Mark B Tomlinson

I did a few prints of some of my models a couple of years ago, unfortunately I rendered them too dark for hanging on the wall. While they looked okay on the screen they weren’t so good in a normally lit room, and the back ground was far to dark for the subject to stand out. So I have done a little reworking and relighting to lift them from the page as it were. The fun part for me is a few, like this one, were done in Modo and I haven’t used that in a while so remembering the settings and…

We are now 14 days in the new house and both very happy. Although I am extremely tired, we both are but I am effected more, from all the little odd jobs and unpacking. Hopefully this will be my last move and we won’t have to go through the stress of moving ever again, I know never say never. I am not getting any younger and this move has really hit me physically not to mention mentally. They say moving and house purchase are two of the big stressors and I have to agree. The house is basically…

After just over two years here in this old town in Northern Germany we are on the eve of another move, hopefully this is the last one. We aren’t getting any younger and I have less energy each time. This will be the twenty forth time I have moved house or flat in my life, which is without a doubt above average. We aren’t moving far this time, which is a good thing, and it has given us the chance to do a few trips back and forth with odd bits and bobs. As of this evening we are in a flat and it…

I posted this earlier this morning on Mastodon In the middle of the night I have an idea for an over due blog post: let me now cogitate and procrastinate for a while. Stew on it until the idea is overly cooked, inedible and abandoned. Or as is my won't; forgotten as my mind wanders the corridors of global madness and distraction. Let me... Here is what I was thinking about in the night. Recently I saw a post from a random person, via Bubbles I think, about the number of pages for blogs. To be…

Some renders of my recent doodle model I made. Did this one over a couple of days due to the distractions of live and the World Cup. Modelled and rendered in Blender. No commenting here, should you wish to, you can do so here Mastodon

So far this month has been a really hard one heat wise and today we finally have it a little cooler. The weather for northern Europe has been terrible, affecting transport and people in equal measures. Roads have been popping and snow ploughs have been used to spray water to try and save the damage, a new one on me. I have lived in a few hot countries, Spain and Australia included, but they are at least better prepared for the hot normalcy of summer in the high thirties. Up here in Northern…

June is already half way through and I haven’t posted anything again. I think about it, then forget about it, then think about it briefly, and then, well you get the idea. I have a lot going on outside this little web presence and the usual low key social media posting but that isn’t for today, maybe when it is all sorted I will let you all on in it, though, to be honest, I doubt it. Got to keep some stuff offline and out of the prying eyes of the corporations and their sucking machines. I am…

I started with some lined paper and ended up with a little note book. Not an overly complicated model topologically most of the work was in the texturing. Here’s the Wireframe of the mesh: And how it all started:

I needed a pen as mine ran out of ink. So I decided to make one in Blender as is my want. Parker pen in blue and steel: Parker pen model wireframe: #mbt3d #b3d If you wish you can reach me via this: Email Address

I don’t know how this affects images but I turned on: ShowFullTextinRSS: true I added this line in the config.yaml I really don’t care if it show the full post in the RSS, and personally I like that function when I am brwsing feeds. But please bare with me as I test this feature, until I get images showing as I like…

A spherical abstraction mechanical model.

In regard to my recent Note on posting.

Using PaperMod Theme

How to control the RSS feeds

A cubical extruded cube abstraction mechanical model.

Run Brew occasionally

Run Brew occasionally

44 years ago I got my first computer

44 years ago I got my first computer

I have a couple of things I want to post about

I have a couple of things I want to post about

Frederick Forsyth Extremely drawn out planning and background story of an overthrow of an African leader. Most of the action is in the final chapters. I enjoyed it but found it a little overly detailed and wondered when the action starts, when it did it was over quickly. ★★★☆☆ Recommended

A quick way to type halfs etc.

Added Description

Lumping everything under one type isn't good

I may change the site setup again.

Preview thumbnails on Mastodon

I wonder if there’s a way, built into HUGO, to automatically share a post from here to Mastodon. Also wondering if I should, although it seems to me that sharing posts is the whole point of these blogs…

Blogging, Bubbles & Comments

John le Carré Post Cold War story about a couple of spies. Interesting although not particularly exciting, well written as usual. ★★★★☆ Recommended slow read