Jonathan Swanson

My current work-in-progress; practicing the recreation of artwork in Rive as preparation for later animation. I generated the initial image using AI, and during the recreation process, I incorporate subtle enhancements to improve the overall quality and detail.

I asked Gemini 3 to create a procedural wood texture utilizing Blender shader nodes. While the texture could certainly benefit from further refinement, I am highly impressed with the quality and effectiveness of the results achieved.

With @Rive I realized I could literally bring to life the classic joke about designers and web developers. The joke goes that designers often create something visually stunning but nearly impossible to build on the web without compromise. But now, it’s actually possible! Here is a light/dark mode toggle.

Anyone got good Rive tutorials for game dev UI? I would love to make these I'm just not sure on the expected setup.