Planetary Folklore

Monday, August 1, 2016

Eigengrau

The background brain colour you see in complete darkness.

Also known as dark light or brain gray - "it is perceived as lighter than a black object in normal lighting conditions, because contrast is more important to the visual system than absolute brightness. For example, the night sky looks darker than eigengrau because of the contrast provided by the stars."

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Stopcycle

"STOPCYCLE is a series of 25 small scale sculptures, which as an ensemble create a seamless 25 frame animated loop. The work explores changes of form, and sound using repetition through time. The sculptures shapes are organic and layered in form, much like topographical maps. The forms are descriptions of anatomical regions, as well as being formal experiments in geometry and motion. Their shapes are infinitely cycling, beginning anew once they end - they can be interpreted as tangible, shapeshifting clocks.

The 25 frame loop is based on a procedural texture named ‘Perlin noise’. Perlin noise is a computer generated visual effect developed by Ken Perlin in the 1980’s. it is a gradient noise used by visual effects artists to increase the appearance of realism in computer graphics. It is a fractal landscape exhibiting some form of statistical self-similarity to natural phenomena.

The technique is commonly used in computer generated graphics to create the effect of randomness in textures and landscapes. STOPCYCLE employs these techniques and presents them physically utilising the mediums of sculpture and stopframe animation."

Thursday, July 9, 2015

What’s the Best Instagram Photo Size?

Looking to create images at the best size for Instagram?

The Instagram photo size has been updated (as of July 2015) to 1080 pixels, so upload images at a minimum size of 1080 x 1080.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Jamie xx

I'm a sucker for a space video...

Directed by Erik Wernquist (of Wanderers fame) // with photos by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Designer: Croix Gagnon and Frank Schott
Location: n/a
Image Credits: Croix Gagnon and Frank Schott

"In 1993, a convicted murderer was executed. His body was given to science, segmented, and photographed for research. Croix and Frank used that footage to create these 7 photographs. An animation of the 1871 slices was played fullscreen on a computer, which was moved around by an assistant while being photographed in a dark environment. The resulting images are long-exposure “light paintings” of the entire cadaver."

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