Final storyboard for TV bumper

Below are scanned images of the final storyboard which I will base my TV bumper upon, I apologise for the quality, as these were done with pencil which doesn't scan very well. The idea focuses on special moments from my life so far, presented in an animated comic fashion. I just wanted to place these on my blog to document the whole process of my TV bumper from start to finish.

My 3D Lego test movie

Below is the first test movie of my modeled Lego bricks, it is from a distant camera view so the detail is hard to see, and the animation is just to test the bricks in a 3D space. Look for the full video soon.

My 3D model

As anyone who has visited my personal website has seen, I love Lego, especially Star Wars Lego. Now I know it is extremely geeky but I have grown up with it , but have just never grown out of it. Due to this passion I felt it would be the perfect choice of objects for me to model and animate, and would represent a hobby in my life. Below are some examples of my collection along with some basic plans for the 3D scene.

Brand J!

As I have mentioned in my recent posts I am trying to revamp my online persona and presence. To do this I have spent some time selectively increasing the number of people I follow, and have contact with, using Twitter. This is a small step to help bolster my plans. I have also finalised a personal avatar which I am now using on Twitter and hope to spread this into a brand.



Below I have incorporated this avatar into a banner idea for my personal website. I still need to lock down a solid idea so i have something which I can work towards.

More examples of AR part 2

A really cool handheld augmented reality game which is currently in development, which I believe could easily be replicated or implimented on a device like the apple i-phone.

More examples of AR

Here is the Playstations 'Eye Pet' in action.

Eye pet from Group Vandamme on Vimeo.

Augmented reality

‘’Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery - creating a mixed reality.’’

I find augmented reality really fascinating as a concept, it has been around for many years, 1957-62: Morton Heilig, a cinematographer, creates and patents a simulator called Sensorama with visuals, sound, vibration, and smell. I love computer games, and in this form it started as virtual reality and the old 3D holographic fighters from the late 80’s. More recently it has become more commercial for the Sony Playstation with the ‘Eye’ range of games and most recently with London Studio’s ‘Eye Pet’ where players interact with a virtual pet via a unique symbol being read by the camera on the TV, and creating an object which is interacted with by manipulating this physical piece of card.

Below is an example which one of our group members, Luke Mears, created using the AR application found at ecomagination.

eco AR from Luke Mears on Vimeo.