Book: A Wizard Alone

The topic of my altered book is magic, but in a way that is more realistically believable than fairy tales and Harry Potter. The magic in these books is presented in a more scientific way than your run of the mill fantasy magic, which makes me feel a strong connection. I personally really love science, biology and chemistry specifically, and I also really like fantasy in the novels I read. 'The Speech' is a language that everyone and everything with an understanding and knowledge of wizardry can speak in this novel, and I really enjoy the connection between things that we don't see as sentient beings and ourselves and even beings from other universes. This novel could reflect pieces of me, I've always wondered about life in places other than on earth.

When I was in elementary school I wished I could do magic, my first book dealing with 'real' magic was Harry Potter, and then the Wizard books came along and changed the way I felt about magic. I also used to feel peaceful and wasn't lonely as long as there was life around, so I'd go on walks and sit around outside without being bored. These books also deal with things that are darker and more serious than magic and aliens. There is the constant ongoing battle of the young wizards and The Lone Power, which is pretty much death in a form that only wizards can communicate with. I really enjoyed that even though this book was for younger teenagers, the author didn't make it all sparkles and cotton candy.

I chose this book because of all the ones I felt I could alter, this is the one I remembered best. This book is also from one of my favorite series, and I think that if I let it take over this project, I could create something very interesting and worthwhile. I'd like to focus on the aspect of everything being able to communicate, including plants, animals, and machines. I feel that alone is something magical that we as humans can't completely prove to be false through science. Communication as a focus might be something slightly different than what an average person would choose when altering this novel, while approaching it through magic would definitely be a cliché. If I came at this project from the opposite direction I'd probably alter my book to be more about wizards and non-wizards lacking in the ability to properly communicate. This could connect to me and my inability to fully express myself through words, as in the novel The Speech is only used by wizards and those who know of wizards.

For the altering of the book, I'd like to carve out the two main characters and use passages from the book as speech bubbles. I would use thin wire to hang the passages above the respective character, shaping the female main role's wire into the shape of a tree as she's more in tune with nature, and the male main role's wire into the shape of something more mechanical, as he deals with electronic life. I might shape the passages to look like galaxies and stamp out small holes so that when light hits them they look like stars.

I think that I'd focus on the subject of communication as my main goal of this Altered Book Project. Research-wise, I'd need to look up book carving techniques and what kinds of wiring would work best for displaying paper. I would also like to re-read parts of the story, and I would need to find specific quotes from the text that I felt presented my subject the best. The tools I would need would be an X-acto knife, rubber cement, wire, wire cutters, and possibly paint and something to scoop the paper out of my main character cutouts.

Resources

1)The Wizard Series

2) http://www.icpl.org/support/alteredbooks/

3) http://www.alteredbookartists.com/

4) http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/unusual-books.html

5) http://www.thedesignfiles.net/2008/04/interview-nicholas-jones.html

Il blog Metamondi nasce come valido strumento di ricerca per la redazione della mia tesi di laurea specialistica, incentrata su un'analisi dei vari metaversi in 3d o in 2d presenti nel web e frequentati dagli internauti. L'obiettivo è quello di rilevare l'effettiva usabilità di tali mondi virtuali, svilupparne un'analisi critica, comprendere se il loro uso si limita ad una sterile creazione di avatar che mai andranno a popolare i mondi web, riducendoli a deserte e sconfinate praterie, o realtà virtuali come efficaci escamotages dalla banale e consuetudinaria vita quotidiana.
Dalla testimonianza dei frequentatori, abitudinari e non, e di tutti coloro che vogliono esprimersi riguardo alla reale utilità e fattività dei mondi virtuali, mi sarà possibile rilevare l'attuale situazione di tali mondi, la loro evoluzione temporale e (pur senza avere le pretese di emulare grandi futurologi del calibro di Vito Di Bari) il loro possibile avvenire nell'era post Web 2.0.

L'analisi comparativa tra gli attuali metaversi funzionanti e la constatazione del fallimento di quelli creati in passato mi consentirà di comprendere appieno se tale fenomeno sia da considerarsi in fase evolutiva e stia aprendo nuovi orizzonti di comunicazione o se, al contrario, si prospetti una drastica involuzione, riducendosi ad un universo di mendaci incontri tra alter ego in cerca di emozioni sessuali o guadagni rapidi.

Il blog vuole pertanto rilevare la vox populi, al fine di compararla alle auterevoli voci di mass mediologi ed esperti del Web 2.0.

Esquete de hj ... um pirata que não foi aprovado ... o outro foi ... rs .. Lápis de cor no A4.

www.sanbabu.blogspot.com

- cor-exos-second-degré.pdf : c'est le corrigé d'une batterie d'exercices, avec leurs énoncés, sur les polynômes du second degré, donnés en 1S.

- dm1.pdf : c'est l'énoncé des DM1 et DM2, à la suite, donnés en 1S ; on retrouve cet énoncé avec son corrigé à la fin du papier Second-degre.pdf.

- dm4-1s2.pdf : le titre est explicite ; le corrigé suivra.

- droite-secondes.pdf : un cours à peu près complet (manquent les représentations paramétriques) sur les équations de droites dans le plan ; le niveau est celui de la Seconde ; il serait bon que les élèves de 1S le regardent : ce sont des techniques basiques à connaître, avec des exemples traités.

- ds1seconde-cor.pdf : le corrigé du DS1 de 2D2 ; l'énoncé sera bientôt en ligne.

- Outils-algébriques.pdf : c'est un cours donnant des outils algébriques permettant de travailler sur des polynômes de degré quelconque ; figurent le théorème permettant de factoriser un polynôme dont on connaît une racine, la formule du binôme et la formule de factorisation de $latex a^n-b^n$.

- Second-degre.pdf : un cours à peu près complet sur les polynômes du second degré, avec, à la fin, les paraboles vues géométriquement sous la forme d'un DM avec son corrigé.

les tengo dos links de dos animaciones

"Adam"

"Neuro"

pero pueden ver mas de sus trabajos en su pagina web:

http://www.bozzetto.com

Pour la première catégorie, il existe l'incontournable Blender de qualité professionnel. Pour le modelage de paysage, il y a la version 5 de Bryce qui, elle, est gratuite (pour activer le logiciel, il faut s'enregistrer sur cette page). Pour avoir l'équivalent de Poser pour la modélisation de personnages ou de bestioles, il existe Daz studio ou Make Human. Pour les décors, il existe True Space qui, je le souligne, a été rendu gratuit grâce à Microsoft suite au rachat par celui ci, de la société éditrice ; Caligari. A noter qu'il existe aussi pour l'animation 3D, le logiciel Anim8or.

Pour la 2D, enfin, dans un précédent billet, je vous parlais de Projet Dogwaffle pour la création de dessin animé, mais il existe également Creatoon.

Pour finir un court métrage d'animation 3D réalisé avec Blender, « big buck bunny »

The first two words are key as they sum up the elements that the areas of research I will be looking at are anchored by. In other words you can always relate the subject areas, I am interested in, back to one of these words if not both.

We usually think of shapes as pre-defined areas of outlined space that have specific names. We'll grow up knowing that these named shapes have properties that allow the shapes to be classed within certain gropus of shapes too. So a square is made of of 4 right angles at each corner and 4 sides. A triangle with three sides and of various angles and combinations of these.

But can a shape alway be defined? And should it be defined? And how about those shapes which have properties or characteristics that are overlooked? And which characteristics should we look more closely at because they've been overlooked in the past?

The second key word is space. My use of the word implies many senses of space including the mathematical and the scientific (these I believe overlap in some sense), as well as the physical, perceptual and conceptual. I cannot restrict my meaning at this point. I have no reason to restrict until I have conducted more research and found a reason to do so.

What about white space? Is it real? Does it mean something to everyone? What is it's role? Is it intentional? Should it be identified in more places?

An area of study that connects to this idea of space around shapes (and here I wonder - is this space not then a shape too?) is that of Geometry. These shapes are formed from vertices (easier to think of as dots in an invisible grid of any size). These vertices may then be connected with a line from one to another. these lines will be joint in such a way to form a shape. Various shapes are then placed together to form a larger formation. They could arguably be described as a system of shapes. This system could be called a pattern. these patterns can then become quite complex and due to their placement, repetition and possibly the ability to tesselate them - they can be endless and seem to go on for infinity.

One of my biggest aims in my project is to look into the history of Geometry - how it was developed and how it has been used over the centuries (more specifically in art work).

Then there is the branching off of Geometry in nature. I think this is a highly important and interesting subject to delve into. Not only because it entails many mysteries and brings into question the secrets of the Universe. But also because there is a tie with religion and sprirituality which is something that I can relate to on a personal level. Believing in God means that when I see the beauty of nature and proofs of perfection in nature (such as the way the body works and the structures and symmetry in plants and flowers to name a couple) I link it to Divine Creation. This is another aspect I would like to look into further. Especially as belief in this isn't restricted to just one religion.

Geometry allows for the representation of space in 2d, 3d and even 4d and beyond:

http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=5&pg=1

These main topics then branch off into other areas but are still anchored by the main theme of shapes, space and I guess now geometry too. By always having my main question along the lines of ' the place of geometry in the world around us' I will have something to refer back to. Is that what I am looking at? Am I any closer to finding the answer? Am I looking into something that is relevant or have a veered off too far down a small cobbled street?

Outcomes for project: My background has been predominantly in expressing some form of communication and his has been mostly interactive. I would like to continue this by producing work that compels the user/viewer to become involved with it. I believe that the most interactively creative works are those that captivate the viewer and involve them within a process. This can be in many forms such as when using sensors to trigger some kind of behaviour or change in the work (lighting, sounds etc). This could be on an abstract level too where triggering thoughts and movements in people and influencing these is enough of a form of interaction. Only that this can be more difficult to measure.

However, my interpretation of an interactive work would be using multimedia as a possible option. My work has always been either viewable of a computer screen (short video clips), graphics, websites. Or viewable on some form of small physical and traditional media such as paper or canvas. I would really like to create some sort of installation to take my experience and work to the next level or beyond for this project. This installation would be my blank slate. Possibly like a box or container that allows a person to fully submerge themselves within it - literally or mentally. The key is for it to be thought provoking. I would want the person to question their surroundings, the purpose of the installation and investigate it too. Possibly manipulate their thoughts by pre-determining the factors the could influence their senses and perceptions related to the space around them.

And that is the end of my notes from my journey to Uni. Yes I am one of those people who can write loads of notes whilst travelling on the tube/bus/camel :)

We had a sort of informal feedback session after one of the Critical Framework lecture where we were required to write in one sentence what our project was about. I knew it would be a bit crazy to even attempt this so I decided to use the key words to form almost a sentence. I came up with 'Shapes and space - the place of these and geometry in the world around us' using my notes from the journey in. It could be the closest I've got to a working title yet so I just let that be discussed in the group.

After some discussion with Andy (course leader) and some feedback and questions from fellow students it would seem that perhaps I should narrow my field of research down a tad bit so that I can concentrate on finding the niche in which my project would excel. Something no one else is questioning, expressing or even addressing. Or maybe they will have but I'll be doing it from a different angle? a unique p.o.v?

Only time will tell.

Shut up, pra mim foram dois ><''''

As 7 da manhã, como consta no meu fotolog, eu terminei esse trabalho maldito. Dae beleza, fui pra aula (sabe deus como diabos eu cheguei la sem capotar de nenhuma escada) e John (meu querido professor) viu que eu tava muuuuito podre. Então ele simplesmente disse que, já que eu já tinha emcapado o trabalho no mayfare preto, eu podia voltar pra casa. Mas eu fiquei la por mais uns 20 minutos pra ver os exemplos dos trabalhos. Depois disso eu voltei pra casa(deviam ser ums 9:20) e fui dormir.

Eu acordei agora.(17:50)

E eu estou fazendo, desde as 19:30, essa porra desse trabalho envolvendo guache, uma tábua de ilustração e....muita, MUITA paciência.

(e eu só comecei a pintar agora U__U)

1 segunde de pintura e SPLOSH, meu rendering já vai pro saco na primeira pinceladinha. Senhor John Parker, você vai receber 4834085340534 de pedidos de extenção de tempo para entregar essa merda...MAS EU VOU ENTREGAR NO DIA! AAAAAAAH ¬¬'''

me recuso a pedir extenção a essa altura do campeonato, nem que eu passe a noite inteira aqui.

E que fique aqui marcada a minha intença devoção à caneta e ao lápis e meu total desprezo e ódio pelo meu maior aliado nesse momento - o senhor pincel! 

(e que senhor traíra, convenhamos...)

bem...ele não é o único, nê?^^~

Vou voltar pro inferninho que é fazer esse treco sem errar. Beijos e queijos =*

We also did a simple project based on a bouncing ball to understand the principle of timing. Exported, Imported and ReExported to create the .GIF. It isn't as smooth as the original Quicktime movie export but its here for you to get the idea.

[caption id="attachment_164" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="bouncing ball"][/caption]
Click GIF to view the animation.

Enjoy!

Mi-ar fii placut sa avem mai mult timp pentru organizare, sa vb mai putin despre animatia 2d (este baza dar cu siguranta nu si viitorul), sa vorbim mai mult despre tot ce inseamna productia unui film, short, commercial...
Prin "making of-animatie" eu am inteles ca o sa vorbim despre intreg procesul, nu sa monopolizam discutia doar pe partea de animatie, totusi trebuie sa ai ce sa animezi, nu poti prezenta un film in care personajele sa fie doar rig-ul la fel cum nu poti prezenta un film cu personaje frumos modelate dar statice. Au fost foarte putine intrebari, publicul probabil ca nu a inteles ca ne referim la tot ce inseamna productie de film animat. S-a trecut prea repede peste prezentarea workflow-ului producerii unei animatii, acolo se puteau da foarte multe detalii despre fiecare pas in parte, mai ales daca era prezent si un concept-artist, din pacate au fost 3 animatori care vorbeau acelasi lucru intre ei si incet.
Oricum, felicitari Slayer pentru efort, pentru timpul avut la dispozitie a iesit foarte bine.

]]> http://hendersonfive.wordpress.com/?p=17 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:39:38 +0000 hendersonfive http://hendersonfive.sv.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/some-nodebox-visualisations/ Images generated using python based mac app Nodebox. Fantastic for 2d imagemaking/animating/interacting with the possibilities for visualising complex systems such as semantic networks and Lindenmayer systems.

Nodebox site

Some Nodebox images:

• Interface reorganizada
• abilidade de mover objetos alem dos campos da imagem
• Melhorias na ferramenta de seleção livre, e na ferramenta de texto
• novo Brush Dinamics
• atualização dos plugins de flame e screenshot

O novo GIMP e uma boa noticia para os usuários de blender, uma vez que os usuários agora tem mais funcionalidades, e sua utilização esta mais fácil graças as atualizações feitas em sua interface do usuário.

Para todos  que usam GIMP para postwork, texturização e muitas outras aplicações, esta é uma otima noticia :b )

lista completa de novidades do Gimp 2.6 aqui.

link para download do gimp 2.6 aqui.

Esse video é uma demostração do gimp 2.6 em ação

Links

• site oficial do GIMP 
• notas da versão 2.6

Bien, abrimos el proyecto que ya creamos en anteriores capítulos, ahora creamos una nueva clase:

1.       Click derecho en el fichero de proyecto, agregar  -> Clase.

2.       Ahora ponle de nombre NaveProtagonista.cs

Ahora ya podemos empezar a programar la lógica de nuestra nave.

Primero de todo, agregamos las referencias necesarias:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
[/sourcecode]

Acto seguido hacemos que nuestra clase herede de DrawableGameComponent, la herencia la veremos en un capitulo para ella solita.

[sourcecode language='csharp']
class NaveProtagonista : DrawableGameComponent
[/sourcecode]

Ahora creamos las variables que necesitaremos más adelante:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
float rotacion = 0.0f;
Vector2 posicion;
Vector2 velocidad;
Asteroids juegoActual = null;
Texture2D SpriteNave;
[/sourcecode]

Se crea un constructor para la clase:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
public NaveProtagonista(Game juego) : base(juego)
{
juegoActual = (Asteroids)juego;
}
[/sourcecode]

Ahora, gracias a la herencia podemos hacer una sobreescritura de algunos metodos que nos permitiran manejar el grafico.

En la clase Initialize cargamos el grafico de la nave y lo colocamos en pantalla, en este caso en el centro.

[sourcecode language='csharp']
public override void Initialize()
{
posicion.X = juegoActual.Window.ClientBounds.Width / 2;
posicion.Y = juegoActual.Window.ClientBounds.Height / 2;
SpriteNave = juegoActual.Content.Load("Graficos/nave2");
}
[/sourcecode]

Ahora sobreescribimos el metodo que nos permitira mover la nave:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
public override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
{
KeyboardState estadoTeclado = Keyboard.GetState();
Keys[]teclapulsada = estadoTeclado.GetPressedKeys();
foreach (Keys tecla in teclapulsada)
{
if (tecla == Keys.Left)
{
rotacion -= ((float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds) * 3f;
}
if (tecla == Keys.Right)
{
rotacion += ((float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds) * 3f;
}
if (tecla == Keys.Up)
{
Vector2 VelocityAdd = Vector2.Zero;
//calculamos la direccion de la nave
VelocityAdd.X = (float)Math.Sin(rotacion);
VelocityAdd.Y = -(float)Math.Cos(rotacion);
velocidad += VelocityAdd;
}
}
//le sumamos el vector de velocidad calculado
posicion += velocidad;
velocidad *= 0.91f;

base.Update(gameTime);
}
[/sourcecode]

Por ultimo dibujamos el gráfico:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
{
juegoActual.SpriteBatch.Draw(SpriteNave, posicion,
new Rectangle(0, 0, SpriteNave.Width, SpriteNave.Height),
Color.White, rotacion, new Vector2(SpriteNave.Width / 2,
SpriteNave.Height / 2), 1.5f, SpriteEffects.None, 0);

base.Draw(gameTime);
}
[/sourcecode]

Con esto tenemos toda la lógica de la nave para moverse por la pantalla.

Ahora tenemos que inicializarla, como os comente en el capitlo de orientación a objetos, para poder usarla tenemos que instanciarla, ¿Dónde haremos esto?, en el fichero base del juego.

Haz doble click en Game1.cs

Creamos las variables y propiedades necesarias:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
SpriteBatch spriteBatch;
NaveProtagonista protagonista;

public SpriteBatch SpriteBatch
{
get { return spriteBatch; }
}

private GraphicsDeviceManager _propiedadesGraficos;
public GraphicsDeviceManager propiedadesGraficos
{
get { return _propiedadesGraficos; }
set { _propiedadesGraficos = value; }

}
[/sourcecode]

 Ahora creamos el constructor de la clase(todo esto se explicará, tranquilo) donde instanciamos la nave protagonista que hemos creado antes.

[sourcecode language='csharp']
public Asteroids()
{
graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);
Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight = 768;
graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth = 1024;
graphics.IsFullScreen = true;

protagonista = new NaveProtagonista(this);

_propiedadesGraficos = graphics;
}
[/sourcecode]

 En el metodo LoadContent creamos el objeto spriteBatch.

[sourcecode language='csharp']
protected override void LoadContent()
{
// Create a new SpriteBatch, which can be used to draw textures.
spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
protagonista.Initialize();

// TODO: use this.Content to load your game content here
}
[/sourcecode]

En el método Update hacemos que al darle a escape se salga del juego:

[sourcecode language='csharp']
protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
{
// Allows the game to exit
if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed || Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyDown(Keys.Escape))
this.Exit();

// TODO: Add your update logic here
protagonista.Update(gameTime);
base.Update(gameTime);
}
[/sourcecode]

Y por ultimo dibujamos…

[sourcecode language='csharp']
protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
{
graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black);
spriteBatch.Begin();

protagonista.Draw(gameTime);

spriteBatch.End();
// TODO: Add your drawing code here

base.Draw(gameTime);
}
[/sourcecode]

Sé que todo ha sido muy a saco, pero necesito que tengas algo de código real para ir trabajando en los tutoriales, en siguientes capítulos veremos el ciclo que sigue XNA al ejecutar un juego, porque métodos pasa primero y que hacer en cada uno de ellos, también veremos la sintaxis que estamos usando en el tutorial de C#

Ahora solo nos queda una cosa para que esto funcione, cargar el grafico en el proyecto,

En la carpeta content, click derecho, agregar nueva carpeta, la llamamos  Graficos, click derecho en la carpeta recién creada y agregar elemento existente, acto seguido seleccionamos el grafico, mañana subiré el que estoy usando yo al blog, puedes probar con cualquier grafico, pero ten en cuenta que has de cambiar la ruta con el nombre de tu grafico en el método Initialize de la clase NaveProtagonista:

            SpriteNave = juegoActual.Content.Load<Texture2D>("Graficos/nave2"); <- Cambialo!