FJORD.STYLE

Visual technology, digital cartography, prototypes, R&D, and miscellaneous hackery from designer Peter Richardson.

Currently: Freelance. Formerly: Okta, Esri, Snap, Mapzen, and dozens of animation and advertising studios for hundreds of clients including Microsoft, Disney/Pixar, Sony, Rockstar Games, Hershey, Frito-Lay, LEGO, Comedy Central, and Sesame Street.

Latest posts:

Reorientation

29 Aug 2024 If I'd grown up online I might feel differently about the last five years, but without physical human interaction, the bite-sized epistolary nature of social media seems hollow. You're great, but you're better in person.

Where I'm At

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park from a small aircraft

Once, Saint-Exupéry “circled the airport for an hour after returning, so that he could finish reading a novel.” I deeply empathize.

Parallax Shift

A closeup of a 3D rendered crystal

This is a continuation of Going Into Depth, examining the construction of a custom parallax shader in WebGL, doing something I've wanted to try forever. There will be math, but also pictures, and isn't that the best case scenario?

Going Into Depth

A closeup of a 3D rendered crystal

This post describes a variation on parallax mapping that I used for a recent project, with detailed examinations of the rationale and a breakdown of the technique in the abstract.

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