Jonathan Swanson

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.

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.

I created a Rive character rig of a cat that follows the mouse cursor, loosely based on a tutorial but heavily customized to make it my own. For example, the eye blinks are set to trigger randomly, using a number generated as the mouse moves, making them feel more natural and...