Bridgette Mongeon- Creative Endeavors

09/19/2026

I don't know about you, but I don't work in programs long enough and often enough to remember all the different things. And that means I spend so much time looking things up. It is the same things. As my brain ages, I'm also doing that same thing. so this post will hold some of those things I look up.

07/29/2026

New book trailer

On July 4, 1862, in England, a young girl named Alice set sail down...

03/09/2026

The Grandma Gatewood Statue Committee is looking for a few trail angels to help them to honor Grandma Gatewood. They are creating two identical statues. One ...

12/01/2025

I still this is the clearest description of artifacts in topology. I got permission to use his images in my previous edition.

The topology or mesh pattern of a model can drastically affect the smoothing of a model. Here Greg Petchkovski demonstrates how to avoid smoothing artifacts....

12/01/2025

I love how this illustration shows what retopolgy is. Basically, 3D scans come into the computer in points and triangles. Our programs need quads otherwise you get some crazy artifacts. What is an artifact? Check out this you tube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_S1INdEmdI

Just before writing my first book on 3D Technology in fine art and craft retopologizing had to be done by hand. UGGGG. So glad our programs do it for us.