Waltz with Bashir November 28, 2008
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedhttp://www.waltzwithbashirthemovie.com/wwbtrailer.html trailer for an animated documentary film by award-winning director Ari Folman. It’s interesting especially because it’s not often that animation is used in the documentary format - though history reveals more examples than you expect - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_documentary
visualizing large numbers: data-visualization November 28, 2008
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedSo Many A Second http://smas.studioludens.com
is a neat solution to the problem, not so much of visualizing exceptional large numbers (ie billions and trillions) - which is very, very difficult to do - but of illustrating the dynamism of large numbers. by simply showing in an animation the relative effect of increasing numbers of things - this is a well-designed neat solution.
Word Clock November 27, 2008
Posted by admin in : New Technology , comments closedhttp://www.vimeo.com/1476011
I really like this Word Clock application/screen saver by Simon Heys. There is also another nice alternative available on his web site, click on the link above and download the screen saver.
Blog of the Week Award November 18, 2008
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This weeks Blog of the Week award goes to Filippa Gustaffson for her fantastically detailed blog. Great to see Filippa is recording her thoughts on her project work in so much detail. The Maya and Flash examples are really excellent, as are her own experiments with programmes like Art Rage and Garage Band. Click on the image above to visit her Blog.
Everyone Forever November 18, 2008
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This is a great blog site with so many great ideas. Use it for inspiration.
Click on the image above.
Smart Textiles November 18, 2008
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The LilyPad Arduino toolkit by Leah Buechley enables novices to design, engineer, and build their own electronic textiles. The tool not only lets artists and craftspeople experience computational design but also gives children (and grannies) a chance to develop longer-term interest in computing and engineering.
Click to visit the site
http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/
Do the Eco Dance November 18, 2008
Posted by admin in : Research , comments closedDo the Eco Dance with Maurius, another great piece of Viral Marketing.
Click the image below and upload your own photo to dance with Maurius.
Flash Media Server Example November 17, 2008
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedThis is a test, it should allow you to talk to people who are on the weblog?
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.Etienne De Crecy! November 13, 2008
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedThis is an amazing piece of performance video with some very clever back projection, takes a while to get going but worth the wait.
Blog of the Week November 12, 2008
Posted by admin in : Blog of the Week , comments closedThis weeks Blog of the week award gos to third year BA(Hons) Graphic Design (Interactive Media) student Jonathan Joly. Jonathan who is well known to the first years is using his blog as a research tool for his dissertation This an approach we have been campaigning for the Institute to adopt for a while, we feel students should be able to submit there dissertations in other ways like Blogs, web sites, videos or presentations. Jonathan’s dissertation is entitled CAN A POLYGON MAKE YOU CRY? The main question he is asking is “Is it possible for the user or viewer to get emotionally involved with their chosen platform of entertainment if CGI is present?”
He has undertaken some interesting research so far. One piece that may be of interest to all first years working on the Maya project involving face rigging, is this youtube video on a company called Image Metrics.
Hopefully you can see the importance of working with face rigging now?
To visit Jonathan’s Blog click below.
http://jonathanjoly.wordpress.com/
Also have a look at Jonathan’s web site for some excellent examples of 3D work in 3D Studio Max.
http://www.jonathanjoly.com/