Creative Inspire 100212

I'm not really huge on spoken word style poetry.  That's not to say that I don't like it.  That's far from the case.  I would just say that it has to be pretty good to get me intrested. Shane Koyczan captured my interest with this definition on what it is to be Canadian.

With the start of the Olympic Games in Vancouver, I couldn't think of a better video to put up on the blog today.

Canada STAND UP!

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Creative Inspire 100211

I need and iPhone!  I make beats on my laptop.  I use to think "Damn!  How cool is it that I can pack up my whole studio in a bag and take it on the road with me."  Forget the bag, now you can pack it in you pocket.  Apps for the iPhone are being created at a ridiculous rate.  If I had the money this one would be the selling point for me.  In these videos the guys at Simple Sample take you through a tour of some of the beat making features of the Beat Maker software and Alesis ProTrack audio hardware for the iPhone.

**Heads up the language in this video is raw and may offend some.

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 For more check out:
samplesimple.com
To get the Beatmaker app go to:
www.intua.net


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Creative Inspire 100210

Once I get done learning the billion other things I have on my plate to master, I want to take on the art of making video games.  I've been inspired.

Blender 3D is probably the most impressive open source application I know of.  It can create stunning 3D animations and when put in to the hands of dudes like pygmies, it can build pretty impressive looking video games using it's new game engine.

I can't wait for a playable version of this game to come out.  Sometimes it great to have a game with a simple concept.  Thump Stuff's title pretty much sums up the concept of this game.  There are some days I'd love to just club the shit out of everything I see.  That's a horrible idea though and would probably deem me to be a threat to society if it was ever carried out.  This game looks to be a much better solutions to take your frustrations out on.

Keep in mind that these are a look at the work in progress.  Imagine what it will look like when it's finished for real.

Thump Stuff WIP 2 from pygmies on Vimeo.

Thump Stuff blender game WIP from pygmies on Vimeo.

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Creative Inspire 100209

This looks like a lot of fun. Kind of like the graffiti application for Facebook but on steroids. It was done by the peeps over at Tangible Interaction.  All sorts of digital graffiti applications popping up lately.  I love the fake can and markers that this one uses to digitally paint with.

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For more check out:
www.tangibleinteraction.com


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Creative Inspire 100208

 Hamilton Clineh likes to draw.  It even say so on his website.  Although I don't think it would really take a cleaver url to figure that out.  You could come to that conclusion just by checking out all of the fantastic illustrations that he's posed up.  There's a wide variety of styles to choose from, all grouped into different collections.  His range goes from comic book style, to cartoon, to caricature and beyond.

Check out his website at:
www.hamiltondraws.com


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Creative Inspire 100207

Dare, Does, Toast, Nash all collaborated in this effort.  What I like most about this crew piece is the teamwork.  Especially the way their styles are blended together almost seamlessly.  Most crew pieces have some type of theme that ties them together, maybe a colour scheme, or set of characters from a popular movie, but usually all the tags are there own separate works.  I love how they've tied all their tags together to form like Voltron.

Check out more at:
http://www.myspace.com/digitaldoes
or on Art Crimes at:
http://graffiti.org/doesone/index.html

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Creative Inspire 100206

This clip of Exile (of Blu & Exile) rocking his MPC has my jaw sitting on the floor.  The MPC is so instilled in hip hop culture as the industry standard weapon of choice for producers.  That said it's not taken out of the studio all that often.  Not a lot of big name producers ever show their process, chopping beats together and getting the sequence to bang right.  Almost like it's a secret art form that they keep under lock and key like the recipe for KFC's 11 herbs and spices.  The ones that do let you in on their creative process often only show brief glimpses of the meticulous steps taken to bang out a head nodder.  Usually with every element in the beat sequenced one step at a time. So it's really inspiring to see a dude like Exile taking the machine out of the studio and using it to pull of well crafted routines in live performances.




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Creative Inspire 100205

This is my first post on web design.  Websites are getting a little crazier and crazier as every year goes by.  Sometimes it's for better, sometimes not so much.  This design by Fluid and SS+K really caught my attention though.  It's called Spectra and was made for MSNBC's website.  I think it does a good job of creating an interactive experience for the viewer.  It's a well put together alternative to traditional web page navigation.

Try it out.  I think it's kind of fun but I'd love to hear what other people's thought are on it.  Feel free to leave a comment with your opinion.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html

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Creative Inspire 100204

Alan Becker put together a really fun little animation.  Be ware of what you create, you never know what it may be capable of.

This pic is just a screen capture of the animation.  Click on it or the link below to see the actual animation.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf

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Creative Inspire 100203

Kay Tennemann has some serious Cinema 4D chopps!  Check out this piece that he did with the people over at Parasol Island for Ikea.  Turning random bits of furniture into an epic journey is quite an accomplishment.


IKEA PS from mostyle on Vimeo.

Some style frames for ya.

This is just the jump off though. There is so much more inspiration to be found at his profile site at mostyle.tv.



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Creative Inspire 100202

Oh shit the whole world is under alien attack. Space Invaders are everywhere. This is some fun creative urban art. The classic image of a pixelated alien nemesis is being plastered up on walls, bridges, signs and basically any urban canvas you can think of. It's almost like a global game of where's Waldo with a digital stunt double.

 

  

 

Go to www.space-invaders.com to take a hunting trip around the world.

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Creative Inspire 100201

Ever wondered what your house dreams about at night.  Personally it's a question that's haunted me for years keeping me up at night.  Well that is until I saw this video from the people over at urban screen in Germany.

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Check out more at:
www.urbanscreen.com

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Creative Inspire 100131

Some real surreal creative imagery pours out of the mind of Jochem van Wetten. I'm digging it.  There's everything from swinging donkeys to smoking monkeys in his gallery.  All of his images have this cool dream like quality to them and are worth checking out.

 For more check out:
www.jochemvanwetten.nl

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Creative Inspire 100130

This is all the work of one brilliant CG artist.  When I say all the work, I mean right down to the sound scape that accompanies the short film.  Alex Roman's name is the only one you will see in the credits.  He has created an amazing piece of art here that i will probably study over the next year or so still puzzled as to how one man pulled this off.

The first time I watched "The Third & The Seventh" I said to myself, "Self, I'm amazed at how well he's composited the CG footage into the shots of this building."  Then I researched the project a little more to find out that even the buildings are CG.  In fact everything but the photographer, slow-motion birds, airplane, sky backgrounds and some time lapsed plants are CG.  Everything in this little world he has created is virtually his own creation.  To prove this to the skeptics I've included the making of footage and a breakdown of the render passes.
  

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See more at:
thirdseventh.com


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Creative Inspire 100129

CANADA STAND UP!
Big ups to Classified for being a marketing genius.  With the 2010 Olympics opening up this February 12th, what better time to launch a track about nation pride.  A remixed Canadian anthem as a matter of fact.  The track is ill and as a Canadian listening to it I can't help but feel a little Cauuck pride.
Just to give an idea as to how effective it's been timing this track with the Olympics, the video has gone viral and I have co-workers who could careless about hip hop posting links to it on there facebook pages.

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I've tossed in more of his work for good measure.  But you can check out even more at:
www.halfliferecords.ca




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Creative Inspire 100128

Paul Dateh and inka one killin it on the violin and the 1's and 2's.  Any true hip hop head will vibe out to this.  Hell even if you like county you should still appreciate the talent.  These guys are the kind of act that I'd love to see playing live at a bar.  The classic hip hop covers with a new twist of strings are a sure fire way to keep them heads nodding.

Check out more at:
pauldateh.com

 

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Creative Inspire 100127

Josh Taylor has a really this real slick style of illustration. It's a bit on the dark side, with interesting texture and an almost bobble head cartoon aspect to the characters. Sick stuff.

Check Him out at:

www.joshtaylorart.net

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Creative Inspire 100126

Ian Hubert has got my attention, after watching these clips I'm sure he'll have yours too. I get really inspired when I see people thinking big and trying to pull off the nearly impossible. I heard a James Cameron quote this year through twitter that I've been trying to live by. It goes like this. "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success." I think Ian's brain child "Project London" is following this example. Except unlike James Cameron's latest master piece Avitar, with a 500 million dollar budget, Ian's working with a budget of next to nothing.


Here's a couple quick glances at what they're calling "The most ambitious no-budget effects movie ever?"

Project London: Benny's Fuel and Repair from Phil McCoy on Vimeo.

Project London: Unleashed! from Phil McCoy on Vimeo.

I also wanted to mention that all of the 3D work in the feature length films 650 visual effect shots, was with the free and open source program Blender 3D

For the latest info on Project London check out the official website:
projectlondonmovie.com

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Creative Inspire 100125

Rome wasn't built in a day. However, if you're Stephen Wiltshire you can draw it in 3. Stephen has a photographic memory. The amount of visual detail he retains just from looking at something is astonishing. Apparently his first words where even paper and pencil. What a gift he has. In this video he's drawing the entire city of Rome from memory after only a 45 minute helicopter tour of the city.



He's done other major cities as well, including New York and Tokyo.
www.youtube.com/user/stephenwiltshire

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Creative Inspire 100124

I thought this was a really cool gallery when I found it. All of the images have been created using fractal patterns. I'm intrigued by fractals although I've not done enough research myself to fully understand them. They appear everywhere in nature and if you start looking for them, you'll notice them anywhere you look. It blows my mind though to think that this image was created with math.



To see more images like this one check out the gallery at:
www.enchgallery.com

Also to learn more about fractals check out this 6 part series featuring Arthur C. Clarke:
fractaldoc



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