August 24, 2015 at 10:15 am
How Old School 80s Graphics Worked
The limitations of color and memory these designers faced with will give you a newfound appreciation for the artwork they were able to create.
The limitations of color and memory these designers faced with will give you a newfound appreciation for the artwork they were able to create.
The Nerdwriter continues his ‘Understanding Art’ video series, this time exploring French artist Paul Cézanne’s masterpiece, “The Bathers”.
Vox’s Phil Edwards talks with Matthew Averett, an art history professor at Creighton University, to learn why.
Valeriano Fatica finds the perfect-shaped watermelon to carve an amazing dragon head into.
Syracuse professor, Sam Van Aken, uses “chip grafting” to create trees that each bear 40 different varieties of stone fruits or fruits with pits.
A beautiful piano composition by Bach is complemented by the impressive CGI light visuals of Alan Warburton.
The speed of the lasers is remarkable to watch. The whole process takes just over two minutes!
Rotoscoping was a technique Disney animators frequently used to recycle footage from older animated films. They would draw over existing animation cells to make new scenes with characters with similar designs, characteristics, and movements. This technique helped save time and money. You can also watch pt 2 embedded below. Movies featured: Sleeping Beauty, Beauty…
Amazing timelapse shows Valeriano Fatica skilfully carve a watermelon into a dragon’s head.
Gain a new appreciation for art as the Nerdwriter dissects Jacques-Louis David’s famous painting, The Death of Socrates (1787). For those interested, you can see the renowned work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Gallery 614 – David and Neoclassicism).
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