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Beautiful Landscapes Video

2011-10-17T12:24:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Landscapes Video

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

Their Twitter: twitter.com/dustin_farrell
website: crewwestinc.com/

Planet 5D Blog: blog.planet5d.com/2011/10/dustin-farrells-landscapes-volume-two-another-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-timelapse-masterpiece/

"PLEASE WATCH IN HD FULL SCREEN w/SOUND. It is a much better viewing experience. Hopefully you have a 1080P monitor and good connection. If not, bug a friend or colleague that does. It is worth it.

Landscapes: Volume 2 is the second of a three part series (probably). Every frame of this video is a raw still from a Canon 5D2 DSLR and processed with Adobe software. In Volume 2 I again show off my beautiful home state of Arizona and I also made several trips to Utah. This video has some iconic landmarks that we have seen before. I felt that showing them again with motion controlled HDR and/or night timelapse would be a new way to see old landmarks."

Real Time Face Substitution

2011-10-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Real Time Face Substitution

Faces from arturo castro on Vimeo.

This is a technical demo for face substitution technique. The application works in real time and it's developed using the opensource framework for creative coding openFrameworks: http://openFrameworks.cc

Most of the "magic" happens thanks to Jason Saragih's c++ library for face tracking http://web.mac.com/jsaragih/FaceTracker/FaceTracker.html. The face tracking library returns a mesh that matches the contour of the eyes, nose, mouth and other facial features.
That way the mesh obtained from a photo is matched to my own face in the video. Applying some color interpolation algorithms from Kevin Atkinson's image clone code: http://methodart.blogspot.com/ gives it the blending effect that can be seen in the final footage.

I'm also using Kyle McDonald's ofxFaceTracker addon for openframeworks https://github.com/kylemcdonald/ofxFaceTracker which wraps Jason's library for easier use.
Kyle has uploaded another video giving a try at a different blending algorithm, which get rids of the artifacts and an even creepier look: http://vimeo.com/29348533

Apple Products Create Image of Steve Jobs

2011-10-10T17:43:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of http://www.gizmodo.jp/2008/04/post_2702.html

Take a closer look and what do you see? R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Awesome Picture of Thunder head over Grand Canyon

2011-10-10T17:39:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of BBC Ice Cream Blog

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able [Official Music Video]

2011-10-08T19:07:00.000-07:00

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able [Official Music Video]

An abstract stop motion clay animation to a nice song.

Follow them on twitter at @GrizzlyBear (http://twitter.com/grizzlybear)

Kendrick Lamar & Nosaj Thing – Cloud 10

2011-10-07T01:39:00.000-07:00

Kendrick Lamar & Nosaj Thing – Cloud 10

Kendrick Lamar has teamed up with electronica producer Nosaj Thing and Windows Phone for their Me series. The result of this clash of powers is the uplifting track "Cloud 10." As one might assume, Lamar's lyricism over a production by the Korean-American beatsmith is quite a combination The track is visually accompanied by a behind-the-scenes clip which you can check out above. Enjoy!

3D visual manipulation of a real life building by LG!!!

2011-10-07T01:10:00.000-07:00

LG Optimus Hyper Facade in Berlin - Long Version

What are the limits to 3D graphics, holograms, and a real life point of view? This pushes those limits! The human imagination is an amazing thing. Surreal Visualizations!

RIP Steve Jobs

2011-10-05T17:28:00.000-07:00

Laniercreations Animation

2011-10-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

Laniercreations Animation

A series of animations and Artwork created by Alex Lanier (Laniercreations). Music created by: Collins Peters aka The Jack.

Website: Laniercreations.com

Kendrick Lamar x Pharrell Williams x Section80

2011-10-01T13:22:00.000-07:00

Kendrick Lamar x Pharrell Williams speaking about Section80 at Buddy's Studio Session

Hol'Up

Rigamortis

Nike SB - Stefan Janoski Mid

2011-09-30T17:11:00.000-07:00

Nike SB - Stefan Janoski Mid

The animation is pretty cool. I like the stop motion and abstract visuals.

Nike Presents.... Back to the Future

2011-09-29T21:21:00.000-07:00

Nike: Back To The Future Gear:

http://NikeMag.Ebay.com/Shoes

The Full Story Behind the shoe:

It took over 23 years to come up with this project!

Of course the back to the future outfit wouldn't be complete without a jacket to go with it as referenced in the movie:

Proceeds for every shoe purchased go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation:

You can get your pair from the ebay store for a limited time:

http://NikeMag.ebay.com/shoes
So you might be wondering about the power laces? Why they didn't make them yet? Well, you'll just have to wait for power laces until 2015 just like the movie. Hopefully I can have a hover board and DeLorean with a time flux capacitor in it by then.

Tokyo Rising: Part 1 - Pharrells return to Tokyo

2011-09-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Tokyo Rising: Part 1 - Pharrells Return To Tokyo

God Exist

2011-07-11T15:01:00.000-07:00

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with God, the Almighty. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student:Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
That student was Albert Einstein.

Lupe "Maybe" in N.E.R.D. ?

2010-11-28T07:54:00.000-08:00

Lupe fiasco to join N.E.R.D. possibly

Real Poetry

2010-11-17T16:08:00.000-08:00

Equal (spoken word)

I can relate to what is being said. Some of the realest words I heard in a while, and put in such a creative and poetic way. Words of some of my life.

Baltimore Club Music Claymation!

2010-11-11T18:19:00.000-08:00

Baltimore Club Music Clay Animation!

Booty Clap from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

lol, I love this video for multiple reasons. The music is from Baltimore and the creator of the video gave a shout out to my home town!

Your Lucky Day (Short Film)

2010-11-04T04:49:00.000-07:00

Your Lucky Day

(SHORT FILM)

Your Lucky Day from Dan on Vimeo.
A megaball drawing sends a convenience store spiraling out of control.

Wow, an amazing short film with crazy twist of events. A must see. Almost like something you would see in a Pulp Fiction Sequel. Shout out to "Dreams" from "NoPlanB" films for telling me about it. I suggest to let it load and watch in full screen.

Curren$y & Fiend - Flying Iron

2010-10-16T17:02:00.000-07:00

Curren$y& Fiend - Flying Iron

Curren$y ft. Fiend - Flying Iron from Creative Control on Vimeo.

This video is art and inspirational.

Working and Developing

2010-10-16T15:37:00.000-07:00


NoPlanB Films Logo in progress courtesy of lifeasdreams.co.nr

As I always am, I am at work with multiple projects. Just busy working, developing, and building the team. I love what I do and I know you all will too because I put in effort to display that passion for it. So that is just a sample of me working on a logo I did for NoPlanB Films, a developing company out of Florida. You will see a lot of my works all over soon. Expect some good animations and videos soon. Just a quick little update for you all. I don't want to give out too much too soon. You all can see a little bit of the secrets as too how I make magic happen in the picture above. Hope it inspires you to make some of your own magic.

Real Life Paintings

2010-09-24T11:18:00.000-07:00

Real Life Painting

Take a very good look at the painting above. Do you notice anything strange or different about it? Just a regular painting right? Wrong! This is actually not a painting at all! This is actually a photograph of a real person in a room. No special effects or anything here. Don't believe me? Look at the picture below:

This and more were done by an Artist/Photographer by the name of Alexa Meade. Very creative and innovative. This type of artwork is very unique and 1 of a kind. Usually you would see someone paint a portrait or painting of someone in a pose. You may have never seen the reverse however where the person IS the portrait or painting! She actually uses the people as a canvas. Very amazing. Watch the video below to view her in action

What do you all think of this?

One Of The Reasons I Blog (CH)

2010-09-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

One of the reasons I created my blog...

Charles Hamilton is one of my inspirations for making and taking my blog spot serious. Say or think what you will about him, but he kind of influenced me in the fact that he made having a blog cool. I've always wanted to create a blog but him and I get asked every now and then why I created my blog, what's it about, and what do I plan to do with it. Well I think the above video explains a majority of that answer. Diggy Simmons was also another inspiration for me getting a blog. The way his was designed made me definitely want to make one. If I had to say another major influence, it would probably be the billionaire boy's club blog. Which is ironic because it's not a blog spot blog but the blog always is guaranteed to have interesting articles.

By the way all these blogs you should check out:

http://bbcicecream.com/blog/
http://www.whereischarleshamilton.com
http://CharlesHamilton.Blogspot.com - http://TheAmyRose.blogspot.com
http://digslifeofthejetsetter.blogspot.com/

Antique Laptop Design by Steampunk Artist

2010-09-14T08:45:00.000-07:00

Antique Laptop

This is amazing! I have to own a "steam punk" piece of technology. The look is awesome. What do you all think?

Diggy - Airborne

2010-09-12T16:35:00.000-07:00

Click here to listen!

This mixtape and Big Seans mixtape has to be the must download mixtapes of this year. The whole mixtape is good ofcourse, but my two personal favorite tracks are "Super Hero" and "No Gravity". His track with Colin Munroe( the same one who made the flashing lights remix),"Big Bad World" deserves an honorable mention as well. The mixtape cover is dope as well

Lyrics - Check
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Compared to his last mixtape, I think it has more replay values. Although his first mixtape had some dope songs that can be considered classics like "Fly Away" and "Point to prove" my two favorite on his first mixtape "First Flight". You should give that mixtape a listen as well if you haven't heard it. Who would of thought Diggy would be a monster? He is killing the game, I support.

What are your thoughts on this mixtape?

Remembering 9/11

2010-09-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

9/11


The Twin Towers

I don't have much to say with this post. Just taking time to remember 9/11. You can share your thoughts or pay tribute in the comment section, or even share a story you may have had of that day.