Shared Inspiration: Beeple Talks Process, 3D Sound Robots, Work to Watch
We got to once again enjoy the work of Beeple aka Mike Winkelmann this week with his Instrument Video Nine, featuring a new batch of 3D sound-making robots. The work landed him on the top of Vimeo, and rightfully so. Mike now shares some of his work flow All the (wonderful, ... read more.
Video: Modeling Vipers for Battlestar Galactica, in Near Real-Time
Shuttle, the compact PC folks, have posted a step-by-step walkthrough demonstrating how artists model the Viper fighter craft for the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. (That might seem like odd timing, but Sci Fi Channel -- now SyFy -- continues to crank out spinoffs of the show, so there's plenty of modeling ... read more.
Free Pyppet for Blender Maturing Fast; Animate 3D Characters, Video, Use Wiimote
Blender, the insanely-powerful free 3D modeling software (and compositing software, and animation software, and game engine) is finally coming of age. And with it, so, too, are some of its plug-ins. Witness the sophistication of Pyppet, a "digital puppetry" plug-in for Blender. It allows you to take 3D models you've ... read more.
Blender: 2.5 Gets Real-Time, Slick Interface; Video Texture Tutorial
Blender 2.5, - Got flexible? from Pablo Vazquez on Vimeo. In case the last post didn't give you enough Blender goodness, here's more for your pleasure. Version 2.5 is coming of the open source 3D suite that's also a nodal compositing engine and a video editor and a real-time game engine -- ... read more.
Blender Game Engine Developing Fast; Nokia Control
Blender, the free and open source 3D modeling tool that's also a real-time game engine, promises real-time visual performance possibilities, and is even a video editing tool, continues its march toward the long-promised, insanely powerful 2.5 milestone. ("Point five" doesn't really begin to cover it.) 2.49 is now stable. And boy ... read more.
3D Control Getting Tastier: Cinema 4D GripTools Shows Huge Potential
C4D CamGripTools from Cinema 4D Tutorials on Vimeo. Deride the mouse as you will. When it comes to two-dimensional control, the device is pretty amazing. It’s a reasonable way of amplifying small hand gestures into bigger gestures on a 2D plane. But what about 3D ... read more.
Subprime: The American Housing, Financial Crisis, Animated
Putting complex political issues into the form of art sometimes falls on its face. But art’s unique power to personalize and make big issues specific can be a powerful asset. We were already big fans of the animation work of Beeple, but the latest, hand-animated digital creation is especially poetic. ... read more.
A Bike Journey, Reimagined as an Arty 3D Game, with Blender, Processing, Real Bike
lb to sf via bike from vince mckelvie on Vimeo. What will become of 3D gaming engines when in the hands of new digital artists? You’ll get plenty of surprises and unexpected artwork. This is no ordinary California bicycle trip: it’s a trippy, Magical Mystery ... read more.
3D Scanning: Slow Pokey Lego Version
Projector-type 3D scanning seems very functional, but I would expect it to lose accuracy as the object size decreases. So for scanning small objects (such as Lego), Lego genius Philippe Hurbain has come up with a scanner made of lego. Philippe's instructions also includes (under "3D reconstruction") a technique for creating ... read more.
Simple DIY 3D Scanning: Projector + Camera + Processing
DIY 3D Scanner from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo. Kyle McDonald sends us a hacked-together 3D scanner. I love that it's slightly inaccurate in aesthetically-pleasing ways, I love that it's something you can put together using stuff you already have at the ready, and I love that it's powered by Processing. The ... read more.
