Shawn Astrom
@shawnastrom.bsky.social
3D Generalist, Look Dev Artist, & enthusiast of high quality pies. Owner of SA Studios in Denver, Colorado. https://sastudios.xyz/
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Shawn Astrom
@shawnastrom.bsky.social
· Apr 4
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🔴CALL TO ACTION to fight AI! Takes 10 seconds!🔴
Please sign and share this petition to send to legislators in California to support the AI Transparency Act. It would force AI companies to provide a list of work they trained on to IP holders. ANYONE can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Please sign and share this petition to send to legislators in California to support the AI Transparency Act. It would force AI companies to provide a list of work they trained on to IP holders. ANYONE can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow.
California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🔴CALL TO ACTION to fight AI! Takes 10 seconds!🔴
Please sign and share this petition to send to legislators in California to support the AI Transparency Act. It would force AI companies to provide a list of work they trained on to IP holders. ANYONE can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Please sign and share this petition to send to legislators in California to support the AI Transparency Act. It would force AI companies to provide a list of work they trained on to IP holders. ANYONE can sign!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Reposted by Shawn Astrom
With another Octane 2026.1 Alpha Feature "Meshlets"
Find out how to set them up in C4D Octane.
youtu.be/kWVw5sLku9E
Spoiler... it's surprisingly easy.
Have fun watching 😊
@OTOY
@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #OctaneRenderIt
#cinema4d #c4d
Find out how to set them up in C4D Octane.
youtu.be/kWVw5sLku9E
Spoiler... it's surprisingly easy.
Have fun watching 😊
@OTOY
@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #OctaneRenderIt
#cinema4d #c4d
Silverwing: New in Octane 2026.1 Alpha: Meshlets
YouTube video by SilverwingVFX
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
With another Octane 2026.1 Alpha Feature "Meshlets"
Find out how to set them up in C4D Octane.
youtu.be/kWVw5sLku9E
Spoiler... it's surprisingly easy.
Have fun watching 😊
@OTOY
@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #OctaneRenderIt
#cinema4d #c4d
Find out how to set them up in C4D Octane.
youtu.be/kWVw5sLku9E
Spoiler... it's surprisingly easy.
Have fun watching 😊
@OTOY
@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #OctaneRenderIt
#cinema4d #c4d
@wesmcdermott.bsky.social Hey Wes! Wanted to ask an expert about this strange issue I've noticed since the new GPU renderer was added. In Substance 3D Designer with Windows scaling set to 150% the 2D is not showing the correct true 100% scale. Is this a bug? @adobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@wesmcdermott.bsky.social Hey Wes! Wanted to ask an expert about this strange issue I've noticed since the new GPU renderer was added. In Substance 3D Designer with Windows scaling set to 150% the 2D is not showing the correct true 100% scale. Is this a bug? @adobe.com
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Guess who's back, back again. Guess who's back, tell your friends:
This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs
@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d
This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs
@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d
Silverwing: Octane Motion Vectors in Fusion and AE
YouTube video by SilverwingVFX
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Guess who's back, back again. Guess who's back, tell your friends:
This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs
@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d
This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs
@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d
@blender.org hey what's the deal with the more recent versions of blender and Wacom tablets I can't get my custom button mapping to work anymore The only way is to run blender in administrative mode and then once you switch to another application and back they are broken again!
August 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@blender.org hey what's the deal with the more recent versions of blender and Wacom tablets I can't get my custom button mapping to work anymore The only way is to run blender in administrative mode and then once you switch to another application and back they are broken again!
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Thanks again for having me present at last years SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, CO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-pN...
Shawn Astrom - Working Simple in Production | SIGGRAPH 2024
YouTube video by Maxon
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Thanks again for having me present at last years SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, CO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-pN...
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Hi, i'm open for freelance and roles again, feel free to reach out for any and all CG environments related work!
linktr.ee/josefbsharah
linktr.ee/josefbsharah
May 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hi, i'm open for freelance and roles again, feel free to reach out for any and all CG environments related work!
linktr.ee/josefbsharah
linktr.ee/josefbsharah
@maxonvfx.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=63cZ... Amazing new features teased here in this NAB video! 2025.3!
NAB 2025 | Sebastian Häfele and Jonas Pilz - Sneak Peek - Future Features in Cinema 4D
YouTube video by Maxon
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@maxonvfx.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=63cZ... Amazing new features teased here in this NAB video! 2025.3!
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Redshift Toon time. Finally getting around to playing with the new toon stuff in RS. Too much fun! I think I'm going to play around with some more NPR rendering soon.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Redshift Toon time. Finally getting around to playing with the new toon stuff in RS. Too much fun! I think I'm going to play around with some more NPR rendering soon.
Reposted by Shawn Astrom
Here's a render I made of the final Watch CAD asset in #c4d and #octane from our current #plasticity video series.
youtu.be/P5ADvNj2L_4
Shading will beging in the next tutorial
youtu.be/P5ADvNj2L_4
Shading will beging in the next tutorial
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here's a render I made of the final Watch CAD asset in #c4d and #octane from our current #plasticity video series.
youtu.be/P5ADvNj2L_4
Shading will beging in the next tutorial
youtu.be/P5ADvNj2L_4
Shading will beging in the next tutorial
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Scene Nodes Tutorial series up by the brilliant Athanasios Pozantzis!! cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/ci...
Cinema 4D Scene Nodes
cineversity.maxon.net
March 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@maxonvfx.bsky.social Scene Nodes Tutorial series up by the brilliant Athanasios Pozantzis!! cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/ci...
Earlier today, I was trying to grasp the size of a single atom. I calculated that if a silicon atom were scaled up to 1 foot across, the straight-line distance between LA and Portland would be equal to the number of silicon atoms that fit across 1mm 🤯
February 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Earlier today, I was trying to grasp the size of a single atom. I calculated that if a silicon atom were scaled up to 1 foot across, the straight-line distance between LA and Portland would be equal to the number of silicon atoms that fit across 1mm 🤯
Dusk Skies. Who doesn't love a good dusk sky?
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Dusk Skies. Who doesn't love a good dusk sky?
If you want #cinema4d #3d on Windows to feel a bit more "Apple OSX" you can simply swap the GUI Font out to Apple's beautiful SF Pro!!! @maxonvfx.bsky.social developer.apple.com/fonts
January 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you want #cinema4d #3d on Windows to feel a bit more "Apple OSX" you can simply swap the GUI Font out to Apple's beautiful SF Pro!!! @maxonvfx.bsky.social developer.apple.com/fonts
Reposted by Shawn Astrom
The Print Shop is open!
A couple classic scenes
A bunch of brand new ones
And the 2 legendary scenes that started this journey
Get some new wall art for the holiday season and use code HOLIDAY15 for 15% off!
paa.ge/caldermoore/en
A couple classic scenes
A bunch of brand new ones
And the 2 legendary scenes that started this journey
Get some new wall art for the holiday season and use code HOLIDAY15 for 15% off!
paa.ge/caldermoore/en
December 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The Print Shop is open!
A couple classic scenes
A bunch of brand new ones
And the 2 legendary scenes that started this journey
Get some new wall art for the holiday season and use code HOLIDAY15 for 15% off!
paa.ge/caldermoore/en
A couple classic scenes
A bunch of brand new ones
And the 2 legendary scenes that started this journey
Get some new wall art for the holiday season and use code HOLIDAY15 for 15% off!
paa.ge/caldermoore/en
Woah!!! More amazing stuff added to my favorite 3D app! @maxonvfx.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏
New #Cinema4D today with massively improved XRefs, new Booleans, more particle power, and more: www.maxon.net/article/maxo...
Maxon One Winter Release Brings Holiday Cheer from Concept to Render
Defy cookie-cutter conventions, create the magic of snowfall, and craft festive figures with updates in Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Red Giant, and Redshift.
www.maxon.net
December 4, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Woah!!! More amazing stuff added to my favorite 3D app! @maxonvfx.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏
A few renders from the High Noon CG HDRI collection. sastudios.xyz/store/high-n...
December 4, 2024 at 3:21 AM
A few renders from the High Noon CG HDRI collection. sastudios.xyz/store/high-n...
Is your looking to sang any of my assets they are on sale @helloluxx.bsky.social !!!
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Twistedpoly
Adam Swaab
Vincent Schwenk
Tim Clapham
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Rich Nosworthy
These are just a few samples from the training we have on sale right now!
GRAB A DEAL!!!
Learn 3D from some of the worlds greatest artists.
helloluxx.com/products
Motionpunk
Twistedpoly
Adam Swaab
Vincent Schwenk
Tim Clapham
Jonathan Lindgren
Rich Nosworthy
These are just a few samples from the training we have on sale right now!
GRAB A DEAL!!!
December 1, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Is your looking to sang any of my assets they are on sale @helloluxx.bsky.social !!!
Hi! I’m Shawn Astrom, a 3D artist with 18+ years of experience. I started out making rave flyers in Photoshop in Denver, CO, & now work with apps like C4D, ZBrush, Fusion, & Substance Designer. I’m a space art nerd & love creating 3D assets and sharing my knowledge with fellow artists!
November 22, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Hi! I’m Shawn Astrom, a 3D artist with 18+ years of experience. I started out making rave flyers in Photoshop in Denver, CO, & now work with apps like C4D, ZBrush, Fusion, & Substance Designer. I’m a space art nerd & love creating 3D assets and sharing my knowledge with fellow artists!
Well here's to a new era of goodness!
November 11, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Well here's to a new era of goodness!
Technical question here… Does anyone know how to extract the raw depth data that an iPhone captures with each photo? I’ve been able to get the 8bit depth maps but am hoping to be able to get 16 or even 32bit
November 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Technical question here… Does anyone know how to extract the raw depth data that an iPhone captures with each photo? I’ve been able to get the 8bit depth maps but am hoping to be able to get 16 or even 32bit
The death of Twitter has brought me here. Hopefully, there is a growing 3D community here.
October 18, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The death of Twitter has brought me here. Hopefully, there is a growing 3D community here.