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Archive for the ‘Hidden Place’ Category
January 13th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
No, not done sculpting yet. More tentacles and rough background placement:
click to enlarge
January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
finished sculpting; onto texturing…
finished ZBrush sculpt
January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
Here’s the second protagonist, inspired by Guanajuato mummies. The story of the whole piece itself is based on an Icelandic folktale (surprise!) about two outlaws. More details to follow.
ZBrush WIP
January 11th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
This is a test render of one of the protagonists for my new animation piece that I’m currently working on for the Hidden Place. Stay tuned for more progress updates!
Zbrush render
December 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place
one for December:
This piece is based on an Icelandic folktale which tells of a certain Troll who used to torment farmers on Christmas Eve. One night a little girl stayed behind to look after the houses while the rest of her people went to observe the mass. In the middle of the night she heard a voice outside her window and started singing to keep fear at bay. At the end of her song the thing vanished. When farmers returned the next morning they found a great stone right outside the house, where it stands to this day.
30 sec seamless loop, silent
To view the rest of the videos from this project, click here.
November 16th, 2009 | 3 Comments | filed under Hidden Place
This piece is based on a Nordic folktale which tells us about the origins of snow. It talks of an ancient whale who left the ocean to die on land. The legend suggests that it was the same whale who originally abandoned dry ground in favor of the salty water as its new habitat and has now returned to its cradle to rest in peace.
As air and wind withered away his flesh and bones, all that was left, eventually, amidst the landscape was a colossal heart. It wasn’t too long before it too gave away. When it burst open millions of white particles escaped and fell all over the ground. Thus was the legacy of the very first whale.
40 sec seamless loop, silent
October 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place, process
This piece was influenced by Jökulsárlón Lagoon, a beautiful and serene place in the Southern Iceland where a glacial tongue comes down into the lake and calves off icebergs.
Jökulsárlón Lagoon, Iceland 2006 view 01
Jökulsárlón Lagoon, Iceland 2006 view 02
Jökulsárlón Lagoon, Iceland 2006 final background plate
The 3D sculpt, as always, was done in Zbrush from only a few scarce references I could find online.
whale fetus ZBrush sculpt
Here’s an unfinished composite done in Photoshop with an alternative angle of view of the sculpt.
alt composite view
The final composite work-in-progress. Individual icebergs were cut out from the background view 01 (see on the very top) and transformed to better match perspective of the shot.
comp view wip
final composite ready to be taken into AE
A total of 15 individual icebergs were animated inside After Effects as well as smoke elements were added to enhance the ambiance.
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AE set-up
view the final animation here
October 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place
Here’s a new animation for October from my new project Hidden Place. Stay tuned for the ‘making of’ post soon!
01:49 min seamless loop, silent
update: view the ‘making of’ this piece here
August 27th, 2009 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
Here’s a quick rundown of how I put this piece together. This is different from others in a way that not a single photographic element was used. Even the landscape was completely computer-generated.
This work derives inspiration from a Greenlandic folktale which tells the story of two women escaping the thrashing of their husband and finding shelter inside a beached whale amid the frozen landscape.
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making of Untitled (bowhead skull), Hidden Place, 2009
see the final animation here
August 26th, 2009 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place
Here’s the final animation, which will be shown this September in a group show at the NY Studio Gallery. See the post below or click here to read about a unique installation piece that I’ve constructed to present it.
3 min loop, silent
The show will run from Sept 3—Oct 3 with a reception on Sept 9th, 7—9pm.
NY Studio Gallery
154 Stanton Street, NYC
August 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
One of my new animation pieces Untitled (bowhead skull) is going to be displayed in a group show in NY Studio Gallery this September along with two photographs from the Tales from Vienna Woods project. To present my animation I found an antique postcard projector from the early 1900s, gutted it out and outfitted it with an LCD monitor and a hard drive. The result is a self-contained and unique (as in edition of one) video installation piece which will run the animation on a continuous loop. See the photos below to get an idea of what it looks like. This week I will be posting the animation itself followed by the ‘making of section,’ so stay put!
The show will run from Sept 3—Oct 3 with an opening on Sept 9th, 7—9pm (please save the date!) More details to follow.
I would also like to express gratitude to my dad whose engineering degree and incredible handiness have helped me put this tin box apart and back together again.
update: see the final animation here
August 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place
Here’s the final piece (comments are welcome!)
23 sec loop, no sound
