In preparation for completing the assignment for DAT 404 (Web Technologies), we were tasked with investigating web site design and splash page design for our chosen professional practice and then mocking up a number of our own designs. My chosen professional practice is the field of visual effects and, to that end, I took at… Read More »
Brief: Your task is to link virtual and physical technology in an artistic, thoughtful, engaging and/or playful way. Create a system where a real object controls something on the web, or virtual data controls a real object. Be imaginative and creative and have fun. You might think of it as real-world data visualisation, or using… Read More »
More learning and experimenting with my new favourite piece of software, Blender. Following Oliver Villar’s Blendtuts.com tutorial, I picked up some useful skills, particularly creating shapes using the bezier curve and handle types.The logo outline was created in Adobe Illustrator, set as a back ground image in Blender and then traced using bezier curves. You… Read More »
Some time ago, I was just starting out with Maxon’s Cinema 4D application and followed along with this tutorial, both as a learning exercise and because I liked the end result. Now having had a taste of Blender as part of my DAT406 university assignment, I was keen to repeat the learning process and so decided… Read More »