Luminous - Real Time engine

Hi everyone,

Just a quick blog to let you all know about the new Luminous Real Time games engine that is in development.

Below is the link to a tech demo that Square-Enix (my favourite games company) have created to show off the capabilities of the new engine.

Enjoy


Click here to watch the tech demo



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Let's Go Pro

Good afternoon readers. Today we bring you an amazing gallery of photos taken by many people from around the world using one of our all time favourite gadgets, the Go Pro Camera. If you are wanting to capture extraordinary moments from your own point of view this is definitely the toy for you. 

Check out some of these amazing images..

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San Francisco Toothpick Tours

35 Years in the making and using 100,000 toothpicks, mentalist artist Scott Weaver's kinetic sculpture 'Rolling Through The Bay' provides multiple ping pong tours through the streets, neighbourhoods, and attractions of San Francisco. Weaver spent approximately 3000 hours completing this amazing piece and has even sourced different types of toothpicks from around the world depending on the nature of the area of the structure;


" I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding."


See the video below for an in depth description and tour from the man himself.

http://vimeo.com/22461692

Sources: Tinkering Studio and Flickr

The Making of The House in the Woods

Hi everyone,


As you are aware, I have posted a few 'Making of' tutorials from CGarchitect before but the most recent one by Notos has proven to be very insightful and thorough.


The artist has really broken down the scene creation and post-production and has written a step-by-step guide on how he visualised the image.


Below is the link to the CGarchitect page and also the artist's Facebook page.


I have also attached the finished image below for your viewing pleasure (image courtesy of CGarchitect.com). I am sure you will agree that the final visual is both incredibly atmospheric and moody as well as being technically brilliant.

Click here for the CGarchitect 'Making of' post

Click here for the artist's Facebook page

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Olympic Torch Relay

Good afternoon readers. The Olympics are nearly here in our great nation and I don't know about you, but I have found myself infatuated with the BBC's Torch cam. 

I find it amazing how the torch brings people together to cheer on some of Britain’s greatest heroes and athletes as they take the flame on tour to London. Over the years the torch has been to some memorable locations and has been carried by some of the world’s greatest individuals.

Let’s just have a look at the incredible journey the Olympic flame has taken:

Where the relay all began. Germany first came up with the runners of the Olympic torch for the Berlin games in 1936  

Italian captain carries the flame as it travels from Greece to London for the first Olympics since the start of the second world war

 Canadian speed skater Susan Auch races to light the cauldron and finish the Vancouver relay

The torch takes a dive across the Great Barrier Reef 

British mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington recently carries the 2012 flame to the summit of Snowdon

Probably the most incredible images of the Olympic torch are from the summit of Mount Everest as it passes from Nepal to Tibet for the 2008 Beijing games

And the most recent and memorable image of our 2012 games is of injured Afghanistan war veteran Ricky Furgusson who after losing both  legs, his left eye and a number of fingers off both hands, still managed do Britain proud by carrying the torch through his home town of Broseley.

Good Luck to all our athletes this summer

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Photography unleashed

A 31 year old Californian photographer Seth Casteel is becoming more and more well known for his underwater canine photography shoots. 

Casteel’s work achieves many outcomes, with some canine friends looking slightly dopey and comical, and others looking eerie and monstrous, a difference we like to think from when they're dry on land!   Casteel believes that when dogs are in the water “it presents them with an opportunity to explore their wild instincts, and then the best of their emotions shine through”, I think the images below certainly support Casteel’s theory.

Much of Casteel’s work is still above ground however he has already shot over 60 dogs underwater and his portfolio is certainly expanding. 

Should you be interested in a test shoot for your pooch, it costs a mere $895 for an hour.  I would imagine there is a lot of time required coaxing the pooch into the water!

To have a look at more of Casteel’s work, take a look at his website http://www.littlefriendsphoto.com/index2.php#!/home

Photos courtesy of Google Images and Little Friends Photo.com

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