Study of musculature - Stuart Morris
Stuart Morris draw muscles on top of the image of the human form as artistic exercise and expression. His focus on mastering the technique and its transferability explained by him self draw my attention.
“I‘m currently strengthening my skills and technique to enable me to produce strong artwork that is applicable and transferable in a range of industries from character design and animation for games design and film through to portrait and figurative illustration for advertising, editorials, music and fashion.”
via: artandsciencejournal.com
Gulp. World’s Largest Stop-Motion Film
The same team that produce Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation have made Gulp. World's Largest Stop-motion film. This time the team hit in the opposite direction. Stop-motion is made using Nokia N8, a human puppet, 11,000 square feet of beach, plenty of volunteers, and a crane. See the animation and The making-of.
Ana Somnia: The Light Sensitive Website
"Ana Somnia is a generative art project that emulates how we dream, combining animation, soundscapes and code. Kim Köster’s Illustrations merge in manifold permutations, seemingly the same, yet different each time. Switch off your lights to enter Ana’s dreamworld". When it becomes too intense flip the lights back on and it ends. Project by Rostlaub: autors of 99 rooms (2004)
Steampunk Mechanical Cheetah
Steampunk Mechanical Cheetah by Andrew Chase is made of electrical conduit, transmission parts, and 20-gauge steel. The cheetah has mechanical joints to allow some movement…se the animation!....and other creatures in Andrew world
Sand animation
Kseniya Simonova is a sand animator, an amazing artist and storyteller and the the winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent for 2009. Her YouTube video has become an internet phenomenon as millions of people watched her Amazing Sand Drawing. Via: Guardian.co.uk
The power of visualization
Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998" is a Multimedia artwork by Isao Hashimoto
It is a visualization of the 2053 nuclear tests and explosions that took place between 1945 and 1998 in various parts of the globe. Beautiful, and scary at the same time.
About "1945-1998" ©2003 by autor:
"This piece of work is a bird's eye view of the history by scaling down a month length of time into one second. No letter is used for equal messaging to all viewers without language barrier. The blinking light, sound and the numbers on the world map show when, where and how many experiments each country have conducted. I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world." via ctbto.org
Dance animation by Ryan Woodward
"Thought of You" is a project of Ryan Woodward, animator/designer and storyboard artist, where in very creative way he mixes figure drawings in with animation. According to him self inspiration to the project stems from years of teaching creative gesture drawing:
"The birth of this animation came from a desire to unite several of my passions into one art piece. Figurative works, 2d animation, EFX animation, and contemporary dance. Put all three of these forms together to support a theme centered around the complexities of intimate relationships...and whalaa!"
The background story, the animation and the behind the scenes documentation is available on Ryan Woodward's project blog: Conté Animated.
Ryans website: www.ryanwoodwardart.com (don't miss his storyboards to the"Where the wild things are")
RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms
Via YouTube/theRSAorg Channel: "This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award."
Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation
Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8. See Dot. The movie and Dot. The making of
The Empathic Civilisation
RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation. Jeremy Rifkin's brilliant talk and animation on "mirror neuron" and empathy.
Evolution of 3D Technology
3 interesting articles on Evolution of 3D Technology by Mark Hixenbaugh
Part 1. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Part 2. Ghosts, Gorillaz, and a Guy named Wolf
Part 3. Trailblazing In 3D: Does Practicality Match Potential?
Via: Brave New Media
Nature by Numbers
Nature by Numbers is a video created by Cristóbal Vila from Etérea. This grate CGI work is describing geometry in nature trough the mathematical sequences such as; Fibonacci numbers, Golden Angle and Ratio and Delaunay triangulation. Documentation along with mathematical explanations you will found here.
Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages
"Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936" via The New York Times
Oldest Animation
A 5,200-year-old bowl discovered in Iran seems to be the oldest animation. More info via: animationmagazine.net
Pixel City storry in 12 parts
Procedural City är en väll dokumenterat projekt, värd att följa från början till slut. Pixel City är procedurally genererad stad utan art assets, texturer eller modeller. Se demo