Studio Artist user Jean Detheux will be performing live with Studio Artist at the Case Obscura in Montreal on September 17th at 8pm. Jean will be working with three video streams projected live in conjunction with live musicians as a part of the performance. For more information go to www.casaobscura.org. And you can check out…
Studio Artist user Karen Hochman Brown had an interesting project going called ‘An Apple a Day’ that really got me thinking about different approaches to creating art. The idea was to create a unique art rendition of a particular object, in this case an apple, every day. Each apple was rendered in a different artistic…
MSG (modular synthesized graphics) is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. Almost 500 different image processing modules (called processors) are available within MSG and can be combined together to create an infinite variety of different image synthesis or processing effects. MSG can be used to create abstract procedural imagery or animations from scratch. MSG can…
Studio Artist user Charis Tsevis recently created several photo mosaic portraits for publication in the LA Times based on imagery from the 2008 Olympics. By photo mosaic i mean a picture generated from a collection of smaller photos arranged to represent the larger image. Studio Artist provides many tools that enable you to take traditional…
Studio Artist user Dylan Harris is a poet who has been expanding the notion of electronic literature from traditional oral poetry recital to a full multimedia experience. Dylan will be presenting his ‘Poetry Accompanied by Processed Photography’ presentation at the Electronic Literature in Europe conference, which takes place in Bergen Norway from September 11-13. Dylan…
The San Francisco Chronicle via their SF Gate web site posted a review of David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated feature film ‘Year of the Fish’. Year of the Fish has it’s theatrical debut on August 29th in San Francisco, Berkley, and New York City. Additional theatrical showings nationwide will include Huntington and Cambridge Harvard Square…
My favorite way to work with Studio Artist’s MSG (modular synthesized graphics) capabilities is to create procedural artwork using directed evolution. By procedural i mean that the actual imagery in the artwork is created mathematically from the internal processing in the MSG preset. As opposed to being based on a literal representation from a digital…
It’s great to see ‘Year of the Fish’ posters right there next to Rock Me Sexy Jesus and Death Race. David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated feature film ‘Year of the Fish’ will be making it’s theatrical debut in the US on August 29. Initial showings are at the Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco, the Shattuck…
Studio Artist user Dennis Miller will be helping to organize a visual music section in the computer animation festival for Siggraph 2009, which will be held in New Orleans next summer. Those of you who checked out the previous visual music marathon know that it was an awesome presentation of different animation styles and techniques…
MacLife posted an article today on the making of David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated film ‘Year of the Fish’. The timing is especially pertinent because Year of the Fish has it’s theatrical debut on August 29th in San Francisco and New York with additional showings in theaters nationally afterwards. It’s well worth checking out Year…