Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer
A Night-time Snowboarding Short Lights Up the Last of the Winter Snow
Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher… more
This video (which picks up at about 40 seconds) is by the fascinating Jim Le Fevre, “a BAFTA and British Animation Award winning free-lance film maker mostly working in animation” who experiments with (what he calls a) phonotrope, a camera and a record player. From Jim:
In March 2007 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London we hosted an evening of animation related events which I took as an opportunity to make some more examples of my Phonographantasmascope (which he’s since renamed a phonotrope), an extension of the Zoetrope principle.
It is all live action and works by using the shutter speed of the camera rather than the rather irritating stroboscope methods other 3D Zoetropes use.
The co-curator loved the little guys passing the cube around, as well as the red and white pins “kissing.” Really brilliant. Be sure to check out Jim’s site for more videos.
Via The Kid Should See This.
The thaumatrope is among the simplest of the “persistence of vision” toys that were introduced in the early 19th century. In its basic form it is a card with a different picture on each surface and string attached to each side. When the string is wound up then released the card spins rapidly merging the two pictures together.
Another super clear example here. Check out the details, or make your own!
Via The Kid Should See This.
A flip book video by paper engineer, TEDx speaker, and artist Matt Shlian, who also makes paper sculptures and videos of his intricate flip books and small paper installations. A few favorites are here, here and (don’t miss this one) here.
Via The Kid Should See This.
Created, drawn and colored by the director David Wilson, this “how to” about the making of a music video is an excellent primer for how the praxinoscope works.
Via The Kid Should See This.
Have the kids seen the Barreleye Fish? — No, those aren’t the eyes… those are its nose or smell organs. The eyes are those two large green orb-ish things inside of its transparent head. It’s about 6 inches long and was discovered around 2,000 feet deep off of the coast of central California by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
The green lens atop each of the fish’s eyes filters out what little sunlight makes it down from the surface, allowing the fish to focus on the bioluminescence of small jellies or other prey passing overhead. Then the eyes rotate forward to follow the prey, allowing the fish to home in on its meal.
It took from 1939 to 2004 before scientists were able to find a living example of this fish…. 65 years!
via UWImaging.
Via The Kid Should See This.
SuperCat Saves Fireman Stuck in Tree
The mysterious hero known as SuperCat was spotted again in suburban New York when Jake Hushion, a volunteer fire fighter, became entangled in a mess of branches and power lines. Hushion was attempting to rescue a civilian cat, who had climbed up the tree and was too scared to come down, according to witnesses on the scene.
“SuperCat just came out of nowhere,” says Linda Goldstein, who witnessed the entire episode. “She untangled the fireman and brought them both back safely.”
Just as soon as she appeared, SuperCat was gone before our reporters reached the scene.
SEE ALSO: Dog Caught Practicing Super Powers Without a License
Submitted by Karen Tabin.
via designtaxi: Artist Creates 3D Painting Using Layers Of Acrylic And Resin
Much more on youtube and flickr.
