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Defeated

Posted on January 14, 2010 with No Comments

I give up – throw the towel in – resign – chicken out. Call it what you will.

I was thinking about investigating how computer generated graphics work in a video context, in order to try to enhance some very basic animation, so ran a search to see what sort of examples were available, just so I could see some good case studies that pushed the imagination. And no, I’m not talking about flash bang explosions, or men turning into robots for an all-out death race in outer space shoot-em up either.

I’m talking about the artistic interpretation of ideas- the creative realisation of thoughts and images inside one’s head.

I really wish I hadn’t bothered.

This piece, The Third and Seventh, by Alex Roman is an absolutely stunning demonstration of where the pinnacle of cgi currently stands for me. Produced using 3dsmax, Vray, AfterEffects and Premiere, remarkably, there are only 5 segments that are not cgi: the photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds. All the rest is pure cgi, rendered on an i7 920 and a QX6850.

Fantastic work Alex.

Beautiful. Poetic. Sublime. Cutting edge – most definitely.

Now, please do Alex’s piece justice- turn up the volume, and watch full screen in HD.