Terminator Returns...

THE TERMINATOR (1984)





TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)





TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003)





TERMINATOR 4: SALVATION (2009)



Music: Gentle Giant - Cogs In Cogs

Particle Systems

Todays Animation lecture with Andy was really cool. He showed us two short films from a OneDotZero dvd, which demonstrated the complex and various ways of using particle systems.

Last year during the Christmas holiday and then again at the beginning of the year just before term 2 started, I had been playing around with Particle Systems to create a SMOKE and Dripping Water effect - the latter didn't look very good in the end so I didn't post it.
I had a lot of fun modeling and creating the smoke effect and it wasn't as complicated as I had initially thought it was.

So now that I've got this (very cool) worksheet from Andy, I am going to go through the Particle Systems in 3ds Max to show my basic understanding and post my results...




Music: Gentle Giant - Free Hand

Bulwell Academy Documentary Short

I found this on Danny Peachey's Blog and I wanted to share it via my blog because in Virtual Environments we are modeling block A and B of the building. (Renders will be posted this week). I like this documentary; the cuts are pretty good and it gets straight to the point only complaint is that it felt a bit long though.

Visualisation Period Research: Renaissance

When my group started this project, I was given the task of researching furniture. Now, as fun and joyess as that seems at first, I actually found it a bit boring - not that I didn't like what I saw, but I really didn't get into it. So I started to look at the overall history and style of Renaissance.

First I started by watching a documentary my dad told me about called Travels With Vasari (rapidshare links) presented by the incredibly knowledgable and enthusiastic Andrew Graham-Dixon, who I've seen on the Culture Show many times before.

This was a two-part documentary following Georgio Vasari's life as one of the first renaissance artists. AG-D would often refer to a book; a bible for artists called The Lives of the Artists, which Vasari wrote as an account for other Renaissance artists at the time. The book contains many stories and anecdotes about life in Italy at a time just after the Gothic period. I have started to read through it as I ordered it through from Clifton to Boots library and am finding it much more interesting than simply researching furniture... which in hindsight, doesn't make a lot of sense because I don't think Renaissance was really famous for it's furniture!


Music: Chet Baker - Time After Time

Best gig this year so far!...

Last night at The Arts Organisation 3 amazing bands played. This was:
Bilge Pump
LORDS
and
Zun Zun Egui

I had seen Bilge Pump before, but so long ago that I forgot what they sounded like. They were very good; Led Zeppelin-esque drums with spazzy loud guitar riffs!

LORDS are local so i've seen them a few times now, I don't think it was their best performance but the were still very good. Guitar duo with hints of Kyuss and modern blues.

ZunZunEgui were a band i've not heard of before, so I really didn't know what to expect. Their songs were a mix of looped rock (but without the loop pedals!) and tribal rhythms and singing - a sort of Battles vs Fela Kuti. It was such a good mix that i've never heard before. Everyone was dancing and I want to see them again! Great band!

Great night!

Music: Nitin Sawhney - Acquired Dreams