Tree Still Growing

Here's a small section of leaves sprouting...

The Tree Grows for the Installation

I have began work on the tree growing sequence for the installation. There are a few kinks in it, but its a good start.

Moon Phase - Stationary

This one works a lot better, even if it isn't physically realistic.

Moonphase - Moving

A moving moonphase... It doesn't really work...

Screen Shot from Lightning Battle

A Rough Experiment

A YouTube.com account has been registered!

A while back I made this sculpture that resembled one of the towers from Lord of the Rings, but I never really did anything with it. About 18 months later I decided to use it as a miniature and see how well I could composite it into a background.

Unfortunately the only digital camera I had at that time was the one in my video camera, so the picture quality wasn't the best. Regardless it still turned out alright, probably because I shrunk the tower right down so small any major discrepancies weren’t noticeable.

I also managed to create a reflection by flipping the tower image vertically and reducing the opacity. Furthering the effect I managed to have a bird fly over the reflection and remain visible the whole time. The footage already contacted a bird flying over the water, so I simply duplicated the bird’s flight path, keyed its background out composited it over the reflection.

The effect is quite rough but I think it’s alright for my first effort – I can only improve!

It appears YouTube has shrunk the movie size and compressed it further vastly reducing its quality, but you'll still get the idea.