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
Open domain, Creative Commons, and stock photographs are a great resource for transmedia creators. Millions of photos can be downloaded and used in videos, motion graphics, and comics. Using the photographs as they are will work for some photo comics, but other visual styles can be created using filters toContinue Reading