by Bart Barlowski
OK, I always wanted to have this car, so I decided to model it. Got some references from the-blueprints.com. Took about a whole day of work. It’s not perfect (the wheels would fall off in real life) but It’s my first model that isn’t a weird deformed object!
Mesh #2
For the paint I just followed this car paint tutorial.
Rendered
Rendered in a forest!
If I find some time this term… I’m thinking about animating it on that scene (make it drift on the turn and driveby). Does anyone know what’s the best way to set the perspective so it matches the camera? Model the road and try to match it “by eye”?
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by Aaron Bell
I would highly recommend watching the video above. It discusses the newly announced “Milan” project from Microsoft that is selling for $5,000 to $10,000, but looks incredible. Not only does it have the multitouch options like we saw at Dorkbot and on TED, but the wireless integration totally blew my mind.
Also, look for the giant widescreen multitouch display created by Jeff Han for playing about in Google Earth. Simply amazing.
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by Stefan Belavy
A really inspiring read, about a site which we’re all addicted to. Talk about open source….
Facebook
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by Bart Barlowski
Sony unveiled what is billed as the world’s first flexible, full-color OLED display built on organic thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. The 2.5-inch prototype display supports 16.8 million colors at a 120 x 160 pixel resolution, is 0.3 mm thick and weighs 1.5 grams.
This is the future of screens…
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by Gagan Diesh
Hi All:
Hope all is well in VFS land. Kick ass portfolio here: http://www.venenoinc.com/website.html I thought of the crazy motion graphics junkies at VFS when I saw this.
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by Brett Forsyth
Dave, Tetsuya, Ryan and I picked up a web cam (Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro) for the multi-touch display yesterday. After searching for an hour to find the camera that could answer the question of “How are we going to take this apart without smashing it?” we found the live cam. For the multi-touch system to work we needed to make a camera sensitive to Infrared light. This required that we disassemble the camera to remove the IR filter. In its place we put two small squares of blackened film end, which blocks out the visible light. The image of this post shows the results.
Other developments include the testing of a projector and testing touchlib very briefly. We realized quickly that we weren’t ready for touchlib as it requires the screen to calibrate it. Our acrylic, 2×4″ square and 1x 20″x27″, has arrived which will allow us to test different projection surfaces. It seems that putting a layer of clear silicone on top of the acrylic makes the blobs much brighter but it looks like a bit of pain to do. For testing purposes I ordered the 4″ squares of the same acrylic. One of the reasons for this is we we want to test the difference between surface mounted LEDs and embedded LEDs. By embedded I mean placed into holes drilled in the edge of the acrylic sheet. I personally think that the embedded LEDs make the whole things simpler and cleaner now its just a questions of light transmission. Pictures to follow.
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by Simon Haiduk
For those that did or didn’t see the post I made earlier.. here is more detailed info about a sweet animating opportunity.
BACKGROUND
It is the not-too-distant future, and the cultures of Earth have all merged into a planetary culture that has seen the fusion of the Eastern spiritual approach with the Western mastery of material manifestation. Despite the fabric of collective consciousness that decades of cyber technology have woven, people still suffer as they always have, in the chambers of samsara, falling prey to the attachments of human nature’s eternal unfolding. Against this prescient future we meet Aya, a precocious young girl and her terrestrial guru Shenguan, who take us on a trip around the world, where they visit the most spiritually charged places on Earth, and meet the wisdom-keepers of the indigenous traditions, who share their insights with Aya to help her become illuminated.
ANIMATOR
3D // Anime ( 1+ )
Production : Illuminated
Dreamberry is a newly formed animation studio based on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, a short ferry ride from Vancouver BC, Canada. Set on a peaceful ranch overlooking the ocean, the animation studio itself is placed in the heart of nature. The location is inspiring, accessible and cost-effective. Shared accommodations are available on the ranch, and there is a variety of options off-site as well if transportation is available.
Summary of Job:
Designs poses, motions, and expressions of characters, which are painted and rendered in 3D. ( Maya, 3ds Max ) Digitally paints on 3d rendered frames. ( Adobe Photoshop, After Effects ) Informs economy of animation.
Here is a link for the treatment: http://phong.com/%7Eilluminated/Illuminated.pdf
Here is a link to the Job Post :: ( if it doesn’t work email me and I’ll forward the info to you) :: http://student.vfs.com/~dd07simon/random/IlluminatedJobPostWeb.pdf
s_haiduk@hotmail.com or dd07simon@vfs.com
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by Bun Lee
Just want to let you folks know about the Reel Ideas Studio T-Shirt that designed by the VFS web team was having a great success! Of course that’s just beside the wonderful website. Tons of people wanted to get the T-shirt by just seeing students wearing it. But we actually have quite a few people come into the RIS booth and asked if they can buy it. You guys did an awesome job!
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by Boca Ceravolo
POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP…
Gonna go get my ice cream now…
LOLLiPOP
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by Bart Barlowski
Hi everyone,
Just wondering who is still running and updating their DD blog. I’d like to add some people to my blogroll. Please post your url in the comments! Mine is already there.
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