3d

3D-Festival BEYOND, March 27-29th

This Weekend Sterling Roth [mexicoxican] started a challenge over at Blender Artists: what can you make with just 10 cuboid shapes?The rules are: use only cuboid shapes, you can scale them to long sticks, or squash them to flat boards, just keep them rectangular(or square) . use 10 or less cubes. the ground plane is free you can rotate them any way you’d like, but they cannot intersect each other. default grey materials only. keep the lighting generic, AO and soft lights are fine.

Today I started experimenting with different methods of 3D scanning. The first tool I used was Friedrich Kirschners Mikscanner. It is a simple and genius way to scan objects by putting them in bucket with milk. What you need is a webcam, a Lego rig (or something else to attach the camera), a plastic bucket, a spoon, milk and the software. To scan you put the object in the bucket, put some milk in it and make a picture and so on. In the end the software generates an greyscale image with height information. The image you can use as a displacement map in Moviesandbox or in any other 3D APP. To see my result in Blender, download my Blend-file (to view it in the GameEngine press P to start). To see the Milkscanner in action have a look at the Milkscanner Intro.

Intentio Luminis is an 3D computer animation of two fishes traveling through all four elements (earth, water, air, fire) while following a ray of light. The story is inspired by the Greek myth of Ikarus, who flew too high to the sun and burned. The animation can be seen as a virtual dance, that tells the story through movement. Jonas Hansen concept, 3D design & animation, editing Arnaud Loonstra concept, 3D design & animation, editing Matthew Groen concept, 3D design & animation, editing Robin Dorland concept, music & composition Mirjam Schouten concept, music Buddy Baars concept ...