http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:04:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en James Chiny is motion graphics artist and all round designer based in Bournemouth UK. His latest project Hypoly consists of 50 user submitted Logo's (1 per day) which he will then turn into animated idents. See below the fantastic job he did with Sneaky Badger!   http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/04/hypoly-50-idents-in-50-daysfor-free/ Heres another technique that i have been working on in After Effects. This time by using a combination of motion tracking, bitmap explosion techniques and a variety of blurs creates this semi-real fireball effect. It still needs a lot of tweaking however to achieve a truly realistic effect. See video ... http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/03/after-effects-flaming-fireball-test/ I recently came across the Darwiin remote App from the developer Hiroaki. At first (after folowing the instructions) it did not seem to work and after a bit of research it seems there is a slight bug. what u have to do is connect the Wiimote via Bluetooth wait for the error ... http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/03/darwiin-wii-remote-test-with-osx-and-halo-video-tutorial/ Below are some of my older tests that i have conducted while using the interactive mirror, the tests include, The neon lights, The movie clip attach method (still buggy as hell but getting there) and finally the Ice fire (Original source code courtesy of G.Skinner). See below…..   http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/03/a-few-more-motion-tracking-experiments/ Created to promote the Interactive Media Division of the Arts Institute Bournemouth via an online viral advertising campaign. This process included; Costume Design, Video Editing, Cinematography and Photography, Story-boarding and Concept Design, Casting and Location Set up. See Video Below...   http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/03/pacman-viral-video/ I recently found a really nice little tutorial @ Videocopilot.com and thought i would have a bash at it, creating a ghoulish face warp of myself and my wife. I don't think they turned out too badly, you can check out the results below...     http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2009/03/after-effects-demon-morph-tests/ My final tests for the now redundant V1.0 of my interactive mirror application. It transpired that as the lights were so vivid most peoples reflections were lost amongst the graphics. This lead me to go down a completely different route (see previous post). I have had a lot of feedback on how people react to ... http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2008/12/interactive-mirror-v10-user-test/ I have recently been playing around with a new application for my Interactive mirror technique, i call this the "User submersion technique". It basically uses the reflective qualities of the two-Way mirror to completely submerge a user into an interactive enviroment via the use of motion tracking and a static ... http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2008/12/interactive-mirror-user-submersion-technique/ Since the beginning of organised society, human beings have strived to achieve greater understandings of the world around them. Not only is this knowledge gained for curiosity purposes but as a means of survival, to learn the best methods of obtaining and utilizing available resources, and then to protect them. This ... http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2008/11/can-the-world-wide-web-save-the-world/ Check out this awesome mash up between google maps and the Twitter API. It shows a real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter.  check it out here http://www.blog.sneakybadger.com/2008/11/twittervision-api/