We shot dancers at 1000fps then, in post, overlaid lots of CG fire onto them so it looked like they had been set alight," explains Grape.
“It took just over a year to complete with about 6 months of that being me sat in my room creating and rendering the fire in Maya!
Fantastic twist at the end.
Great video, SciFi. Dark humour.
Laughed so hard, wiped tears from my eyes.
I feel guilty. Not.
I laughed so hard. The effects are simply great.
I just loved this.
Allan and Yvan, two pilots, go on a mission to try to end the chaotic current polity…
Voile Noir from ArtFx on Vimeo.
You need to be awesome.
Struck a chord with me this morning.
The Chronicles Of Professor Elemental - Episode 1 ‘Discovery’
I’m a big fan of Chap Hop and this is taking it to a new dimension.
Brilliant laughs.
Memorize - Short Film from Jimmy Eriksson on Vimeo.
THE SPHERE from Nicholas Militello on Vimeo.
I’m quite fond of Chap Hop. The idea of rapping hip-hop in a tweed suit appeals to the voices inside my head.
Just great few minutes of video. Watch the baby knock the stuffing out of the dragon…..
First World Problems - YouTube.
via Geeks Are Sexy
Won’t someone buy me one of these ? Pretty please.
How to eat a cupcake like “gentlemen” should ?
Or, maybe not.
A battalion of toy soldiers traverse the dangerous landscape of a garden vegetable patch…
via Plot-oon on Vimeo.
Fun, Weird. A Big Hammer and Slow Motion Camera - Sledgomatic.
Fun 5 minutes. Go large in HD for maximum impact.
I’m guessing that Gallahger is well known or something. But whatever, the video is great.
I found this art project inspiring. Worth a quick watch.
A troupe of 16 quadrotors (flying robots) dance to and manipulate sound and light at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase 2012.
Seriously. Quadrotors, robot control, music, lights. It’s great. Take a few minutes to enjoy this.
What more can say ? Short.
Of all the major airports I’ve been to, Changi Airport is probably my favourite. It often has interesting art and visual displays to entertain the jet-lagged traveller. Apparently, this is an installation there.
I love the idea of machine simulating an organic and random concept such as rain. This is an exceptionally beautiful bit of video. Just takes a minute to watch.
"Kinetic Rain" Singapore Airport from ART+COM.
via This is Colossal
This upcoming paper suggests that people, like me, can influence vast audiences:
Online Social Networks can be Tipped by as Little as 0.8% of their Population | The Central Node: "we were able to process a 1.4 million node sample of the Dutch social network Hyves in under 13 minutes. Further, we demonstrated that the seed sets in real-world online social networks can be very small. For instance, in a sample from the Friendster social network, we found a seed set that consisted of only 0.8% of the population. We validated our algorithm with a set of comprehensive experiments on over 30 real-world social networks."
In short, influencing a very small number of people in a social network creates a herd effect that can have far reaching impact on opinion. This is why I’m scared. I should not be able to sway your opinion. You should be able to think for yourself and make your own decisions.
via Boing Boing
My $daughter1 showed me this today. Apparently I have a habit of talking about how and why things work (she calls it lecturing) and she thought I would like this.
I do. Nerds like me see the both the pretty woman and the Fibonacci sequence in the golden ratio of the spiral.
So, yeah. $daughter1 understand me pretty well.
