All pledgers will be entered into a random draw, and the winner will receive this walking RenderMan teapot from my personal collection. I realize this is more of a symbolic gift for now, though it holds a lot of sentimental value for me, and some fiduciary value too. As I progress with looking for sponsors, I'll try to offer you guys something even better next time, but it's a start. We will organize the draw as soon as we reach the $7,200 target.
For now, and I prefer to be clear, not a lot, but what's already online. I do want to ensure that donors receive something extra compared to those who don't, while still keeping the website as open as possible. I am about to move the website to an Azure VM with a Go server so that I can add a simple login page that will give donors access to exclusive content. I'm not sure when I will get that done, but hopefully sometime this summer (2024).
Trello: I am about to create a Trello (or equivalent) page where you will be able to see what I plan to work on next. That way, you can suggest different priorities based on your interests. I will do my best to take this into consideration. But you can also see what lies ahead.
Videos: I want to start working on some videos, but I have some development to do first. I can’t explain now, but this is something I want to work on and can really be super cool.
Interviews with CG Researchers and Gurus: I want to conduct interviews with authors of papers that have been influential for the industry.
Expand to New Domains of CG Graphics: Particular use of real-time graphics APIs, GPU stuff, simulation, geometry, etc.
Add Interactive Applets to the Pages: This is a long-term project.
As I am on my own developing Scratchapixel at the moment, all these things will take time, but with enough support, they'll eventually get done.
Also, if I find people along the way who want to contribute to writing lessons, then we will eventually become a team and move faster.
While donations help me pay the bills (server, domain name, licenses for things like Maya, Photoshop, or even my mobile subscription which I am using to get internet on my PC), it remains a nonprofit initiative. Of course, the goal is to go beyond just the bills so that I can dedicate myself full-time to Scratchapixel and, maybe one day, have a team working on this project.
BTC: 3BPKSxSsa4oBWs3pZXs6R7QqYkPz6LTQGt
ETH: 0x063413F86bcE1222b888A801AF1b6c50D1166fD6
If you can't use any of these platforms, get in touch with me on Discord, and we'll find a way. Once you have made a payment, ping me on Discord so that I can keep track of it.
I will post the total number of donors starting from the 20th of March who qualify for the draw, along with their names and the total amount committed by you guys. As soon as we reach $7,200, I will organize the draw and you will find out if you have won the teapot.
Thanks to all of you. Those with a 🙏 are exceptionally generous donors).
$5,863 of $7,200 reached so far.
July 2024
Steven Caron
YMP
TRINH VO
Claudio Piccinini
Andrew Woods
Jonas Jonsson
Tim Mullender
James Duran
Brij Charan
Wolfram Wörner
Henry Hötzel
Andrzej Oleksiewicz
Nicholas Williams
Guillaume Morin 🙏🙏
Omar Ghobashi
Cody Duncan
Bryan-Elliott Tam
Gilles Damoiseaux
Salvatore Spoto
Abdenour Bachir :partying_face:
Carlo Carfora
Chrystiano Araujo
Daniel Jackson
Ed Peddycoart
Jayson Powers
Jaime Rodriguez
KK Yeung
June 2024
Andrew Willmott 🙏
Andrew Willmott 🙏
Brian Nlong Zhao
Mert Alyaprak
Bryan-Elliott Tam
Konstantinos Pentaris
Touran Khan
Alden DelVecchio
Fernanda Sanchez
Thomas Loockx
Vladimir Savin
Steven Lundgren
Cody Duncan
Alexander Dieckmann
Steven Caron
Andrew David
Jonatan Nevo
James Duran
Joey Rieg
Fabian Iwand
Sam Hodak
Tim Mullender
Jonas Jonsson
Claudio Piccinini
TRINH VO
YMP
Daniel Jackson
Jaime Rodriguez
Jayson Powers
May 2024
Mao Zhang
Nikita Chernyi
Robert Tüchsen
Danny Le
Jonas Jonsson
CubeLogix Ltd
Tim Mullender
Alexey Smolenchuk
Toru Yamaguchi
Parker Thomas
Edin Mujagic
Kévin Driencourt
Mari Paukku
Helge Rhodin 🙏
Gilles Damoiseaux
Greg Maker
Bryan-Elliott Tam
KK Yeung
Ed Peddycoart
Abdenour Bachir
Carlo Carfora
Andrew Woods
Chrystiano Araujo
Daniel Jackson
YMP
TRINH VO
Claudio Piccinini
Jayson Powers
Jaime Rodriguez
April 2024
Frei Zhang 🙏
Abdenour Bachir 😇
Carlo Carfora
Bryan-Elliott Tam
Salvatore Spoto
Emanuele Zamattio
KK Yeung
Ed Peddycoart
Mao Zhang
ref2401 🙏
Guillaume Schneider
Nicolas Dufort
Onyxmast3r 🙏
Nilanjan Goswami
Andrew Woods
Felipe Oliveira
Claudio Piccinini
TRINH VO
Satish Goda
Chrystiano Araujo
Daniel Jackson
YMP
Jayson Powers
Jaime Rodriguez
March 2024
Clément Nagel
Kenneth Van Aken
Dimitry Kachkovski
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Emanuele Zamattio
Luca Fossato
Borja Morales
Christian Bohm
Bryan-Elliott Tam
KK Yeung
Kenneth Van Aken 🙏
Thobias Larsen
Ed Peddycoart