Power of Story: Visions of Independence at 2015 Sundance Film Festival

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A cocktail of Lucas, Spielberg, and Henson feed my obsession for the cinema and today, I still feel that passion.  Recently at the Sundance Film Festival, critic Leonard Maltin had a conversation with George Lucas and Robert Redford about the ‘Power of Story,‘  Maltin commented that,  “one of the problems with the institutionalization of film schools is that you have now more than one generation of young people who all they know is film, they haven't had so called ‘life experience’ and  life experience is the basis for  telling stories and for inventing stories and imagining stories.”  I completely agree with Maltin.  I feel that today’s generation is so immersed in the digital world that they have become satellites to the media industry revolving around television, video games and the internet, with no down time or a chance to get bored. I laugh when I hear myself say this, I am also speaking of myself . . .  I got my first computer in 1982 and it has been at my side ever since.  I am getting old!

It is a very interesting Conversation and worth listening to.  ~Cornell

Kicking off Art of Film Weekend, a program celebrating the craft of filmmaking, join Robert Redford and George Lucas—two iconic filmmakers who epitomize the spirit of independence in American cinema—in conversation with critic Leonard Maltin.

The Sci-Fi Boys

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3DTeacher-Icon2_thumb_thumbThe Sci-Fi Boys is a great an awesome documentary to show your students who and what inspired the greats . . .  I have watched it, way too many times and I am watching again as I type this post  .  .  .  I am a bit geeky.  Here is my suggestion; buy the DVD!  You can get it on Amazon really cheap, for under $2.  Now if you do not believe me, you can also watch a super low resolution full version of the film on Youtube, see link below.  It is also free right now on Comcast right now, just search for ‘Sci Fi Boys’ and it will pop right up.  Either way, just watch it.    ~Cornell

 

Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Dennis Muren, Ray Bradbury, Rick Baker, Roger Corman, Ray Harryhausen, Forrest J Ackerman, Stephen Sommers, and other legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films, from the wild and funny days of B-monster movies to the blockbusters of today, including KING KONG.

This is the story of the Sci-Fi Boys, who started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazine and grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream. The DVD has the 80 minute feature, plus over one hour of bonus features of rare sci-fi treasures, described below.

 

 

On Comcast

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Amazon Sci-Fi Boys

Michael Grab and his Gravity Glue

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3DTeacher-Icon2_thumb_thumbWhat is art? And when does obsession become art? . . . Check out this video of Michael Grab’s work “Gravity Glue”  . . . Very Cool!!! ~Cornell

 

 

http://www.gravityglue.com/

The Mini Metal Foundry

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3DTeacher-Icon2_thumb_thumbI want to make one of these . . . a mini metal foundry.  Think of all the cool thinks we can make . . . Check out this video . . .

Here is how you actually make it . . .

 

IMPORTANT!!! Here are some safety considerations.

 

Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

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3DTeacher-Icon2_thumb_thumbI am currently attending a FLIBS Visual Arts training course.  The instructor shared a very cool TED talk about Shea Hembrey an artist who became 100 artists over a two year period.  Get Inspired!!!  ~Cornell

Playing with Shadow

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I love light & shadow AND I love sculpture.   I have experimented a bunch with creating sculptures where the subject was the actual shadow not the sculpture.   Man, I love Yamashita work, make sure you check out his gallery too. 

I also came across this software that plays with shadow in a similar way.   The design examples that are used are a bit on the simple side, but it has potential.  Imagine what you could do with 3d modeling software and a 3d printer; it could be a lot of fun. 
~Cornell


Kumi Yamashita

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Niloy J. Mitra, Mark Pauly
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009


Shadow Art

Abstract:

To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. - Plato, The Republic

Shadow art is a unique form of sculptural art where the 2D shadows cast by a 3D sculpture are essential for the artistic effect. We introduce computational tools for the creation of shadow art and propose a design process where the user can directly specify the desired shadows by providing a set of binary images and corresponding projection information. Since multiple shadow images often contradict each other, we present a geometric optimization that computes a 3D shadow volume whose shadows best approximate the provided input images. Our analysis shows that this optimization is essential for obtaining physically realizable 3D sculptures. The resulting shadow volume can then be modified with a set of interactive editing tools that automatically respect the often intricate shadow constraints. We demonstrate the potential of our system with a number of complex 3D shadow art sculptures that go beyond what is seen in contemporary art pieces. 

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http://graphics.stanford.edu/~niloy/research/shadowArt/shadowArt_sigA_09.html

 


 

Silhouettes Of Jazz

You also need to  check out this movie produced with the Shadow Art tool.

http://www.silhouettesofjazz.com/

Tomasz StrzaÅ‚kowski – CG Artist

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Tomasz StrzaÅ‚kowski – CG Artist
Website: tomstrzal.com/
Galleries: http://tomstrzal.deviantart.com/  http://tomstrzal.cgsociety.org/


Interview with me on Evermotion

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Interview with me on Evermotion :-)))
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3DArtist Magazine Issue 51

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This is great! I'm absolutely proud and happy because my work is in latest issue 3DArtist Magazine! Here is cover and page with my work.
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3DWorld magazine March 2013

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Cover 3DWorld magazine March 2013 and page from this issue with my work
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Ford GT-40: The Spirit of Speed

Check out this Industrial Design concept video:  This is a demo reel showing the Ford GT-40, entirely created by Luis E. Nieves, a digital artist based in Northern California. Software used include Autodesk Maya, Mental Ray and Adobe After Effects. Special thanks to Ivan Panqueva for doing the music. In addition is the making-of tutorial: Making of Ford GT-40 In Vegas

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A Day Made of Glass 2

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"A Day Made of Glass 2," Corning's expanded vision for the future of glass technologies. This video continues the story of how highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world.  It is very cool!

Will 3D Printing Change the World?

This PBS Special is a great video to initiate a discussion on  the future trends of the 3d industry and its impact on our society.  Honestly, it really gets me thinking about the future and the direction education needs to take.     ~Cornell


Watch Will 3D Printing Change the World? on PBS. See more from Off Book.

The Coolest STEM Artist! Golan Levin

About a year ago, I went to the Denver Art Museum’s Blink show an saw one of the coolest interactive artworks I have ever seen.  It was a projection that looked at you shadow and analyzed it for closed loops.  For example, if you made the OK symbol with your fingers, it would turn the shape between your fingers into a surface and fall to the ground making a crashing sound.  The larger the surface the deeper the sound.  It was awesome!!!
Some of the work was done by Golan Levin.  Check out his TED talk. ~Cornell
 

You can also check out his website! http://www.flong.com/
 
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