Sprint has a nifty little “widget” site that’s got all sorts of weird tidbits of knowledge ranging from how many e-mails are being sent right now to how many eggs are being produced. It’s fast-loading, pleasing to the eye, and interesting.
Check it out at http://now.sprint.com/widget/
Here are two videos about the process of designing Barack Obama’s campaign logo. It’s really interesting to see what other logos they looked at before deciding on the final one. Equally interesting is how they tweaked the design to fit specific groups of people.
Here are a few examples of some great takes on Barack Obama’s Campaign logo:
What is pixilation?
Pixilation is a nifty video process that simulates stop-motion animation. As opposed to taking a picture, moving a little, and then taking another picture, you leave the camera running and go about your business. Then, while editing, you bring in only the frames you want to appear in the movie. To give the appearance of “floating,” all you have to do is jump and move forward (over and over again) and bring in only the frames of you in the air.
Tony vs. Paul is an awesome YouTube video example of two guys who spent almost a year creating an editing a five minute video:
Peter Callesen is an artist. His overhead for art supplies is pretty low though. Where some artists have to starve to acquired the paint, canvases, film, or other supplies necessary to create their masterpieces, Callesen can just stop into Staples and pick up a pack of printer paper. One sheet of paper. That’s all this man needs to create some pretty ridiculous works of art, some of which are so beautiful and intricate they don’t need the “gimmick” of just having been created with paper.
Check out his incredible work at his website:
Peter Callesen homepage
Some examples
Some large papercut examples
