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DixonBaxi Updates

DixonBaxi round up some of their recent projects (including work for Sony, Viacom and the Sci Fi Channel) as they gather pace into 2008.

Algorithmic, Systemic, Generative, Contextual by Don Relyea

The Big Hairy Bush print was generated by a custom particle fx application written in image lingo within Adobe Director.

A small gif thumbnail of the President was downloaded and is used by the application for reference. The gif is parsed by the application at runtime grayscale index color values are stored in a lookup table. A particle manager was coded to prevent the application from overloading. The particle manager references the lookup table and based on the lookup table data it assigns a group of hair particles to various locations in the canvas area and initializes them.

"Systemic Abstractors vs. Pubic Realists" is a custom software application that is coded in Adobe Director and C++.
In "Systemic Abstractors vs. Pubic Realists" there are several classes of program objects that battle on the image area for dominance and control of space. The systemic abstractors abstract what has already been drawn.
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Absolute Zero

Absolute Zero - [ 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 ]
The story of the harnessing of cold and the race to reach the lowest temperature possible.

Grizzly Bear - Knife

Music video for Grizzly Bear's "Knife". Directed by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch of Encyclopedia Pictura.

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No Boundaries

No Boundaries 2 - Watch now - 1 min 33 secs

No Boundaries - Watch now - 1 min 7 secs

Source: smallscreen

Speechless Hollywood

A series of short episodes where actors, directors and writers are coming together in solidarity to support the WGA strike.

the history of mario

Vinyl Sleeve Heads

Ask people to hold a record cover over their own face and send a photo.
The result: an hilarious collection