The Top 10 Animations of 2009 | Blender Articles With 2009 now behind us, it’s time to look at the great shorts and animations that have inspired us throughout the year. 10. Fallen Fallen features the most unlikely of main characters: a falling asteroid. The short follows his quick descent down to earth as he deals with the concept of life and death. The ending is executed perfectly, and more than nails home the point: Live your life to the fullest, regardless of the end. 9. Winner of several major film festivals, French Roast focuses on a quiet restaurant patron who wants nothing more than to enjoy his coffee and read his paper. 8. Ataque de Pánico! 7. This beautifully crafted trailer paints the scene of a deserted Dubai after cataclysmic sandstorms have blown in, scaring away the once thriving population. 6. (Viewer Discretion is Advised – Extremely Violent) Blood Trails, is definately the most disturbing animation I’ve ever seen in my life, but it’s also one of the best. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Honourable mentions:
All-in-One Modular Fold Out Living Room Furniture Set | Designs &Ideas ... This incredible all-in-one furniture set from Matroshka is still looking for funding – so if you want to have one you might need to become an investor. Named after Russian nesting dolls, this remarkable furniture collection packs down to just 13 square feet but includes: bookshelves, a double bed, corner couch, dinner table, four stools, working space, drawers, a wardrobe and additional storage. Whether or not these are ever mass-produced this great step-by-step furniture photo shoot should at least inspire do-it-yourselfers to think about how you can create your own highly portable and yet remarkably simple modular furniture sets to suit your own spatial needs:
20 Astonishing Tilt-Shift Videos I’m sure you have seen some amazing tilt-shift photos – if not, tilt-shift creates an effect that turns normal sized objects or scenes into miniature-like. It is done by special tilt-shift lenses that have very limited depth of field. To start playing with this technique you need to buy a tilt-shift lens, attach to your dSLR camera and start shooting. In this post we wanted to feature some of the best videos applying this technique. To make such amazing pieces you can see below, just take your time lapse tilt-shift photos and create video using some video editing software (it is most popular technique) . Scroll down your our 5 quick tips on creating tilt-shift videos. Check out our Fake Tilt-shift Photoshop Tutorial! Astonishing Tilt-Shift Videos: The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare. gottardo nord from fb1 visuals. Small Life in Saxon Switzerland from Christoph Schaarschmidt. 5 Quick Tips to Create Tilt-Shift Time Lapse Videos: 1) Get some tilt-shift lens (we assume you have the camera).
Creative Oshika Packaging Posted on February 15, 2010 by saya OMG, who would care about the gifts you’ve prepared, if you use so cute a box to package them! At least in my mind, such an innovative packaging is enough to surprise my buddies (they love everything that looks kawaii). Designer: Anna de Medeiros
TUBE+ Watch full length TV Shows and Movies online for free V.O.W N°26 // Melvin the Machine | Yatzer& photo © HEYHEYHEY V.O.W N°26 (27 June - 3 July 2011) We think of innovation and invention as highly engineered, complex systems that are built by some mad scientist in a remote space. The process results in long and layered equations, drawings and an endless source of references illustrated in a step by step process to further explain the construction of the device or machine. We have familiarized ourselves with this elaborate system through Einstein, Sherlock Holmes, even the coyote as he tries to invent ways to capture the road runner. Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine is best described as a Rube Goldberg machine with a twist. Created by studio HEYHEYHEY for the 2010 Dutch Design Week, Melvin was featured for 10 days at the MU artspace where 14,000 people came to see it perform. sources: Melvin the Machine