Google’s Earth Studio gives concept artists and authors of transmedia stories, graphic novels, and illustrated books another tool for developing cityscapes. While the graphics are not photorealistic, the 3D graphics rendered in Earth Studio can be the starting point for image compositing. There are issues with the visual quality ofContinue Reading
When creating sci fi technologies, understanding the concept of competitive advantage is important. One of the big irritants for me are sci fi and fantasy visuals that include technology that looks “cool” but is totally useless or worse, a hinderance to the user. Competition is essentially a contest between two orContinue Reading
There are a few glitches in the rendering of these images, but overall the quality of the images is quite good. The flicker-free quality of the animations is particularly significant.Continue Reading
I continue to be amazed at the technology that is being developed for visual storytelling. The latest surprise is EbSynth. It makes the job of converting video into painting-like animations. The best part…it’s free! I’ll post some video examples that I did in an afternoon while learning the software. ThisContinue Reading
A video recording of the Motion Graphics: Easy Animation for Visual Storytelling webinar and sample materials (including actual motion graphics developed in Photoshop) are available from Daz3d at https://www.daz3d.com/motion-graphics–easy-animation-for-visual-storytelling.Continue Reading
Photoshop and other image processing software can give transmedia creators tremendous flexibility when creating illustrations for their work. The use of 3D models in the creation of comic book and graphic novel art is becoming increasingly common as 3D software becomes more sophisticated and less expensive. The image was createdContinue Reading
I’ve been looking at ways to develop transmedia stories quickly and inexpensively, while still maintaining high production values. After all, we don’t all have multi-million dollar productions budgets. Part of that exploration has involved playing with a new (and free) 3D graphics rendering engine for a couple of months now andContinue Reading
The application of visual storytelling techniques to transmedia narratives intrigues me. I see a lot of similarities — although there are a enough differences that some adaptation is required. It’s been a lot of years since my last film camera bit the dust. It was a faithful old Canon thatContinue Reading
3D computer graphics can add a lot to transmedia storytelling. While the professional grade applications like Autodesk’s Maya are expensive and have a steep learning curve, some of today’s 3D modelling software is inexpensive or free and can produce high quality images that could find a place in a transmediaContinue Reading
3D computer graphics give you a lot of flexibility when working with transmedia story scenes. In the first pair of images (Figure 1) taken from the same 3D scene, small changes in facial expressions and camera position can result in an image that tells a very different story. A minorContinue Reading