VideoTrace is a pretty amazing system, wherein the modeler uses video footage to coarsely outline and block models from real world footage. The final output is then applied back to video offering some surreal (and scary) possibilities. Check out the demo.
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This Layer Tennis move reminds me of the Office episode where Michael rehearses with the improv troupe. Every skit he pulls out a gun, because nothing beats a gun. Dropping a bomb on the previous play is sorta lame (although visually cool) - but I guess nothing beats a bomb. Oh wait, this move does. Pretty overall but lame, not as impressed with the animated layers as I would have thought.
Wired let’s the workd know…Futurama is Back. In case you don’t recall, That Guy had bone-itis.
Fascinating glimpse into the student portfolio of Pentagram’s Michael Bierut. The rigor and depth of this work is not in the least surprising; knowing the caliber of work the that has been produced since these college days, but still inspiring.
Art Star: 1943 | Shorpy…really great image. I love this era’s color photopgraphy, the vivid/richness adds a vitality that gets lost in black and white, as if we have to remember that these people ‘lived in color’.
London Weekend Television Documentary/Interview from 1985 - amazing (55min)
great quote from Bacon: “I’m optimistic about nothing…it’s just my nature to be optimistic, but about noting.”
