Horsley's Digital Media Blog

Been venturing through this site called IdN and found some rather interesting stuff which I shall share with everyone.


First off is this video.



The video is rather powerful, especially with its message. I've always been a bit of a fan of the shadow hand puppets thing, and the seamless animating really appealed to me. Sometimes not using much is a good thing as only silhouettes were used in this film clip, and to a great effect. The shapes made by the hands, especially the birds throughout the clip, really help to convey the message shown in the clip, and the use of irony really helps with conveying said message. Overall I really liked the clip.


Here's a pretty cool image.



The way this was constructed is unreal. I really like the way that the underground complex was carved into the paper stack, and the assortment of accessories that are included un the complex and on the ground above made a good impression of it being occupied. The use of lighting to show depth also came out well. Overall it is a good job, and very creative!

More of the artist's works here


Some visual eye-candy now.

"Star Water Dress" for Mattoni by Velvet from idnworld on Vimeo.

Yep. Some ads really do come out well, and I was very impressed with the overall product. Sure it seems a little risque, but the way that the water dress was made and the interaction between the lifelike dress with the surrounding environment, especially when some people got a bit wet from being splashed, really appealed to me visually as it was was integrated seamlessly. In addition, the water element in the ad ties in very well with the product it is advertising, and now that I think about it, the ideal of spring water being pure is very well conveyed by the fact that the woman doesn't appear to be wearing any undergarments, displaying a 'pure' body of sorts.


This looks 3D.



But it actually isn't. This is a set of toy dolls, albeit a pretty limited set. I rather like this because of several things, and in particular the sharp angles used in the expressions to really convey the agression coming from both dolls. In addition, the bunny suit that the human wears really exaggerates his dark, tough and aggressive attitude. I guess they're already sold out, but that doesn't really matter, I very much like how these two came out, especially the human guy.

More images here


And finally, god damn this video is good.



Okay, so some people might not be into the whole crime/drugs/sex/violence thing, but the visuals, the animation in particular, really appealed to me. Pretty much everything appeals to me in the video, and I got a bit of a chuckle out of it in some scenes of the video. The first time around you feel like you have no idea what the hell is going on, so watching it a second time was a good idea for me as it helped me more closely watch everything that was happening. The dialogue wreaks of mobster, which further got me immersed into the film. Overall, a brilliant animation.