Other projects are starting to delay my time for my animation, but not to worry! I plan to get my entire schedule in check this week! Only time will tell.
--VMS
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Animation
After a slow start my animation's detail and concept is finally starting toick up speed. Once I feel I am fully prepared I will begin working on my animation in flash, and hopefully by the end of the month I will have all of the key frames finished.
--VMS
--VMS
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Tuesday is Almost Here
On Tuesday I will announce my story idea to my professor and peers. After a lot of thought on what I want my animation to be about, I have decided that I would much rather go with my own idea rather than another's story.
The story by Edgar Allen Poe, while interesting and timeless, doesn't speak about me and my improvement over the years as my own story. In my story there is a reason for everything. From the most obvious points to the smallest details, everything will have a place.
"There are no accidents."
Some say that everything happens for a reason, and in my animation, that is the truth.
-- VMS
The story by Edgar Allen Poe, while interesting and timeless, doesn't speak about me and my improvement over the years as my own story. In my story there is a reason for everything. From the most obvious points to the smallest details, everything will have a place.
"There are no accidents."
Some say that everything happens for a reason, and in my animation, that is the truth.
-- VMS
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Problems in Digital Media Update
For my final project in Digital media I have changed form the Aperture Science Live action film to a genre that is aimed more towards my strength and my career, animation.
I am planning on prepareing at least two animations for judgement in my class, so if one is rejected, I still have the other to build upon. The first idea is an animation with a story that I create on my own. What I plan to do I will still keep a mystery because I don't want to spoil too much of the story online before it's even approved.
But not to worry! I have a feeling that whatever I create will be my greatest animation to date.
More updates are to come soon and on Tuesday evening I hope to have my animation idea posted here. Till then I hope you all have plesant evening.
-- VMS
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Aperture Science Project Proposal
Aperture Science: Cave Johnson
View more presentations from V-Max-S.
I also had a video to be played while I said this text:
Apeture
Intro
Gentelmen, welcome to Apreture Science.
What
Pavers for the future, we are making new technologies our competetors have not yet even dreamed of. Here at Apreture Science we don't take the great, we take the best, and expect nothing less out of our science.
How
Through the sweat and blood of our loyal lab bodies, and mostly from my pocket, we have been able to construct the perfect testing chambers and products. From panels, to portal devices we have cracked theories of quantum space and have done it in record time.
Truth
Now I'm not going to lie the progression has been tough and more stressful than my doctors say a normal human should handle, but what do they know? We are making new innovations to benefit most everyone, especially, you, the investors.
Sell
Now we get to the real meat and why you are all here. Now is the time to invest in a wondrous piece of history in the making. Your part in the movement for Apreture Science will allow for the company's growth and success, with the added bonus of the eventual growth of your own wallets. And come on who wouldn't love the chance to brag and say, "hey I helped to change the world by doing nothing but donate a few million bucks." So what do you say? Let's just get those signing pens out and make the checks out to cash.
And I had this video prepared, please click on the LINK! RIGHT HERE! ALL OF THIS TEXT GOES TO THE MOVIE TO VIEW IN QUICKTIME!
Aperture Science logos, music, clips and characters are Copyright Valve Inc.
Thank you
--VMS
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Art 350// Presentations and Animating Light
Bill Talent
A man who was able to create programs for a device that had not even been released yet, Bill Talent exceeded my expectations as an Apple application designer. I expected Talent to be a young man, at the very least in his late 20’s but I was very surprised when I found out that he was actually quite elderly. Nothing wrong with it, it was just my own prejudices slapping me in the face. For one man to create iPad applications for USA Today, River Murdock, and CNN is a feat in its own right. However for Talent it was not enough. To ease his customers, and fill his pockets with a little more cash, he also allowing his own offices to support the services on his own networks. This allowed the major companies to go on with their issues so any users of the iPad version with issues would address Talent’s offices instead. Very smart and he kept his customers happy, a win, win situation. Talent said that designers have to always understand the expectations and the wants of the customers in order to create a product that is the best of its class. The detail that he goes for his digital applications is indeed great. The way people could read what they want is digital, but it handles like paper, i.e. digital paper that one must still flip by hand. Talent states that the smallest details are given to the designs to allow for more comfort when one is moving from paper to digital, and that is especially true for the older crowds. Throughout his entire presentation I saw a confidence that I rarely see in most of the presenters that I have gone to. I find it especially commendable considering that he is a man one would consider out of place in the technological industry for obvious reasons. However Talent goes above and beyond to show no matter whom you are or how old, you always have something to teach to someone, and something to prove that you can do.
Jeremy Stern
When one thinks of a place, they think of something familiar. A favorite spot at your local diner. A room in your home that is safe and comforting. In the arms of a loved one, feeling as though nothing can harm you. That’s what I think of when I think of place. Space is another item entirely. Space is something that I do not know. Unexplored territory that has the potential of becoming a place if I give it the chance. Jeremy Stern and his piece “Following” was that exact definition between place and space. It was not until I listened to his presentation that I finally understood that the black on the walls was also part of the exhibition; previously I thought it was separate. The black on the walls marked free space on the walls that had not been used by anything, while the white spaces on the walls represented the holes and marks left by previous exhibitions. A sort of timeline that guided one through the history of the gallery. The gallery was a place for many, used to house their artwork and to expose the many talented artists throughout the history of the building. The second part of the exhibition was a series of sounds from Reno that Stern recorded on his own and used Eyecon to play it when people stepped into the right section that triggered it. Using an old Reno map, Stern took his recordings throughout Reno and mapped them out with Eyecon. So not only did one walk through the gallery’s history, but also through Reno itself. With the help of Clint, Stern adjusted the Eyecon program to sound louder as there was less movement. So my previous complaint of not being able to hear other items other than cars could have easily been solved had I just stood still. It opened my mind to remember to give art pieces another look before I make further judgments. A lovely explanation that opened my eyes and allowed me to have a deeper meaning to a previous piece that I had not.
Leo Villareal — Animating Light
Stepping into the exhibition I thought that I was going to be bombarded with blinding strobe lights and illuminating annoyances that one would only enjoy when at a rave. Instead I was welcomed with a wonderfully soft glow. With so many different colors and shapes throughout the exhibition that I felt as though I was walking in a dream. While a few were flashing, it was easy enough for me to ignore those and look at the other pieces within the gallery. As I have yet to play with any Arduino circuit boards, and failing to even light anything up with a traditional bread board, I could not even fathom the difficulty that Villareal went through setting up the entire gallery. From the possibility of short wires, to the chance that a bulb might burn out, the dedication it must have taken to make sure that everything was perfect is probably far greater that anything I have yet to experience. So to Villareal I give my congratulations on even achieving such a feat. Everyone watching was looking at the lights as a moth does to the flame. I myself was guilty of just standing there as the lights danced for my eyes to see. However, while the larger the light the more people there were, I found myself really intrigued with the piece “Big Bang.” As a lover of orbital space I was blown away when I saw what resembled, to me, a galaxy in motion. There is something that I found just so hypnotic about the piece that I found myself staring at it for a good ten minutes before my eyes began to hurt from the exposure. I would not call Leo Villarela’s “Animating Light” animated in the way that one might think of when they see a cartoon. The lights were more alive than anything and made me question if one day we will not see machines talk with them. All in all a wonderful exhibition that made me wish I could install it in my own home.
--VMS
A man who was able to create programs for a device that had not even been released yet, Bill Talent exceeded my expectations as an Apple application designer. I expected Talent to be a young man, at the very least in his late 20’s but I was very surprised when I found out that he was actually quite elderly. Nothing wrong with it, it was just my own prejudices slapping me in the face. For one man to create iPad applications for USA Today, River Murdock, and CNN is a feat in its own right. However for Talent it was not enough. To ease his customers, and fill his pockets with a little more cash, he also allowing his own offices to support the services on his own networks. This allowed the major companies to go on with their issues so any users of the iPad version with issues would address Talent’s offices instead. Very smart and he kept his customers happy, a win, win situation. Talent said that designers have to always understand the expectations and the wants of the customers in order to create a product that is the best of its class. The detail that he goes for his digital applications is indeed great. The way people could read what they want is digital, but it handles like paper, i.e. digital paper that one must still flip by hand. Talent states that the smallest details are given to the designs to allow for more comfort when one is moving from paper to digital, and that is especially true for the older crowds. Throughout his entire presentation I saw a confidence that I rarely see in most of the presenters that I have gone to. I find it especially commendable considering that he is a man one would consider out of place in the technological industry for obvious reasons. However Talent goes above and beyond to show no matter whom you are or how old, you always have something to teach to someone, and something to prove that you can do.
Jeremy Stern
When one thinks of a place, they think of something familiar. A favorite spot at your local diner. A room in your home that is safe and comforting. In the arms of a loved one, feeling as though nothing can harm you. That’s what I think of when I think of place. Space is another item entirely. Space is something that I do not know. Unexplored territory that has the potential of becoming a place if I give it the chance. Jeremy Stern and his piece “Following” was that exact definition between place and space. It was not until I listened to his presentation that I finally understood that the black on the walls was also part of the exhibition; previously I thought it was separate. The black on the walls marked free space on the walls that had not been used by anything, while the white spaces on the walls represented the holes and marks left by previous exhibitions. A sort of timeline that guided one through the history of the gallery. The gallery was a place for many, used to house their artwork and to expose the many talented artists throughout the history of the building. The second part of the exhibition was a series of sounds from Reno that Stern recorded on his own and used Eyecon to play it when people stepped into the right section that triggered it. Using an old Reno map, Stern took his recordings throughout Reno and mapped them out with Eyecon. So not only did one walk through the gallery’s history, but also through Reno itself. With the help of Clint, Stern adjusted the Eyecon program to sound louder as there was less movement. So my previous complaint of not being able to hear other items other than cars could have easily been solved had I just stood still. It opened my mind to remember to give art pieces another look before I make further judgments. A lovely explanation that opened my eyes and allowed me to have a deeper meaning to a previous piece that I had not.
Leo Villareal — Animating Light
Stepping into the exhibition I thought that I was going to be bombarded with blinding strobe lights and illuminating annoyances that one would only enjoy when at a rave. Instead I was welcomed with a wonderfully soft glow. With so many different colors and shapes throughout the exhibition that I felt as though I was walking in a dream. While a few were flashing, it was easy enough for me to ignore those and look at the other pieces within the gallery. As I have yet to play with any Arduino circuit boards, and failing to even light anything up with a traditional bread board, I could not even fathom the difficulty that Villareal went through setting up the entire gallery. From the possibility of short wires, to the chance that a bulb might burn out, the dedication it must have taken to make sure that everything was perfect is probably far greater that anything I have yet to experience. So to Villareal I give my congratulations on even achieving such a feat. Everyone watching was looking at the lights as a moth does to the flame. I myself was guilty of just standing there as the lights danced for my eyes to see. However, while the larger the light the more people there were, I found myself really intrigued with the piece “Big Bang.” As a lover of orbital space I was blown away when I saw what resembled, to me, a galaxy in motion. There is something that I found just so hypnotic about the piece that I found myself staring at it for a good ten minutes before my eyes began to hurt from the exposure. I would not call Leo Villarela’s “Animating Light” animated in the way that one might think of when they see a cartoon. The lights were more alive than anything and made me question if one day we will not see machines talk with them. All in all a wonderful exhibition that made me wish I could install it in my own home.
--VMS
//Art 343 Shadowcourse
Originally I was going to paint designs on the small shapes and the like, but as I was placing the finished pieces together on the stage the sun was shining in my room and it created wonderful shadows that gave the stage even more designs. From then I decided that I wanted to use the shapes of the polygons that I created to make the stage, not the paints that I was going to use. To give the stage that extra kick, and to give even more shadows, I used a texture spray-paint to give the whole piece more dimension. The pieces were arranged in a spiral from the "starting point" to the hole, calling a bit to the whole space theme. For me, space is not only beautiful; it also presents emptiness to me. A planet is not empty, but a planet may be something to someone. When out in space there is nothing, not even sound.
--VMS
--VMS
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)