Rhonda Forever.
July 25, 2009 9:00 AM Subscribe
Fan-fucking-tastic. There aren't many videos that make me gasp out loud in the first few seconds, but this one did it. The old drawings from about 3:40 onwards are especially intricate and awesome.
posted by maudlin at 9:18 AM on July 25, 2009
posted by maudlin at 9:18 AM on July 25, 2009
I found the drawings to be ugly and weirdly mysogynistic. (From every angle.)
posted by longsleeves at 9:48 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by longsleeves at 9:48 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
I found the drawings to be ugly and weirdly mysogynistic. (From every angle.)
Even the treehouse?
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 10:01 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
Even the treehouse?
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 10:01 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
I want this so hard that I started to type my name and email in all caps.
posted by cmoj at 10:10 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by cmoj at 10:10 AM on July 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
Okay, I get being able to quickly make 3-D wireframes using just a mouse and pen. That's neat, and will be incredibly useful in the future. So why did the developers choose to use such grotesque art as their proof of concept?
It's sort of like if I invented the phonograph and insisted on only recording armpit farting noises for it.
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:16 AM on July 25, 2009 [6 favorites]
It's sort of like if I invented the phonograph and insisted on only recording armpit farting noises for it.
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:16 AM on July 25, 2009 [6 favorites]
He really makes it look easy, doesn't he? There is a LOT going in terms of context sensitivity and AI.
Sketchup sometimes makes me want to scream, and it's easy-peasy. I can imagine the learning curve on the subtle gestures in Rhonda are nightmare inducing.
Hence the drawings, which I liked.
posted by Xoebe at 10:36 AM on July 25, 2009
Sketchup sometimes makes me want to scream, and it's easy-peasy. I can imagine the learning curve on the subtle gestures in Rhonda are nightmare inducing.
Hence the drawings, which I liked.
posted by Xoebe at 10:36 AM on July 25, 2009
"Mysogynistic treehouse" would be a great name for a band.
Or a new Pee-Wee Herman show, I guess.
posted by rokusan at 11:21 AM on July 25, 2009
Or a new Pee-Wee Herman show, I guess.
posted by rokusan at 11:21 AM on July 25, 2009
Even the treehouse?
especially the treehouse. Talk about a boyzone.
posted by longsleeves at 11:30 AM on July 25, 2009 [2 favorites]
especially the treehouse. Talk about a boyzone.
posted by longsleeves at 11:30 AM on July 25, 2009 [2 favorites]
Interesting tool. It actually reminds me a lot of Martin Hash's Animation Master -- in which you knit models together using splines and patches, rather than polygons.
Patterson's artwork doesn't really appeal to me, either -- for the same reasons cited by longsleeves -- but it's clear he possesses some decent drawing skills.
longsleeves: especially the treehouse. Talk about a boyzone.
Is there something inherent in the desire to construct a house in a tree which is exclusive to males or excluded from females? I admit, I include treehouses in my own artwork at the drop of a hat -- because there seem to me few things more inviting than a sanctuary in the arms of a good tree.
posted by Kikkoman at 12:13 PM on July 25, 2009
Patterson's artwork doesn't really appeal to me, either -- for the same reasons cited by longsleeves -- but it's clear he possesses some decent drawing skills.
longsleeves: especially the treehouse. Talk about a boyzone.
Is there something inherent in the desire to construct a house in a tree which is exclusive to males or excluded from females? I admit, I include treehouses in my own artwork at the drop of a hat -- because there seem to me few things more inviting than a sanctuary in the arms of a good tree.
posted by Kikkoman at 12:13 PM on July 25, 2009
Kikkoman - yes. It was the women that made us get out of the trees and learn to walk. :)
posted by Xoebe at 12:25 PM on July 25, 2009
posted by Xoebe at 12:25 PM on July 25, 2009
He's been making these for 5 years and it isn't even available as a demo download yet?
posted by DU at 4:37 PM on July 25, 2009
posted by DU at 4:37 PM on July 25, 2009
Normally it takes a while before a new technology is used to create images of giant nipples, but in this case they've short-circuited the process.
Artistic sensibilities aside, I find the underlying technology fascinating, and I'd really love to get my hands on it and give it a try myself. I have a feeling that what we're seeing in the video is the 3D equivalent of doing this in MS Paint, though, and the learning curve might be very steep.
posted by Kadin2048 at 4:51 PM on July 25, 2009
Artistic sensibilities aside, I find the underlying technology fascinating, and I'd really love to get my hands on it and give it a try myself. I have a feeling that what we're seeing in the video is the 3D equivalent of doing this in MS Paint, though, and the learning curve might be very steep.
posted by Kadin2048 at 4:51 PM on July 25, 2009
I found the drawings to be ugly and weirdly mysogynistic. (From every angle.)
Right, because drawing anything but photorealistic, normally proportioned women means that you hate them.
And those hands? They are the hands of men crushing the dreams of every woman's future.
Sure, the drawings are a bit grotesque - but If you saw misogyny there, the darkness is within you.
posted by redteam at 6:36 PM on July 25, 2009 [2 favorites]
Right, because drawing anything but photorealistic, normally proportioned women means that you hate them.
And those hands? They are the hands of men crushing the dreams of every woman's future.
Sure, the drawings are a bit grotesque - but If you saw misogyny there, the darkness is within you.
posted by redteam at 6:36 PM on July 25, 2009 [2 favorites]
but If you saw misogyny there, the darkness is within you.
How dramatic.
Have you checked out his work? It is a touch dark.
posted by longsleeves at 9:02 PM on July 25, 2009
How dramatic.
Have you checked out his work? It is a touch dark.
posted by longsleeves at 9:02 PM on July 25, 2009
Rhonda was originally a 3D audio synthesizer called SonicWireSculptor with the same modeling interface used for interactive art installations.
posted by blasdelf at 10:02 PM on July 25, 2009
posted by blasdelf at 10:02 PM on July 25, 2009
Calder had been there and done that with real wire and better, more interesting results, over 30 years ago.
Too bad he died long ago before this technology. Calder could have really made this thing (program) sing.
posted by noonknight at 1:10 AM on July 26, 2009
Too bad he died long ago before this technology. Calder could have really made this thing (program) sing.
posted by noonknight at 1:10 AM on July 26, 2009
Reminds me a lot of Takeo Igarashi's Teddy, which has been a java applet for well over a decade and integrated into PS2 games.
With a sountrack.
posted by davemee at 6:11 AM on July 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
With a sountrack.
posted by davemee at 6:11 AM on July 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
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