Archive for April, 2008
pmog: passively multiplayer online game
are producing:
a passively multiplayer online game, so be sure to find out, what the heck that is

flash 3d: alternativa 3d
an absolute stunning flash 3d engine!
http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/en/
2008/04/18/alternativa3d-5-m1/
*thanks gerald*

vintage music videos
visual guidance is a blog collecting retro and vintage music videos from the net, a huge ressource for vj-material indeed!
http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com
here the 20 most viewed:
http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com/
2007/09/20-most-popular.html

electronic music with retro video
The rise of the net gives birth to a huge archive of retro video material, to be used in electro music videos. not to mention kraftwerks avantgarde style was first, some of them are really neat; i picked some:
Drexciya - “Devil Ray Cove”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti13Mu1KW4

Bochum Welt - “Robotic Operating Buddy”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4uDxUR8Y4
The Tuss - “Rushup I Bank 12″:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwUJMZNOgQ
WC Olo Garb - “Disco King School Rebel”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdrlp2oVcw0&feature=related
WC Olo Garb - “Krew [Blood]“:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZTxSZjW28
*thanks hc, too!*
lego 2.0: order bricks individually
ever wonderd how lego artists do have so many bricks from the same color? well thats why because you now can order every brick individually online:
http://us.factory.lego.com/pab/?
to make something like this:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/arvo/Legodreams/Alien/alien_01.jpg
software for your custom lego models:
http://factory.lego.com/getstarted/default.aspx

animantion: old school
the animation archive has many pics and posts on classical hand drawn animation techniques
http://www.animationarchive.org/

illustration: christian turdera
christian turdera has really stunning illustrations, heres an article on shift:
http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2007/12/cristian_turdera.html

DIY films: evan mather
Evan Mather´s development is amazing, especially his early works are really funny:
Evanmather.com | Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars

ARG: the lost ring
“An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants’ ideas or actions.”

visualization of viruses
visualization of viruses by sourcecode
http://www.rlslog.net/mit-student-visualizing-malware-and-viruses/
and
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/multimedia/2008/04
/gallery_viruses?slide=2&slideView=5
“E-mail security company MessageLabs commissioned Dragulescu to visualize the threats the company finds in the 3 million messages it scans daily.
Dragulescu used algorithms to find recurring patterns in the source code of viruses and Trojans and then fed the results into a visualization algorithm.
The only manipulation involved was color-coding, setting the virtual position of the camera, and some lighting effects.
The project lives somewhere between pure art and information visualization, Dargulescu says.”
*thanks gerald*

Perception: Dead Media
an interesting collection on vintage media like pigeon post, camera obscura and panorama paintings:
WPS:Dead Media:Working Notes:arranged by category

video: excuses for work
why it´s sometimes so hard to contentrate on what you want to do? well, because you are procrastiating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXziurFkQxM
*via nerdcore*

nerds vs. romance
there are still much more things to invent for the nerd target group
Cat 5 Connection: Jacked auf Flickr - Fotosharing!

3D animation: 3D tragedy
a short film connecting 3d modeling techniques and the desire for beauty
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=104061516152793028
*thanks matthias*

illustration: daily sketch forums
a lot of different forums, the sketches of the week are in particularly interesting
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=130

advertising: with fun
a list of international ads, convincing with fun
Economist « Wirtschaft « DiePresse.com
*thanks floki*

make your own webradio: laut.fm
you even can embed the radio within your website with a special player
concept art: john wu
john wu made some very interesting concept art for the game “resistance- fall of man”
http://www.therealjohnwu.com/gallery
_resistance_fall_of_man.html

be sure to see marc gabbanas site too:
optical illusion: grey (twice)
i´ve seen a lot optical illusions so far, but this one is really wicked!
http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/
adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html?gray














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