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

Microsoft predicts the future - without laptops

In Microsoft's future, the identity of the person determines the environment around them. For example, the windows in this taxi call on the user's calendar and a geographic database to display an augmented reality view of the city. Via: techrepublic.com

City In A Bottle

City In a Bottle is an interactive project bordering between art, science and games, a virtual ecosystem of plants and insects. The game world mechanics are based on the principles of emergence and evolution by natural selection. Complex social behaviour and new life forms will evolve by themselves as the game progresses. The game engine is an open source, cross-platform version of NodeBox optimized for hardware-accelerated image processing, "NodeBox for OpenGL" a NodeBox-spinoff.



It is a very interesting project developed in a small interdisciplinary team of artists, musicians and computer scientists:
Champ d'Action (Belgium-based ensemble for contemporary classical music). Scientific advisor is Johan Gielis (author of the superformula, first published in the March 2003 American Journal of Botany). People working on City In A Bottle: Nicolas Marinus (project manager), Ludivine Lechat (visual artist), Tim Vets (Champ d'Action, musician), Frederik De Bleser, Tom De Smedt. Via:Tim Vets

More about the project via Ludivine Lechat and some interesting parts from behind the scenes such as a background scenery trough the Procedural architecture.



A moodboard explaining the basic feel of the City In A Bottle environment.

Surreal ceramics

Kate MacDowell's ceramic sculptures combine elements from anatomy, transforming the natural world in unexpected and surreal ways. Is There an Ecological Unconscious?

7 ways games reward the brain

Tom Chatfield in TED talk proposes seven ideas for motivating and engaging people on the basis of observing many games’ stunning power as engines of human engagement. Games are perfectly tuned to dole out rewards that engage the brain and keep us questing for more.

Thirteen Queens

Thirteen Queens is work Swiss artists Alex Gertschen & Felix Meier created in AlexandFelix their own photographic studio - Without the use of computers, Alex and Felix stage their very own worlds, they do Stage Photography, but from their own, poetic point of view. Via: trendland.net

Animal acoustics

Wired science presents interesting gallery of animal sound and analyses of physics that produce them, based on research of bioacoustician Christopher Clark of Cornell University.

Making Apps That Don’t Suck

"Mike Lee considers that a software engineer makes great applications not because he follows good rules but because he has a better way of looking at the world and he learns from experience", Via Qcon. Presented at the QCon London 2011 Conference.

Do it together: The Rinpa Eshidan

In Japanise: "Rinpa" is a word created by the founders of the group meaning "to bring people together, while "Eshidan" essentially means "art crew." The Rinpa Eshidan is a team of artists brought together by a common creative expression. The group's main activities are performing in live-art events and creating videos of art in action. Members: Noiz-Davi, Daisuke Yamamoto, D.H.Rosen, Akari Sasai and XOLA. Via The Rinpa Eshidan website

Screenshots from one of my old favourites from 2006; 'puzzle'

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

"HOME" Time for reflection!!!

This fascinating film caring through the camera in bird's eye view, and through the beautiful song/sound a massage against the depletion of natural resources, and FOR the change of the way we living. "HOME" released 2009 is produced by EUROPACORP (Luc Besson) and ELZEVIR FILMS (Denis Carot), directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and supported the PPR Group as a non-profit film with the purpose to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. You can watch the full version at YouTube
More information about "HOME" at the official website: http://www.home-2009.com , about the Planet at: http://www.goodplanet.info and

"HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet."
Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Web & Interactivity

What is Web Interactivity? and How does one achieve it?
Curious? Check "Importance of Web Interactivity: Tips and Examples" by Poonam on
Hongkiat.com (Online Web and Interactivity tips for designers and blogers)

Picture: Magnivate Interactive Boutique Agency, one of presented examples.

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

Toy Photography and Photo Tips and trix

Photo by Zelevol

Great collection of toy photography and plenty of Photography Tips and Trix you wiill find on hongkiat.com/blog. Read more on: Bokeh Photography



Action Sequence Photography



Tilt-Shift Photography and High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography. The site provide plenty of information on "How to" in different areas, more on photography you will find in: Five Photography Tips for Amateur Photographers, Five tips to better Group Photography and in Five Vital Black & White Photography Tips

From 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb

The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbulb, Great story and examples of 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb by Daniel White.

The Empathic Civilisation

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation. Jeremy Rifkin's brilliant talk and animation on "mirror neuron" and empathy.

YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video

"YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video aims to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Developed by YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with HP

Top 25 Videos Announced
On view at the Guggenheim Museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin, and Venice from October 22 to 24, 2010, the top 25 videos comprise the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years. The videos and artists were celebrated at an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on October 21, which was streamed live to a worldwide audience at youtube.com/play." Via: www.guggenheim.org/

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