May 10, 2008
Workin workin workin. Here’s the photo of the day.
Liking the vignetted look.
May 9, 2008
Blur of computers and cameras.
Here are some screen shots of the environment I’m making to green screen my sisters into:
the foreground foliage and dirt is CG composited in After Effects in front of photographic/photoshopped backgrounds.
May 5, 2008
It may be canned grass, but it’s hyper real and when you hit play it looks like the grass is breathing.
(Poor guy is getting more screen time than he bargained for…)
May 5, 2008
Pic/vid coming soon…
May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
…since you’ve already seen images of both projects, here’s a link to Pillpat’s amazing collection of ephemera
Make use of it!
May 5, 2008
It’s pretty ugly cause the only underlying theme is… well, just finally use my favorite beads that I always save and never use.
I was late to a meeting because of this, and I doubt I’ll ever even wear it.
_pic goes here_
I needed that moment.
April 30, 2008
Cause 3D glasses can make you look that cool.
April 30, 2008
April 30, 2008
Finished all the print materials for the DXARTS undergrad show. Since that’s boring visually, here’s a link to something awesome:
April 30, 2008
April 26, 2008
First of all, I played with these “chalk pastels” I’ve had since I was a kid and never really used. Turns out they look like dull colors in the box, but draw in NEON! RAD. So, here’s something unusual:
Secondly, my cat freaked the fuck out and knocked down the kitchen table. Here she is hiding under her masterpiece:
(I particularly like how her eyes are two different colors here. That only happens when she’s fucking crazy.)
Came home to find this on my doorstep:
unmarked.. so optimistic..
who sent this? Spring shear?? Should I be concerned?
ah, it was a neighborhood kid, that’s cute
(PS: I did a green screen test today, but haven’t captured the footage yet. You’ll see that tomorrow.)
April 25, 2008
“His life extinguished, he has become quite distinguished.”
Mr. Nuttering died on campus, and I had to bring the shovel from home.
April 24, 2008
April 24, 2008
JD found a dead squirrel and I made a tiny hat for him.
April 24, 2008
The assignment: Create a sculptural environment constructed with the haptic modeling interface. The work is intended to be experienced by touch alone. The ‘viewer’ will not see the objects you’ve created. Rather, they will explore the environment by interacting with the piece through the haptic feedback pen.
The haptic device (”Happy”) is a force feedback system mostly used for modeling in 3D.
It looks like a little arm with a pen attached to it. In the background on the monitor you can see a translucent image of my “sculpture.” It’s a whole bunch of bubbles inside a sphere… the idea being you’re stuck physically wandering around inside this annoying labyrinth… but when do finally get out (there are ways out) you are sad because you preferred the definition you felt on the inside to the feed-back-less abyss outside.
Sigh.
My original idea was a lot better, but I couldn’t get it to work well enough.
I wanted to force the user’s hand to write one person’s name over and over and over- kind of a forced middle school crush, mantra, obsession. I thought it’d be funny to use someone’s name from within the class I have to present in, but not tell them haha
oh well!
April 22, 2008
Totally inspired by Michelle Blade and totally sick of staring at pixels, I decided to break out the watercolors and rubber cement.
My theory was that the cement could work as a mask, to be painted over and then rubbed off. And it (mostly) worked.
It was very messy. Maybe if I’m a bit more careful removing the cement next time…
And here’s what I did next. Just wasting some time doodling and coloring…
let’s call it “johnny dropping”
…unable to articulate his needs to the carnival workers, Johnny finds himself holding a hot dog instead of a telephone.
Link to larger, so you can see how messy it really is. But it was a fun experiment!
April 22, 2008
These photos are from JD’s shoot with the new stereo rig, which our department (DXARTS) just acquired earlier this year. JD’s senior thesis project is a stereo video with composited CG elements.
The set
JD fiddling with the rig. It’s a monster.
Jim checking the focus on the R and L cameras
Just a purdy shot.
April 22, 2008
april snow
“fleshy indiscretion” (Getting a wrist stamp)
The Capitol Hill hot dog man
April 18, 2008
