Creepy Old Photos...Come To Life!

Hi there,

Now that it is officially October I have began my search for the scariest,  most haunted stories, movies and media the world has to offer. During my search I came across this truly creepy set of animations by Droga5 art director Kevin Weir. He takes real black and white photos, that are creepy enough to begin with and animates them into a truly haunting visual experience. Don't believe me? Take a look below!

Eery doesn't even begin to explain it! This is an incredibly creative way to not only showcase animations skills, but also scare a few people along the way. 

The artwork here, while legitimate old-time photos, reminds me a lot of American Horror Story (Which premieres tonight!). This technique would be really exciting to play around with. Manipulating the past to frighten the future is definitely an intriguing concept! 

                                 
                                    

I hope I didn't scare you too much! After all it's all just created by a man sitting at a computer. Head over to http://www.kevinjweir.com/ to check out some more of Weir's work.

Until next time,

Alex

This week I decided to look at some audio visualization videos, because of what we did in class on Thursday. I think audio visualization is a really interesting art form for a few reasons. The main reason I think that is because audio visualization is a really weird and complex blend of both random and calculated factors. You have the ability to control what you want the audio to control and how you want it to be controlled, but you don't really know what the final product will be. this can and does lead to a lot of unique art. The first video accompanying this post contains some clips from some different audio visualizations. I think some of these are really neat, the third one in particular. The first one is a really good example of how you can mesh controlled and non controlled factors.

http://vimeo.com/groups/soundvis/videos/72643050

This next video is another example of intricate and varied art of this kind can be. It's also a really cool blend of controlled and "randomized" factors. I really liked this video because it doesn't really rely on colors as much as other audio visualizers do. The shapes and shadows are also a really cool aspect of this video.

http://vimeo.com/groups/soundvis/videos/57589053

What are Motion Graphics Video

I found this funny little video about motion graphics. It's in the style of a 1950's black and white instructional video. It basically talks about what motion graphics are. It's clever and short so give it a watch.