PPD: Sin City Motion Graphics

Sin City is my all time favourite film probably, i love the graphic and how it is so artistic in the way the film is portrayed. i love how its true to the graphical novels too. its predominantly green screened and the postwork after is what really sparks my interest with this film, the whole scenes look amazing.

especially the scene with "The Salesman" below





this is brilliant, ill never get bored of this film. i hope the second is as good. its got a lot to live up to.

PPD: Alyn - Space Artist

http://justalyn.net

that was his web address but it seems to be down at the minute.

Alyn is an inspiration british artist who has created amazing space scenes using programs such as terragen with a combination of handmade photoshop built planets and space nebula. these are simply incredible to look at. he one of the first artists i ever looked at online when i heard someone mention his work. obviously i didn't hesitate to look and appreciate what he has done.

as his website is currently down i will post some of his images off the deviantart profile he has remaining.






CLICK TO ENLARGE!!!!!

PPD: Kire

Kire aka Erik Schumacher is an artist ive found online via deviantart and other art groups. i have the please to work with him at slashTHREE and he is one of the most inspiration designers ive met. his photo manipulations are incredible with impeccable detail and amazing blending skills. how he gets the ideas i will never know but they always work out perfectly. he is an ispiration to many including myself and i can understand why.

WOW is one word to describe his work.


Human's Bequest by *kire1987 on deviantART


Serenade of Water by *kire1987 on deviantART


An Odd World: Rebirth by *kire1987 on deviantART


Schwarzes Blut by *kire1987 on deviantART


An Odd World: Hybrid by *kire1987 on deviantART


Empire Falls by *kire1987 on deviantART

PPD:Rob Chiu: Best Video

i keep watching this and its amazing, the colours, the quick cuts, the close ups, the amazing sounds. this video is simply phenominal. i want to do something similar in the one minute project we are working on. maybe slightly less deranged though.




i love the way the text appears too, the font fits really well and looks perfect against the backdrop of the blue/yellow coloring

PPD: fiat grande punto

i love the colours and the glass effect on this video. looks amazing.i really love the dark tones and almost due toned colouring

PPD: THE GREATEST ADVERT EVER

this is by far the best advert i have ever seen in my life, still not bored of it. the visual effects are outstanding



Great CGI commercial for Smirnoff.
Created by JWT London, SFX by Framestore CFC, shot in New Zealand and Pinewood Studios in Elstree by Daniel Kleinman.

PPD: Bacardi Ads

the adverts for bacardi always impress me with their high detail graphical adverts. id love to be able to pull this off someday.


Bacardi 'Mojito' from Realise Studio on Vimeo.


bacardi "sun" (pleix) from pleix on Vimeo.

PPD:Honda - Let it shine

saw this video earlier on, the stuff they can do now with technology is amazing


Honda Insight - Let It Shine from Honda on Vimeo.

outstanding

PPD: After Effects

during my recent spark of interest into the world of after effects i decided to look up some tutorials on some after effects techniques which i can try later. i found a tutorial for the most amazing scene ive seen in after effects. and here it is




amazing to watch, ill try it later

PPD: Silent Room

Silent Room installation at TRANSART, ITALIA

A CROSS-SECTED VIEW OF 16 PEOPLE, 16 ROOMS, 16 PRIVATE LIVES, SILENT ROOM IS AN X-RAY VISION OF 16 INTERIORS. IN THIS FILM-POEM, THE ROOM IS FELT FROM THE INSIDE. AN INTERIOR STEEPED IN DISCONTINUITY, WHERE UNUSUAL AND POETIC COMMUNICATIONS UNFOLD WORDLESSLY, THROUGH A CONTAMINATION OF THE SENSES. RATHER THAN A STORY LINE, THERE IS A SET OF TABLEAUX VIVANTS, EACH CRAFTED AROUND A FIXED IDEA, AN IMPULSE, A VOID, A HUNGER FOR AN IDEAL. SILENT ROOM IS A CINEMA OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, A CHAMBER CINEMA, WHEREIN THE MOST SILENT AND LEAST VISIBLE ELEMENTS VIOLENTLY DESCEND TO MURMUR ITS PRESENCE.

IN THEIR WORK, THE SKOLTZ_KOLGEN ARTISTS USE A FOTOCINETIQUE APPROACH FOUNDED ON THE TEMPORAL FRAGMENTATION OF ACTION. TO ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT, SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS CAPTATION TECHNIQUES WERE USED, IN CONFRONTATIONS OF VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS. FOR A MORE PRECISE CONTROL OF TIME, A BATTERY OF CAMERAS WERE SEQUENTIALLY SYNCHRONIZED TO TAKE OVER 10,000 PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DIGITIZED AND ANIMATED.

THE SKOLTZ_KOLGEN CELL THEN DEVELOPED DIGITAL FREQUENCY-SENSITIVE IMAGE- GENERATING SOFTWARE THAT INSTANTANEOUSLY SHADOWS THE AUDIO TRACK — SOMEWHAT LIKE A HEARTBEAT MONITOR THAT SHADOWS THE FREQUENCIES OF A HEARTBEAT, BUT IN THIS CASE EACH FREQUENCY OF SOUND CAN GENERATE ITS IMAGE EQUIVALENT. PLAYING WITH INTERLUDES OF THIS SPLIT-SECOND SYNERGY BETWEEN SOUND AND FILM, THE MUSIC AND SCORING EXPRESS A STATE OF AFFECT WITHIN THE ROOMS AND THE INTERNAL REALITY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS THE FILM'S NARRATIVE TRACK. THERE IS NO DIALOGUE TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OR ANY REASSURANCES FOR THE VIEWER. INSTEAD, WE REMAIN IN A STATE OF CONTROLLED HYPNOSIS.

SILENT ROOM IS AN ART OBJECT THAT DEFIES CLASSIFICATION — A HIGHLY POTENT FILM OF ITS TIME.

PPD: Hejz/Peter Jaworowski

Peter Jaworowski is a graphic designer from Warsaw,Poland. He is one of the biggest designers around at the moment picking up work from companies such as Orange, Wrigleys, Discovery Channel, Martini, Nokia, Nike and Bacardi. He is original with his designs which are always near to perfection and always pleasing to the eye.

Below is some of Peters' Work.






flawless

PPD: Rob Chiu

Rob Chiu is a motion designer and director of film and photography who has some incredible videos/photography and motion graphics, my personal favourite is the OFFF lisbon titles which are really dramatic with the use of quick shots and strong music.

http://www.theronin.co.uk

PPD:The Fringe Opening Credits (Andrew Kramer)

Andrew Kramer is the founder of Videocopilot.net and has numerous brilliant tutorials on after effects on there. my favourite work by him though has to be the "Fringe" opening credits for the Fox Tv show.he used after effects for the final product and the transition from each part of the animation is amazing, especially from the fibres to the hand print

see it here



^ The Fringe

PPD: Typographic Animations

i love the typographic animations that are made in after effects, i intend to try one pretty soon.

here are some of my favs i've accumulated for some time now.



V For Vendetta ^



^ Pulp Fiction



Fight Club ^



^ Zoolander



^ Pirates Of The Caribbean



^ Sin City



^ Batman: The Dark Knight

PPD: Justin Maller

Justin Maller is the founder and creative director of the art group 'Depthcore'. He is frequently featured in magazines and interviews and has designed for such companies like ASUS,DCShoeco, PSDtuts and Launch.

he frequently features in Advanced Photoshop, Photoshop creative and Computer Arts. his group depthcore is the biggest and best online art collective going.

here is some of justins work.

PPD: Pete Harrison/Aeiko

Pete harrision is a reular feature in the Uk edition of Advanced Photoshop and a renounded member of varoius online artgroups such as Depthcore, EvokeOne and The KDU. His website is currently one of the best designed sites i have seen in a long time and his artwork suggests similar. he is a freelance designer while working hard on his clothes brand "Funkrush".

PPD: Michael Ahearn II

another set of epic photos by Mike

PPD: Michael Ahearn

Michael is a long time friend of mine who i met via numerous design websites and who we were a part of the same graphic "team" named Evolutionary Arts. he then went on to take up photography as his main hobby and is now doing weddings and other events with his large camera collection.

his work basically inspired me to start photography and without his tips and recommendations i would be going nowhere with my career/lifestyle. he has given me in depth tips about wedding photography which i am doing in July. so i am truely greatful for his help.

his uses a range of digital and film photography - both equally as impressive as the other.

here is some of Mikes work.














one word to sum up his talent? Indescribable!

PPD: Alex Nail Photography

as landscape photography is my favourite type of photography it would be unjustifiable to not show off my favourite landscape photographers - alex nail. he is a young student based on the western outskirts of Dartmoor. His techincal and photographic skills are simply astonishing and i envy every shot he takes. he captures the atmosphere so well and composes perfectly

here is some of Alex's work:







this is one of my favourite images by Alex, the colours and composition is amazing.

^^^^^^^^




these colours are amazing, taken with a 50mm f1.8 too! :O



taken on the isle of skye. i plan to go there at some point in the future in hope to get some landscape shots.

PPD: Undream

though looking at Zhestkov's work i stumbled upon Undream aka Murat Pak. Murat Pak is a freelance designer, director and digital artist with a quantitive background and great passion for music & "dreams". He is also the founder of UNDREAM, a creative studio of the near future and is currently using the utisz, "UNDREAM" for his single-person projects. UNDREAM will also be producing music in the very close future with another member of undream, Ece Pak, a very talented creative compositor.

His video titled "Masnavi" is simply amazing and i wish to learn how to create similar videos, its perfectly tied with the music which give this amazing atmosphere



outstanding

here is his temporary portfolio link



he has also done a typo peice which i find mazing considering i have a love for typography at the minute. the video is called "Garamond" and can be found here:

PPD: Maxim Zhestkov

i recently got shown the work of Maxim Zhestkov, who is a digital motion artist who predominatly uses Adobe after effects as his "weapon of choice". he has previously been selected to feature in the "onedotzero"(2008) books and i find his work to be simply phenominal.

http://www.zhestkov.com/watch.html?mov=mov/m_005.mov&width=560&height=330

this video was selected for the 2008 "onedotzero"

he is a huge influence now and i want to experiment with this media further.