Hi there,
tha lazy designer is back in the game, hopefully. So far i haven’t been sticking to the schedule very good. Doing well for a few weeks and the first chunk of work blow me out of the race. This was something i expected prior to getting into this but that it would happen so fast! So i will try to get back into it.
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After a long night on post #15 i decided to do something simpler today. Trying myself on the wonderfull CSTools again after having the files sit on my HDD for month. I used some before but missed the update and example files that are in the CSTools download.
I’m simply using a particle demo file with some text for today post. Some flicker lighting and the hand camera tool for some good fun. So far i really like what new possibilities i have by using these xpresso tools. A lot of fun animating with them. I still need to learn a lot more about the CSTools file package. If you like to learn a little too drop by the greyscalegorilla blog and whatch Nick explain some of them on video.
The font i used today is Chaos Math by Finlay Paterson which can be downloaded from dafont.com.
If you like it drop me a comment.
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Ok. So i played with a lot o different stuff the last two weeks. Now it hink it’s time to start a new week with a theme. This will help me channel inspiration better. I can do some research when there is time and put together a folder with links and images and stuff for coming back to it later. Also doing some doodles in my sketchbook.
W3Theme will be 3D type in motion. I know i have done some pieces of this kind before in the last weeks and stressed the fact that i need to learn to animate a lot better so let’s start here. I do have a love for type. I like motion graphics and i have been doing 3d type graffitti stuff for some time (but not in the last two years).
So this will be week three – styles and technique
When i start a week i think first i’ll post some links to inspiring stuff.
IF you got cool links for me, please drop me a comment below.
I like sucking in new stuff in haven’t seen before.
Linklist::
Craig Ward portfolio at behance.net
Daim – of course 3d graffitti famous
Tutorial on 3d type in C4d by Nick aka greyscalegorilla
Update for day 015
Uploaded a video to Vimeo with the first font in motion. I decided to go with Jos Buivengas Museo Slab as i needed some fresh font i haven’t used a lot so far in any design work i do. Just for getting a feel for it. So far i Like it very much. You can download it at Myfonts for free or buy the whole font family if you like it as much as i do.
Video is finally online, Vimeo plays nice again. 
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So i’m not really sure what to do for today. This is good exercise in forcing some creative ideas out. Haven’t done this in some time. Scrubbing through my photo folders right now to get some inspiration going so today will be some photoshop stuff for sure.
Ok back in the ring. This piece for today i kind of describing my trouble finding an idea for todays post. It’s made from an old photo i took in a capetown township 4 years ago. Combined with a texture and some really crapy type forced into place.
Preview looks more interesting than the actual image. Hmm. Note to self – make a plan next time.
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And again…
Todays post is from a little side project i’m working on with a friend. Can’t call this work so it will be my post for day 12. I like to keep this blog strictly a fun thing to do so i wont post stuff here i do for the studio. Maybe someday i’ll mix a little thing in but untill then only off-studio-time work.
This is a preview image from the font i made for his logo. We wanted something super serif western inspired because it fits the theme for the website we’re building.
Update::
I made a quick render of the full letterset. Right now we only need the letters for the website so there is now vector or font version of it. I’m thinking about doing one though.
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Hi there,
this is only a small preview of what i’m going to post today. There is still some rendering to do but the pipeline is full right now with some renderjobs and #daily365 is just a fun side project. Work does come first.
I made another 3d sculpt today. Somekind of an alien monkey thing. Maybe i’ll try some color on it later. So far just a small preview AO render.
The render that was missing is now here.
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