Wow , it’s messy around our site. Not to fear inbetween clients we’re updating the look of our site. Check back next week for a fresh new look. We’ll even have working links, ohhhhh.
“Practice makes perfect” are words often uttered in locker rooms and on the sidelines of losing teams. However in our case, we’re uttering them in front of a computer screen and not because we’re losers. It’s just a really applicable phrase.
In any creative endeavor, especially creative ones that put food on the table and pay the bills, practice is essential, necessary, and always worth the time invested. I don’t think I’ll ever feel the sense of having “arrived” creatively. In many ways I hope I never do. There will always be something else to learn and conquer, always.
The below video named “AT” is a small side project aimed at practicing some 3D and post-production techniques. I took a list(current at the time) of our Twitter followers and used their usernames as textures and particles. I found Dave Trautz through The Wire and he graciously agreed to compose a score I could work with. Dave has a ton of talent and I hope to work more with him in the future.
Moving Forward
Stay tuned, more side projects in the works.
Recently coolhunting.com interviewed Masamichi Katayama, the interior designer of the Nike flagship store in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. Masamichi reflects on the design and you get to see an overview of the store.
The lighting, color and textures draw me in like a moth to light.
The new year is always a good time to start something new, tackle a project, or do something fun. In our case we did all three. We took the Honu Studios tiki mascot, Kaimana, and gave him some life in this short featurette complete with an active volcano.
Being fans of the show LOST, we also decided to pay homage to the secrets of the island and the shows title sequence. We’d like to think that if Jacob was going to build a stone tiki statue rather than a large statue of the Egyptian goddess Taweret then this is what that statue would look like.
Modeling and 3d animation done with 3DMax Studio and Adobe After Effects.