Shahriar ShahrabiinRealities.ioDesigning for Apple Vision Pro: Lessons Learned from Puzzling PlacesThe Apple Vision Pro presents new design challenges to consider. Here are some of the lessons learned from redesigning Puzzling Places from…13 min read·Feb 5, 2024--42--42
Shahriar ShahrabiMy Top Books of 2023This year was full of traveling and giving talks at conferences. So I didn’t have the usual free time to read to my heart’s content. I…9 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Shahriar ShahrabiModify Realized Instances and Mesh Islands Individually In Blender Geometry NodesIn this post I will cover how to transform (move, rotate or scale) meshes you have made in Geometry Nodes after you have realized them as…12 min read·Dec 5, 2023--1--1
Shahriar ShahrabiIn the Valley of Gods Style Saturated Shadows in Blender LightbakeIn this post I will cover how to color the penumbra in light bakes in Blender 3D. This effect was inspired by the concept art for Valley of…9 min read·Nov 2, 2023----
Shahriar ShahrabiDesigning for Aesthetic in Video Games Art DirectionPart of video game art direction is clear communication. However overoptimizing for an immediate unambiguous reading of your message can…13 min read·Sep 25, 2023--1--1
Shahriar ShahrabiPainting with CodeCombining simple mathematical functions, you can paint beautiful images, practice your maths skills and wrap your head around how to…16 min read·Sep 19, 2023--2--2
Shahriar ShahrabiDay Night Cycle using LUT in Fragment Shader of MaterialsI will cover how to use look up tables, aka LUTs in the fragment shader of the object’s material to make a day night transition or adjust…19 min read·Jun 6, 2023----
Shahriar ShahrabiProcedural Chinese Landscape Painting in Geometry Nodes Blender 3DCreating a procedural Chinese landscape painting in Blender 3D using geometry nodes and Voronoi noise.13 min read·May 23, 2023--2--2
Shahriar ShahrabiinBootcampA Case for Game Systems Being ArtFiction, music and visual compositions are art mediums, naturally the combination of them would also be art. But the actual question is if…9 min read·Apr 18, 2023--1--1
Shahriar ShahrabiinRealities.ioArt Direction for VR: Lessons Learned from Puzzling PlacesIn this post I will cover some of the stuff I learned doing the art direction for Puzzling Places. This includes covering similarities and…17 min read·Mar 6, 2023----