tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59517701659294623802011-07-31T01:59:46.960+01:00speedtrialshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974705504981395784noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951770165929462380.post-43220964385521565152009-12-01T15:25:00.009Z2009-12-01T17:01:24.463Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.christmastweets.co.uk/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SxU2LcRp5KI/AAAAAAAAACM/qmGxxU2Fpp0/s400/Christmas_tweets_HOME_VIEW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410290097552221346" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.christmastweets.co.uk/"><br />www.christmastweets.co.uk<br /></a>This twitter visualiser has been produced to scan worldwide tweets for festive words to determine what the meaning of Christmas is in 2009.<br /><br />There are four possible meanings each represented by a festive character:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Commercialism</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> - Santa Claus</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Credit Crunch</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> - Scrooge</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Religion</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> - Jesus</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Christmas Spirit</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> - Snowman</span><br />Meet the characters and find out the meaning of Christmas this year at:<br /><a href="http://www.christmastweets.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">http://www.christmastweets.co.uk</span></a><br /><br />Produced by UK digital agency <a href="http://www.twentysixdigital.com/">Twentysix</a>, this project manipulates the twitter API to detect certain words, the site is built in Flash and uses the papervision engine to render a 3D globe and 3D characters.<br /><br /><hr />Credits are as follows:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Concept and art direction - <span style="font-style: italic;">Will Jones</span> (myself)<br />Flash build - <span style="font-style: italic;">Ryan Michael, Richard Sykes</span><br />Character design - Adam Campion, Nik Cann<br />Character animation - Gav Cannon<br />Backend setup - Luke Brown, Matt Pallatt<br /></div><br /><br /><hr />Here are a few more shots of the artwork:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SxU5oGM8u0I/AAAAAAAAACU/uXUpBHZ45Dk/s1600/Christmas_tweets_intro_anim_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SxU5oGM8u0I/AAAAAAAAACU/uXUpBHZ45Dk/s320/Christmas_tweets_intro_anim_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410293888377994050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SxU6BPH4l1I/AAAAAAAAACc/n4xcTSfxCww/s1600/Christmas_tweets_CHARACTER_VIEW.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SxU6BPH4l1I/AAAAAAAAACc/n4xcTSfxCww/s320/Christmas_tweets_CHARACTER_VIEW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410294320269399890" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951770165929462380-4322096438552156515?l=illgetthepencils.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>speedtrialshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974705504981395784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951770165929462380.post-43174493707893715422009-06-16T14:48:00.004+01:002009-06-22T11:26:21.728+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjekuIzUvuI/AAAAAAAAACE/Wq8LK-WxSGk/s1600-h/Will_3D.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjekuIzUvuI/AAAAAAAAACE/Wq8LK-WxSGk/s320/Will_3D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347924195069443810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjekhOfEjaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Dug5m2TS98g/s1600-h/Will_Character.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjekhOfEjaI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Dug5m2TS98g/s320/Will_Character.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347923973256809890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When asked recently to produce an illustrated character this is what I came up with. It has little to do with me other than the face and a hate for comic sans. I've never worn tweed.<br /><br />The image can be seen 3D also.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951770165929462380-4317449370789371542?l=illgetthepencils.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>speedtrialshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974705504981395784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951770165929462380.post-39523878316638306952009-06-15T11:49:00.004+01:002009-06-16T14:20:31.266+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjecBSUdX-I/AAAAAAAAAB0/_nMV_6jYVPo/s1600-h/blog_OOR.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 111px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oksYbtVsyJI/SjecBSUdX-I/AAAAAAAAAB0/_nMV_6jYVPo/s400/blog_OOR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347914628437204962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Last week saw the opening of a photography exhibition in London titled 'Out Of Range' which I branded and provided a website for. The launch night was a success and it's always nice to see your work in glossy print, dotted around Brick Lane, and on enormous 6foot banners outside the venue;)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The site is at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.outofrange.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.outofrange.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><blockquote>The exhibition runs until 22nd June at The Old Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1. It's free admission and is worth a visit.</blockquote></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951770165929462380-3952387831663830695?l=illgetthepencils.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>speedtrialshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974705504981395784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951770165929462380.post-15665131888552909462009-06-15T10:37:00.001+01:002009-06-15T10:37:49.114+01:00Start blogging.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951770165929462380-1566513188855290946?l=illgetthepencils.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>speedtrialshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04974705504981395784noreply@blogger.com0