MetaFilter posts tagged with 3d and CG

Your favourite modern artform sucks

mhjb — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:12:19 -0800

Peripetics is a short video by Zeitguised that "entails six imaginations of disoriented systems that take a catastrophic turn, including the evolution of educational plant-body-machine models and liquid building materials." I don't really know what that means either but it sure is pretty.

512 bytes of text to create a movie

elgilito — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:29:27 -0800

POV-Ray Short Code Contest #5 - The animation round! This time the competitors were allowed 512 bytes of POV-Ray code to create a (short...) animation. The rules of rounds 2 and 3 (previously on Mefi) allowed 256 bytes but to create stills. And the winner is: #local C=clock*pi;#macro B(N,F)sphere{0F/7 1scale 1-pow(I.5)translate-I*F*x rotate y*N*90rotate-N*x*pow(5I)*10*sin(I*2-C*8+i)scale.2+x*.8translate-x}#end#local i=C;#while(i<2>translate*2rotate x*37pigment{slope y}}#local i=i+pi/8;#end light_source{<0>1spotlight}media{intervals 6scattering{2rgb<>/99}}

Pixar's papers on computer graphics

brundlefly — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:39:14 -0800

1982-2007 Pixar's papers on computer graphics

Working on water

hoverboards don't work on water — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:00:36 -0800

Photorealistic CG water (and a little on how it's done).

chizieep to the ezzeep

delmoi — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:44:09 -0800

Gangsta Chimp Just one of the award winning peices of CG artwork at the CG Choice Gallery. From the amazingly lifelike to the fantastic and whimsical

Computer Graphics Contests

Gyan — Mon, 23 May 2005 19:45:43 -0800

CG Challenges - the largest online art contests of their kind, where artists are challenged to create outstanding artworks based upon set themes, while working under restrictions. For CG students, an additional bonus is the view of the creation process.

Boring 3D

Hildago — Sun, 11 May 2003 20:04:43 -0800

There's a new 3D picture every day, and if you look at the archive all at once, it's like reading a slightly unnerving children's book.