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TRON Opening Titles

http://work.gmunk.com/#1190820/TRON-Opening-Titles

this is absolutely amazing

Video Art

FINAL!
I made all of these paintings and used my friends iPad for the effects. I took a smart phone with a high quality video camera and video taped the iPad. I created a ghetto tripod to set the smart phone ontop of- a good distance away to get all of the video channels in frame. I then pressed record and took one of my paintings and moved it around behind the ipad to create the moving effect. I made about 20 short videos and uploaded them to final cut. I spent over 48 hours editing this film to how I wanted it. The music is abstract sound effects found on the cass lab computers. I really enjoy the music I added to this- it gives the video a creepy effect and although it is simple, it is my creation and something i am proud of
this is my favorite project I have made thus far and I really hope that it goes well in class :)

lavalamp mascot

For my illustration final we were assigned to create a mascot. at first I wanted to do a dinosaur but I couldn't get it to how I wanted. I was thinking back to last semester in SIM class and remembered learning about lavaliere microphones. They are the type you clip onto your shirt and take with you during presentations. But I never could remember what it was called. I was starring at my lava lamp back at home one day and realized i could use a lava lamp as some sort of connection with the microphone. I drew it up and added a lizard - I planned for the lizard because they are small, agile and can attach themselves to anything. The microphone will have this logo on it in the form of a sticker on the black clip that goes onto a shirt. 

this project was drawn, painted, scanned, and completed in illustrator using a vector and gradient mesh technique

for my grid project I choose a project my mom used to make me do when I was a kid. I was always hyperactive so to calm me down she decided to give me mindless craft projects to do. That I would often start, and not finish because I didn't have the attention span at that time. So anyway, when Santi said grid project I immdietetly thought of the latch hook rug kits that I used to buy, do 1/10th of and not start up again. This time I think It was time to complete one. It took me a while to come up with an idea for a design. I went to micheals to buy a kit with as many colors as possible. My idea was to take the premade set pattern and transform it into my own design using the colors given to me. This was more of a challenge then I originally had thought. Who knew pixelizing and image would be so difficult? Well after about 2 hours in the Cass Lab trying to stretch an image of panda to grid size, I found a template website that helped me out with making a grid.
Choosing the image was the hardest part next to laying it out on the actual grid. I needed to pick an image that I could use all of the colors given to me in the kit. I went with the polariod photograph panda because it seemed like a not so difficult design and fit the color scheme I had.
I spent, over 48 hours doing this project I think
It took me a long time to match up everything correctly. I had to continuously count each square on the grid to make sure my pattern matched accurately to my template. Often times I was off by 1 square or two and would have to take out all the string and re do it. Pain in the ass.
I over all love the finished product of my grid project
It's something I am truly proud of and represents me, because I am- well. Apanda

paul allen

Microsoft and Google- probably the two leading technological websites outside of Apple we have seen thus far- Paul allen who is Microsoft's co-founder writes a novel called Idea Man about his work done at the company. In this he explains how their strategy was to copy Googles ideas. What is the point of copying another companies ideas? I understand that collaboration means two heads are better than one, but I can't believe that the ultimate strategy all along was to straight up copy their ideas. Getting to know your enemy is one thing, keep your enemies closer- but stealing is a bit over the line, Microsoft

Stealing other companies ideas is not going to put you on the fast track to stardom.
Don't get yourself to hyped up for an idea that may not be anything of what the clientele wants.
I think Microsoft definetely has some work to do with the rise of Apple and Google.
They produce good products, but it seems that they are doing the same shit they did years ago when they took the idea from Apples GUI system and made it their own

It seems to me Microsoft needs to get their shit together and make a product that outshines its competitors instead of copy them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-bill-gates-google_n_850781.html