I came across this article about a new startup company Revver. At first it sounded a bit suspicious but the concept is actually very interesting. The Internet is buzzing with amateur videos, the kind that feature kids lip-synching or imitating Jedi knights. They get e-mailed and posted on Web sites […]
Latest segment of movement. Lots of layers here – wood, grass, flowers and leaves. Click the image to view the movie (1.2 MB).
Apple recently introduced pay-to-download TV shows in conjunction with the release of the new iPod Video priced at $1.99 per episode. In this interesting article about the dynamics of pricing and network television with relation to advertising they state the following: Consider for a moment that the average US household […]
I found a link to some interesting software art experiments by artist Alex Dragulescu. He has some very interesting artworks that use computer software to generate art. What makes it really interesting is that he uses various sources of data on the internet to drive the artwork. With {pseudocode} he […]
I decided to go searching for ways to make a home-made steadycam and found this website. According to the directions on the site you can build a Steadycam for $14. Pretty impressive if it works as well as it claims. The directions are very straight forward and easy to follow. […]
I found this article on the Apple site about artist Naomie Kremer. The article was very interesting and I enjoyed reading about what other artists are doing with bringing their paintings into the digital world. Kremer starts off with high resolution digital photographs of her paintings which she brings into […]
Well I decided to buy myself a Sony HDR-HC1 HDV (high definition) video camera yesterday. I was considering saving my money and grabbing a normal standard definition MiniDV camera but decided that the extra $1000 or so was worth it to get something where my footage would be of a […]
Following many rumors in the past few weeks, Apple has just released a new video iPod. The iPod has a larger screen with more colors than the previous iPod Photo. It even has TV out so you can watch videos/TV shows on your TV. Apple have also just released iTunes […]
I’ve recently been selected to exhibit some of my abstract video compositions at the Earthcore Global Carnival music festival in November. It has to be completed in about one and a half months so I need to get moving on it rather soon. I’ve been contemplating how I want the […]
While browsing through a forum on CGTalk I found a link to some incredible photographic works by artist Joel-Peter Witkin. I find art that depicts the darker hidden aspects of our human existence extremely powerful and thought provoking. Witkin’s work confronts the viewer’s perception of the forgetten outsiders of our […]