Biggest Drawing In The World
27 mei, 2008
When I first saw the picture I thought somebody was doing something creative with a map. In fact he was. On one-to-one scale. Erik Nordenankar gave a package to DHL containing a GPS device. After 55 days the self-portrait was finished. It almost seems like a hoax. But after seeing the great accuracy of the project I just have a lot of respect.
What I don't get is the bump from the left to the right edge (or vice versa) of the map. 3 degrees. That's a lot... Any explanation? A hoax after all?
See more at his site.
UPDATE: It was fake after all. Erik Nordenankar admits it is a graduation project on his Advertising and Graphic Design course: "This is a fictional work.
Still respect.
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Kitchen Scale. Again
25 mei, 2008
Look at this. No, it's not a cd-player...
Large version (100mb): here
The first test/sketch, after the story board post. It's not perfect, it's not great, but hey I had fun making it, and as a student I say: I learned a lot. Which I actually did. Working in Maya was pretty new. 3D Itself was pretty new to me, so it took me a lot longer then I thought it would take to make it look okay. Thereby it was my very first commercial, so give that a whoopy.
3d wireframe:
3d render:
image-sequence:
In the case you're interested in showing it to some lcd screen: Too bad. It's not getting bigger then this. But I'm ready to exchange my tv for a lcd screen if really necessary.
hi-res image: hiero
Labels: assignments
Brand Tags
12 mei, 2008
Noah Brier created a nice experiment called: brand tags.
'The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people's heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is.'
Very interesting. Slight problem with some brands though. The words became this big they won't fit on my screen anymore...
Aviary
Aviary is a suite of web-based applications (RIAs). Such as an image editor, vector editor/illustrator, 3d modeler and video editor. I'm interested how it is to work with, so it's waiting for an invitation. The first impression is ok. Most probably not as strong as Adobes products, but promising for the future (and free btw). And hopefully it stimulates Adobe to do make better products (finally).
Made from the guys behind worth1000. Give it a look.
Interactive Music Video's
01 mei, 2008
There is a need to distinguish yourself from others when you're a band. Static music video's are mostly boring or expensive, and you won't get the real attention anymore unless you're called Madonna. So the last half year I mentioned more people trying to make their video interactive. As an intern at ACHTUNG! I saw the becoming of the award winning Krezip Music Box. Maybe more a game then a video but still very innovative and attractive.
Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire made two interactive video's. Starting with Neon Bible. Very simple but effective. The follow up Black Mirror wasn't that strong though. The site is letting the user decide what to hear by choosing numbers. Not really that interactive...
Takethisdance.com uses data from google, flickr and geonames to generate a unique video based on time and place. Nice idea, but the result however is not impressive, and not interactive by the way.
Now indie electronic band MGMT made a video for their song Electric Feel. By clicking the square, rectangle and circle buttons you can compose you're own video in real time.
The bad thing is you have to download the video (210mb for the small version!). Nevertheless, very playful. Enjoy.