Processing generative tree:
Flight 404 (master of Processing)
memo.tv (Thanks to Professor Ying)
http://www.quayola.com (Thanks to Professor Ying)
http://www.smallfly.com/ (some interactive video examples using processing and a multitouch screen)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Inspiration
Starting out with a new term (which should have been the last, but some (missing) vital information about one of the online classes I was supposed to take made me withdraw from it, making it neccessary for me to take 4 more credits in the summer) sitting in Norway totally isolated from any other student or teacher that might be doing the same things as I am doing, will be very hard. I know this for sure, since I just finished one term exactly like this, only with some other classes. It is very hard to find inspiration, and maintain enough self-control (i.e. discipline) to fullfill the obligations this requires in a good way. In my previous term I had to take an incomplete for one of my classes. This was in a way a planned thing, since the class is a film class (also indipendent study) where the timeline of the film is supposed to go from winter to spring, and spring is rather late here in Norway.
Anyway, having some experience from the previous term, I know this term will not be easy either. So I thought I should start out with this blog, defining some of my ideas, listing some sources of inspiration etc. Today I have been looking around in cyberspace to see if there was any new and exciting open source software around. I found one new (to me) animation program called pencil, which seems pretty neat. It is very simple, (not a bad thing) but I don't know if I will use it or not as of now. Other than that I couldn't find anything new, leaving me with the good, old Blender and Processing as the best options for me. I also looked at vvvv, but this interesting piece of software requires a Windows based environment, and even though I bought a couple vintage Compaqs for doing micro-controller based programming (some hardware from Microchip together with their 'free' MPLab software gets you up and running on a very low-spec PC with Windows. I bought my PC for $30, in perfect working order) they will hardly be good enough for real time video effects and such ...
But, software aside, it is after all not the software that creates the good ideas or interesting projects all by themselves. Nope, that requires creative thinking, inspiration, and deep thoughts. Therefore, here is a list with some intersting animation stuff. Some of these are known to me from before, but should nevertheless be on a list of inspirations I think, while others are new, and inspirational.
First of all, I found this person's work very inspiring:
• http://www.semihemisphere.com/
His simple approach does not mean that the results in any way are simple:
• William Kentdridge
Fantastic work by this man:
• Jan Svankmajer
Early computer animated stuff with stunning results:
• Larry Cuba
An animation made entirely in Processing (which blows my mind, since I know Processing very well, and I can't imagine how this was done!)
• Processing video
...
the list can easily be much longer ... and I might make another one in another post, but this should be plenty for now ... :)
Anyway, having some experience from the previous term, I know this term will not be easy either. So I thought I should start out with this blog, defining some of my ideas, listing some sources of inspiration etc. Today I have been looking around in cyberspace to see if there was any new and exciting open source software around. I found one new (to me) animation program called pencil, which seems pretty neat. It is very simple, (not a bad thing) but I don't know if I will use it or not as of now. Other than that I couldn't find anything new, leaving me with the good, old Blender and Processing as the best options for me. I also looked at vvvv, but this interesting piece of software requires a Windows based environment, and even though I bought a couple vintage Compaqs for doing micro-controller based programming (some hardware from Microchip together with their 'free' MPLab software gets you up and running on a very low-spec PC with Windows. I bought my PC for $30, in perfect working order) they will hardly be good enough for real time video effects and such ...
But, software aside, it is after all not the software that creates the good ideas or interesting projects all by themselves. Nope, that requires creative thinking, inspiration, and deep thoughts. Therefore, here is a list with some intersting animation stuff. Some of these are known to me from before, but should nevertheless be on a list of inspirations I think, while others are new, and inspirational.
First of all, I found this person's work very inspiring:
• http://www.semihemisphere.com/
His simple approach does not mean that the results in any way are simple:
• William Kentdridge
Fantastic work by this man:
• Jan Svankmajer
Early computer animated stuff with stunning results:
• Larry Cuba
An animation made entirely in Processing (which blows my mind, since I know Processing very well, and I can't imagine how this was done!)
• Processing video
...
the list can easily be much longer ... and I might make another one in another post, but this should be plenty for now ... :)
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