses 1GB RAM all the time
Windows 11 has just got a 'major' upgrade, and you're probably going to hate it because it uses 1-2GB RAM all the time.
www.windowslatest.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Anyone who thought that having WhatsApp handily available on your Windows desktop was a great idea needs to rethink their chatting strategy! Up to 3 Gigs of Ram for active chats! This is ridiculous. www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/12/m...
If you know, have a good one!
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you know, have a good one!
I've been warning people that the American right wing are trying to infiltrate England. To those who tell me "It can't happen here." I say: "Brexit". It HAS happened here and unless people wake up, it will happen again.
This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I've been warning people that the American right wing are trying to infiltrate England. To those who tell me "It can't happen here." I say: "Brexit". It HAS happened here and unless people wake up, it will happen again.
I remember these! Got to admit that I too took the plunge and got into flash animations. I actually wound up applying to a famous sex toy manufacturer as a flash animator. I didn't get the gig, but it was an experience.
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I remember these! Got to admit that I too took the plunge and got into flash animations. I actually wound up applying to a famous sex toy manufacturer as a flash animator. I didn't get the gig, but it was an experience.
This has so much charm and personality. Also it's highly stylised, but only if you look closely!!!
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This has so much charm and personality. Also it's highly stylised, but only if you look closely!!!
... and in slowmo!
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
... and in slowmo!
Oh boy!
An update to this Star Trek shot! Lots of minor improvements, better post and lighting. :)
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
Also a Fold7 slomo version for funsies.
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh boy!
Anyone up in or near Mancunianland might find this a grand day out. Support your local art and cinema!
I am exhibiting at @McrArtFair on 21-23 November at Manchester Central. Book your tickets and see me at the fair, for the collector, the curator and the simply curious! hashtag#MAF25
I also have 25 guest tickets to the preview on Friday 21st if you message me quick!
I also have 25 guest tickets to the preview on Friday 21st if you message me quick!
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Anyone up in or near Mancunianland might find this a grand day out. Support your local art and cinema!
Reposted by Owen Richards
October 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I love the flow. How the expressions morph. How the bear seems to be made of water at times. It's beautiful.
You've seen Aaron Blaise's animation—he was a big deal on Disney's Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more.
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I love the flow. How the expressions morph. How the bear seems to be made of water at times. It's beautiful.
This looks interesting. Quake Brutalist Jam 3 enemies!
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This looks interesting. Quake Brutalist Jam 3 enemies!
This really needed to be said.
studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:
Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem
Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.
movieweb.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This really needed to be said.
Having had to archive a load of old VHS tapes, this hits home for me. This guy has his pipeline down pat. I wish I had a cool old Mac to make it all more fun!
How our forbears made memes.
Screenshotting a VHS tape
YouTube video by RonSwon
youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Having had to archive a load of old VHS tapes, this hits home for me. This guy has his pipeline down pat. I wish I had a cool old Mac to make it all more fun!