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Animated Stars
Testing a new 3D Studio Max particle system, this starfield animation sent particles racing toward the camera—an echo of 80s BASIC space simulations. What once required plotted pixels and slow renders became a bridge between coding and 3D experimentation. Read More
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Rotating Moon
Created for a moon-phase calendar, this rotating moon animation repurposed NASA imagery into a seamless visual loop. Though Earth always sees the same lunar face, the orbiting perspective and careful GIF optimization made it a technical and creative experiment. Read More
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Lewie’s WWW Gallery
Created in 1997 using 3D Studio Release 4, this early animated GIF served as the basis for one of my first. With gold navigation buttons and a blue noise background, the spinning Earth—later corrected—remains the only surviving artifact. Read More
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Interests into Art
From daily “Mind Candy” graphics to 3D Studio modem models, scanned Art Institute projects, and early GIF89a web animations, this collection captures evolving experiments in digital and physical art, blending curiosity, self-direction, and persistence across mediums. Read More
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Early Childhood
Born in 1975 under dangerous circumstances, I grew up in a large Maryland family shaped by resilience, faith, hardship, and warmth. From hospital scares to attic adventures, factory work, train tracks, and “Happy Day,” childhood blended struggle, imagination, and determination. Read More
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School Days
Beginning kindergarten at White Oak in 1979, I navigated yellow buses, chalk dust, brown bag lunches, school plays, and field trips. Between coloring papers, home tutoring, summer school, and theme park dreams, early education mixed wonder, frustration, and constant change. Read More
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The Factory
Under harsh lights, uniformed men herd, sort, mutilate, and kill captive birds in a mechanized overnight operation. Males are injected and caged; females processed and slaughtered. Nets, cages, and assembly tables turn terror into routine, ending at dawn with exhausted survivors relocated. Read More
