Graphics Blogroll

In no particular order, my list of cool computer graphics (or adjacent) blogs:

• Amit Patel
  • Interactive algorithm visualizations
  • Highlight: Introduction to A*
• Inigo Quilez
  • 3D SDF rendering and shadertoy
  • Highlight: 3D SDF Index
• Fabian Giesen
  • Graphics programming, compression, comp arch, optimization
  • Highlight: A trip through the Graphics Pipeline 2011
• Bart Wronski
  • Image/signal processing, real-time rendering, linear algebra
  • Highlight: Why are video game graphics still a challenge?
• Nicky Case
  • ‘Explorable’ real-world models, mental health
  • Highlight: Parable of the Polygons
• Bartosz Ciechanowski
  • Highly detailed interactive explainers
  • Highlight: Cameras and Lenses
• Alan Zucconi
  • Misc. game dev
  • Highlight: Introduction to Procedural Animations
• Marc Ten Bosch
  • Higher-dimensional physics, math
  • Highlight: Let’s remove Quaternions from every 3D Engine
• Alan Wolfe
  • Image/signal processing, real-time graphics, math
  • Highlight: Fast Voronoi Diagrams and Distance Fields with Jump Flooding
• Fabien Sanglard
  • Retro game dev, graphics programming, game engines
  • Highlight: Deciphering the Postcard Sized Pathtracer
• Matt Pettineo
  • Graphics programming, real-time rendering
  • Highlight: Attack of the Depth Buffer
• Aras Pranckevičius
  • Misc. graphics, optimization, compilers
  • Highlight: “Modern” C++ Lamentations
• Ben Golus
  • Graphics programming, shaders
  • Highlight: The Quest for Very Wide Outlines
• Kostas Anagnostou
  • Graphics programming, rendering
  • Highlight: Raytraced Global Illumination Denoising
• Adrian Courrèges
  • Real-time rendering
  • Highlight: DOOM 2016 Graphics Study
• Raph Levien
  • 2D rendering, GPU programming
  • Highlight: Swapchains and Frame Pacing
• Matt Pharr
  • Rendering, optimization
  • Highlight: Rendering Moana with pbrt
• János Turánszki
  • Real-time rendering, game engines
  • Highlight: Voxel-based Global Illumination
• Arseny Kapoulkine
  • Real-time rendering, optimization
  • Highlight: Writing an efficient Vulkan renderer
• Daniel Holden
  • Animation, geometry, game dev
  • Highlight: Game Developer’s Spring-Roll-Call
• Dennis Gustafsson
  • Real-time rendering, game dev, GPU programming
  • Highlight: Bokeh depth of field in a single pass
• Mykhailo Moroz
  • Computational physics, rendering and other random stuff
  • Highlight: Visualizing General Relativity
• Jeremy Ong
  • Computer graphics, C++
  • Highlight: Graphics Pipelines for Young Bloods

Inactive

These blogs are very infrequently updated or haven’t been updated in years.

• Jonathan Blow: Braid/The Witness
  • Braid/The Witness development posts
  • Highlight: A Shader Trick
• Nicholas McDonald
  • Procedural generation, math
  • Highlight: Markov Chains for Procedural Buildings
• Isaac Dykeman
  • Procedural generation, real-time graphics
  • Highlight: Procedural Worlds from Simple Tiles
• Christer Ericson
  • Graphics programming, real-time physics, game dev
  • Highlight: Order your graphics draw calls around!
• Philippe Decaudin
  • Real-time graphics
  • Highlight: Volumetric Billboards
• Emil Persson
  • Graphics programming, game dev
  • Highlight: Rules of Optimization
• Leif Erkenbrach
  • Graphics programming
  • Highlight: Voxel Cone Traced Global Illumination
• Clean Rinse
  • Graphics programming
  • Highlight: Why are 2D vector graphics so much harder than 3D?
• Brian Karis
  • Graphics programming, math
  • Highlight: Specular BRDF Reference
• Wolfgang Engel
  • Graphics programming
  • Highlight: Triangle Visibility Buffer
• Ángel Ortiz
  • Graphics programming
  • Highlight: A Primer On Efficient Rendering Algorithms & Clustered Shading
• Setosa
  • Interactive explainers
  • Highlight: Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
• Kosmonaut Games
  • Graphics programming, real-time rendering
  • Highlight: Signed Distance Field Rendering Journey
• Jamie Wong
  • Simulation, geometry, software dev
  • Highlight: Ray Marching and Signed Distance Fields
• Shader Bits
  • Shaders, unreal engine
  • Highlight: Creating a Volumetric Ray Marcher
• Miguel Cepero
  • Procedural generation, voxels
  • Highlight: From Voxels to Polygons
• 0 FPS
  • Geometry, procedural generation, voxels
  • Highlight: Meshing in a Minecraft Game
• Andrew Pham
  • Graphics programming
  • Highlight: Spherical Harmonics