Gear: Peeta puts the 3D in T-shirts

These are pretty amazing:

http://peeta.net/shop.html

The Demoscene: hackers making "digital graffiti" - Moleman 2 and Farbrausch

The computer hacker scene, particularly the demoscene, is one of the closest analogs to the graffiti community. In the demoscene, hackers crack games and write all over them with clever graphics and hand-drawn lettering, all done in machine language. (Machine language is code just talking to the chips without any of that fancy high-level computer language or 3D software application getting in the way.) The result is elegant, small, fantastic, and battle-ready. And demo crews do battle. Regularly, for decades now.

There's a new documentary about it, called Moleman 2 (free, complete, on YouTube, see below).

But first, to whet your appetite, below is a 2007 winner by Farbrausch, who just released some juicy sourcecode on Github.


Here's the elegant part: This video's original is a 180k snippet of code. One digital photo on your phone is likely 25 times that size! This blog post is probably bigger than 180k. And there's lots more where that came from. Check the relateds and do some searching.

If you only have 10 minutes: (Click "CC" to get English subtitles.) Here's the best overview Moleman has about the lettering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRkZcTg1JWU&feature=youtu.be&t=50m It's not the best ever done, but you get the idea.


The entire Moleman 2 documentary

Boa Mistura in Brazil and their optical illusions

The illusions of Boa Mistura seem to build on some of the many-wall pieces seen in gallery installations in recent years that combine to form a word when viewed from a vantage point. It's likely to stop people in their tracks. (Thanks to Brinda for the heads up on this.)

As far as I know, this technique was pioneered in wall graffiti by the very talented Portuguese writer, Odeith many years ago. Odeith does many complex 3D wildstyle pieces that float off the wall visually when viewed at the right angles. He calls his technique "anamorphosis". He has a HoF in Lisbon covered in his work.

In traditional fine art, this sort of effect is called "trompe l'oeil", which means "deceive the eye", in French. (It is pronounced much like the spelling, tromp-low-eey, with the emphasis on the last syllable). Generally it "breaks the picture plane" by appearing to emerge from the flat frame and it dates back to at least the Greeks, Romans, and Pompeii.

Yahoo images turns up some amazing murals and street art in trompe l'oeil.

Video: Kont event: Tallinn, Estonia

KONT from Alari Teede on Vimeo.

KONT 2011 - a street art project which was held as a part of the project Tallinn 2011 - European capital of Culture from August 8th until September 5th.

Several artists around the world were invited to cover heavy duty containers with their own artwork. This video follows the work of nine artists:

Italian 3D legends Peeta and Made, their compatriot Joys
Honet from France
YUSK from Brazil
Robert Proch from Poland
Anton & Remy and Multistab from Estonia

More information on kont.ee Filmed & Edited: Alari Teede Photos: Urmas Mand urmasmand.viewbook.com/album/kont?p=1

Playing with perspective for 3D effects

Italy, Treviso: Nov. 19-Dec. 28, 2011: Peeta and Joys

 

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Peeta and Joys

Inaugurazione sabato 19 novembre h18.00.

La mostra resterà aperta dal 19 novembre al 28 dicembre 2011
in via Manin 47, Treviso.

Orari:

dal martedì al giovedì h18.15-19.45;
sabato h18.00-19.30;
domenica h11.00-12.30, h18.00-19.30.

info: http://www.bartexpo.it
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