Closing with a Thanks

Thank you is two simple words. Whether sincere or spurious, a thanks requires a connection between at least two people. This connection forges the two words "thank" and "you" into a loaded message. Our trio of terror chose to depict both the genuine unhindered thanks, as well as the forced/false thank you, and manifest it into something tangible.
A mountain of cables, arduinos, breadboards, speakers, and thirty feet of vinyl came together to create something far beyond the original spark born out of Diane's head. Our crackpot team consisted of the one, the only breadboard and luminary expert Diane Gard, the audio extraordinaire and mellow fellow all around: Chris Ralston, and the artsy fartsy side was handled by yours truly. The beauty of this crew, other than the fact that we spent over 30 plus hours in the past three days to bring this beast of an installation together, is the fact the we could cohere and compliment each others weak points to make the project the best it could be. And it is something to behold in person.
The three pillars actually speak to each other via the programming handiwork of Jedi master Jon Park. Just as the trio shared ideas amongst ourselves, the pillars knew how to speak and listen via light intensity. Thankfully I was concerned with the artistic side, and my method of showing such a connection manifested from thirty feet of gray vinyl.
I wanted the images to show what each group members speciality was. Since this project started within Diane's dome what better way to depict an idea than a big slab of gray matter. She is the brains behind this operation and through her Chris and I have a direction to answer for. She connects to Chris's world through AV cables; that is his language of choice, and Diane knows this. A giant ear seemed to fit the audio man Chris too well to pass up, and even though we had to scrap the audio, he still worked so hard to make it happen. His ideas transfered to me through his own language: soundwaves. The concentrated audio work transfers to my eye, and then it is up to me to make a design out of it. I send my ideas back to the brain head hancho just to make sure they line up properly and usually we see eye to eye/brainchild.
This project was made to thank the efforts of my group members, who went above and beyond anything expected. This project is to inspire others to make crazy things out of materials and mediums foreign to them (arduino/breadboards, circuitry). This project was made to show that three people plus a guru can make something extraordinary out of two simple words.

Conclusion

Video Tutorial: Creating 3D Space with Stills in After Effects

I wanted to do this tutorial in person on Thursday but had to take off to Portland and a hurry. So I uploaded it to Youtube thanks to SnapsProX. I'm sorry if the details are hard to see. Also I have the media I used available for download at here, I'll leave it available for a few weeks.

Here is the link to the tutorial, also sorry if I move too fast in the tutorial I had to keep it under 10 minutes.

click here

enjoy!

Jason Randall

After Effects: Tutorials

Some of you may know who Andrew Kramer is but for those of you who don't, "http://www.videocopilot.net" it's any and everything you wanted to know about After Effects. For those who watch Fringe, he did the opening title sequence.

2012 Olympics showpiece: http://www.raisethecloud.org

An extensive team of engineers, designers, and architects from around the world unveiled plans on Monday to create a digitally connected structure to grace the 2012 Olympics in London.

The structure, called the Cloud, is both a physical and digital cloud designed to broadcast real-time data and images on spherical, three-dimensional screens. While the images would float high above the city, the sound would be broadcast at ground level.

Trash to Treasure

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I thought this very appropriate for our class!

billboard? hell yes!

So for the final we have decided to do something big, how big? Something 12x14' thats how damn big! Thats right folks Zach and I are teaming up to produce a billboard, as of now we have not quite decided on the content of said billboard but that is in the works. We have an inside man at Lamar industries who is not only going to provide us with a billboard vinyl but is going to spend his precious time installing it using his know how and of course a bucket truck. This is great news because of two reason: A) its not going to cost any legal tender and B) we won't have to call John Park in the middle of the night to bail us out of the slammer for putting it up illegally. That being said, stay tuned.

Silkscreening using vinyl!

For those of us looking to use silk screening as a tool for project two, this seems like a good alternative strategy to the traditional process of using light sensitive emulsion to prepare the image on the screen!

Using the vinyl cutter you can prepare an image, stick it directly onto the screen, and then print, skipping out the process of coating, exposing, and cleaning out the screen.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Silkscreen-Print-with-Vinyl/

pizza and brew

Ok heres the plan.

I like beer, good beer. Id like to spread that a bit. So I figure we will....

get ingredients for either a ginger red or a stout.

have a few varieties on hand so that people can sample different beers to understand how the brewing process can vary.

make and eat a pizza or two from scratch.

and brew a brew.

for all this Id like people to bring 5 bucks, this will get you the samples, pizza, and a few bottles of homebrew when its finished, which will be about 3 weeks.

I'm deciding between Friday at around 6 or Sunday around 4. The whole process will hopefully be around 3 hours. If you are interested let me know via the comments which day works best for you. I live near the fairgrounds.

Motion-Tracking Interactive LED Display

This is mostly for Drew and the others working on the motion-sensing installation project, but of course you all might want to check it out anyway cause it's pretty sweet:

La Vitrine - Montreal from steven bulhoes on Vimeo.

3D Self Portrait: Digital ---> Analog

Awesome Papercraft Self-Portrait | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials

Source: abduzeedo.com

Papercraft has become very popular in the last couple of years. Usually it's small little cute figures and what not, but this 3D artist has taken it one....no, more like 100 steps further. Check out his amazing papercraft 3D self-portrait.

project one video

Can acne medications actually cause acne and blemishes? from Zach Yarrington on Vimeo.

Here is the video I made for our first project, the process took longer than the time given so it never made it to peer evaluations. Any feedback or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

Screen Printing Supplies

There are a few of us (Kelcey, Jenna, Russell and I) who are interested in screen printing for this project, we're going to submit an order with John for some supplies; we can't remember if there was anyone else interested in the prospect of screen printing. If you'd like to get in on it, write a comment with whatever supplies you might need (squeegees, emulsion, screens, ink - color specific). holla

Google Wave

I know there's been a few posts about Google Wave already, and back when there were first rumors about it I had signed up to get myself in line for an invite. Lo and behold, I got a Wave invite in my inbox this morning.

I haven't really had any time to check it out, but I did note that I have 20 invites to give out; add a comment with your email address and I'll send you one. They say the invites don't get sent out automatically, but this is probably your best shot at getting a spot in line for this thing.

Project 2 ideas

Three ideas for REDEFINING THE SPACE

Goal: Reshape public space beyond its original intention in order to:

o Inform the viewer (public service announcement, statistic, fun fact)

o Humor the viewer (Martin Lawrence vinyl cut+ Lawrence Hall sign)

o Inspire the viewer (“the journey of 1000 miles begins with one step”)

o Better serve us as a community

Means of Achievement: Utilize school tools (vinyl, laser, router, large print, or any combination) to inspire/inform other students

Directions:

1. Weekly assignments_ cover two spots a week with vinyl. They can be on or off campus, but must fulfill at least one of the goals. Leave the last 1.5-2 weeks of the term to pick and plan a spot for large vinyl covering. The final should inform, humor, and inspire the viewer, while better the space to best serve the public.

2. Team up with Andrew_ Pick a spot and have a “vinyl showdown”. A topic is picked to best meet the space, we both choose respective colors, and then we have a few days to plan out our logos/designs. Finally we help each other put each other’s work. Hopefully the art school will see the work and allow for future showdowns.

3. Dedication to inspiration_ create art specifically for others to change their environment. Vinyl stickers and stencils will be handed out en mass to the public, which will hopefully inspire future recovering of the space from other students.

EDIT: Google Wave

Sorry for the previous post about google wave. The 80 minute youtube video I posted before was a little ridiculous, so here is the 8 minute version. Some people were confused about the application so I hope this will now make sense.
If you are still confused, below is an even more simplified demo

To People From Back to Basics Group!

Hey guys, remember I told you all you needed to watch the Russian Winnie the Pooh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBzKV6XgvA

Here it is.

Now, I think this one has no subtitles...
The first time I ever watched it, I watched it with no subtitles and it was amazing...the next few times I watched it, it was with English subtitles, and it was still good.

I wanted to link you guys to the one with no subtitles first so you could get experience if you want it, but you could always search around youtube for one w/ English if you want. There are some.



PLEASE enjoy Vinni Puh.

Coming Along

It has been a while since I have posted. and my project has been completely reworked. I abandoned my water recycling shower idea, and took on a more broad approach to utilizing water and shying away from city water reliance. I am about 82% done so far with my powerpoint presentation, and it is coming along quite nicely. I will hopefully be done by tomorrow; I just need to finish putting pictures up and finalize my "ideal water house" design in Illustrator. Then I will start practicing presenting. Should be good. Heyo!

Progression.

so its been an eventful week.

my original idea was to create a super-glued arch of empty plastic bottles around the drinking fountain in first floor lawrence. the idea is to promote awareness for how many plastic bottles we go through every day. i currently have two 30 gallon trash bags full of bottles, all collected in one day around campus.

so i have all my bottles for the sculpture, but was told i have to wait two weeks to get a building art installation approved. so in the meantime i came up with a backup proposal that can be easily moved.

i am calling this 'the refill project', and this idea would be something like the word 'refill' spelled out of all my bottles, laid out on the ground in front of the water fountain. there would also be a space so that people can still get through.

i have also made up a few posters to inform at and around the sculpture location.

feedback is appreciated. i ams till going through with the art install process, but assuming that takes the full two weeks, i will have this plan to fall back on.