ASCENSION -> Chris Lavelle

ASCENSION from chris lavelle on Vimeo.

Some very interesting particle animation and lighting effects coming from 3D artist Chris Lavelle (notes below from Vimeo page):

The finished piece. An experimental piece based around particle system generated by music and sound, pieced together to create a narrative of a cycle of life. Hopefully reflecting warmth, confusion discomfort and [...]

Raiki -> Toy Design + 3D Rendering

I came across the above rendering by illustrator Cesc Grané this morning on Yayeveryday.com, it made me realize that I hadn’t seen or been very inspired by any recent toy designs lately. This ‘Raiki’ doll seems pretty interesting to me though. I really like the 3D rendering style and the colors chosen to create the world [...]

Kiel Johnson -> Cardboard Sculptures

The first I saw of L.A. based, Kansas City born Kiel Johnson was the title screen of his time lapse video below (Cardboard Sculpture of a Twin Lens Reflex Camera) on Vimeo. Honestly I didn’t even play the video at the time. I guess I’d seen so much papercraft time lapse video on Youtube and [...]

Massive Attack -> Splitting the Atom

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier from edouard salier on Vimeo.

The above ‘Massive Attack’ video takes you through an incredibly rendered CG fly-through of abstract landscape that seems to endlessly unfold and evolve. From metallic flat lands, particle filled skies to dark characters… this video is definitely a trip, the track ‘Splitting the Atom’ [...]

Vanishing Point -> Takuya Hosogane

Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

The above video rendered by Takuya Hosogane takes us through a series of interesting cycles of motion graphics. Rolling 3D wire mesh morphing into hovering geometric shapes hold my attention and are interestingly accented by the occasional nervous twitch. Towards the end of the video he introduces a nice range of color [...]

Graphic Artist -> Michael Paul Young

Moderndog from Michael Paul Young on Vimeo.

I’ve been getting into a lot of organic abstract design and art again lately. Amongst the many different styles out there, Bangkok based designer and founder of youworkforthem.com Michael Paul Young’s works have long been some of my favorites within the genre. His motion work is completely captivating and [...]

McCann Malmö Tilt-Shift -> Colorama – Makeover

This is a pretty amazing tilt-shift short by agency McCann Malmö. They take the shooting style to the next level by adding in the effect of a giant hand that enters the scene and interplays with the action in humorous ways. Below are some behind the scenes shots of the production of this video, revealing [...]

Lost Below -> Mato Atom

Lost Below from Mato Atom on Vimeo.

This animation rendering by CG artist Mato Atom is well worth the view. Lines of different thickness and rate of speed come together in beautifully simplistic figurative forms over a limited palette background accented with silhouettes of foliage that occur in negative space. That’s the best that I can [...]

Eric Testroete -> Papercraft Self Portrait

I saw a lot of interesting Halloween costumes and masks this year but nothing as innovative and cerebral as this ‘Papercraft Self Portrait’ mask designed rendered and produced by Vancouver based game industry guru Eric Testroete. Basically, he’s mapped his enlarged picture to a CGI wireframe mesh and exported the final image with perfed lines [...]

Processing Light -> Geometric Renderings

I came across these images on http://maxalot.com/ the other day and discovered that they really held my interests. After doing a bit of digging I found that they are geometric light renderings in 3d created by artist, software developer and researcher karsten schmidt at http://postspectacular.com/. These renderings were curated by ‘Maxalot’ and shown in 2008 [...]

Antwerp Central -> Pixel Art Rendering

Many of you will remember the pixel art trend that was going pretty strong in the late 90s where artists like ‘Pixel Boy’ got their names on the designer’s map. Brussels based agency Famous Brussels has re-emerged the pixel art form as a way to display the new Antwerp Central Station in a playful manner. [...]

Motion Designer -> Jorinna Scherle

I rarely feature one designer twice in a day, but Berlin based motion graphics designer Jorinna Scherle has a lot going on (she’s the designer of the vimeo video post below as well). I first took notice of her work while browsing new videos on Vimeo. After some digging around on her portfolio, I’ve fast [...]

SR Suntour Cycling -> Motion Graphics

Travelin2 from jorinna on Vimeo.

Berlin based motion graphics designer Jorinna Scherle created this piece for SR Suntour Cycling’s new film called ‘Travelin’2′ (more info about the film via the Suntour link below). It’s another nice example of the trendy cut-paper style merging with video and CG. Nicely done and fun to watch. Check out Jorinna [...]

Good Morning -> Tweet Visualization

GoodMorning! Full Render #2 from blprnt on Vimeo.

This is a pretty interesting visualization, and it definitely helps to provide some great visual evidence that twitter has completely arrived as a common means of communication (as if I had to say that), used world wide and has probably way out performed the ‘beeper’ by now. You [...]

Inorganic Flora -> Macoto Murayama

Macoto Murayama has created the above series of flower images in 3D wireframe. His renderings expose the complicated inner workings and structural beauty that is often overlooked and over-simplified by us as we look them over on any given spring or summer day. I really enjoy how he has chosen to highlight certain details with [...]