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Inspiring Paper-Craft
I was at OFFF (animation & design conference) in Paris this past week and was fortunate to meet briefly with Julien Vallée, an extremely talented motion & design artist. Julien was at the conference presenting his video for the ‘sponsors’ opening title sequence…which he hadn’t shown the festival directors any of the video until it was premiered to the audience. I’m as much a fan of his video as I am the cute track it is coupled with. Please check out Like Elliott Did if you like what you hear (entire album is on their site).
I really love how clean, sharp and colourful his work is. Tangible art-form is such a pleasing change of scenery when the regular media is predominantly digital. I’m sure a 3D artist could replicate most of Julien’s work in a fraction of the time but absolutely fail at replicating the charm and authenticity his creations embody.
Julien shares a studio with another great designer Karim Zariffa — both creating from Montreal.
Looking forward to more from Julien and Karim.
LastShotApps Digital Slate for iPad
I’ll be honest and say when the iPad came out I scoffed at the name and thought “thats just a large iPhone…i can do all that already!” I’ve gotta say it though, I may have just misunderstood how practical it could be. Technology is only as powerful as it’s realized potential and for me, this app fits nicely into an industry i never thought the iPad would exist!
Complete with a Macbeth Colour Chart (and downloadable JPG/PSDs to provide the colourist), this timecode slate makes run-and-gun shooting a little more convenient, a lot more affordable and makes editors smile :)
I work predominantly with digital media assets and the wealth of new formats has thrown away so many protocols on set which once were mandatory for production. Cameras are cheap, digital stock is endless, and consideration for editors time rarely exists. Anyone remotely serious about shooting has a DSLR that can shoot full HD video and more often than not the effort to slate, organize and provide notes to the editor is overlooked.
LastShotApps timecode slate for iPad & iPhone is a nice add-on for the mobile arsenal. Of course it’s not a sync slate, but i don’t doubt the possibility of a the possibility of this with a hardware add-on. Pick it up on the iTunes store here.
[Thanks to FXPHD.com for posting about this]
Scrapbook Illustrations
My trusty RSS scooped up a delightful visual piece that got my morning started on a good note. The short description before the video appropriately set the tone that the images are from a collection of their digital scrapbooks over the last 3 years. Their process blog not only hosts ambient visuals like this one, but also a large collection of projects they’ve completed.
Not surprisingly Field has collaborated with a selection of companies i’ve already admired–including Univeral Everything. Digging through Field’s work I was pleased to stumble across work they had done that i’d seen a while ago. Universal Everything’s AOL rebrand is the definition of abstract / minimal / digital art. I love love love it. Here are 2 stills from their Video pieces. Definitely check them out if the stills grab your attention.
BRAND VIDEO: One Laptop Per Child
ROLE: Animator + Editor
DESC.: “Mission Statement” video for One Laptop Per Child site.
AGENCY: TAXI
Visual Approach: Brian Kroeker + Josh Ingleby
OLPC Design: Pentagram