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Loaded Energy Drink The concept: An alcoholic energy drink aimed at people ages 21-30 The taste: Three different flavors ranging from sweet to sour The project: Create an interacitve experience as well as a television spot and marketing kit. Timeframe: 10 Weeks. More to come!!

Adobe After Effects “Wiggly” Selector

This was a small project that I did in my spare time. I recently became more familiar with Adobe After Effects CS4 and decided to give some of the more advanced features a try. In this particular example, I make use of the "Wiggly" selector, and no, I did not make that name up, that is actually what it is called. The Wiggly selector is an animation preset that randomizes motion in your layer which can have a particularly interesting effect on text layers that are set to animate by character. To make it look good, I threw in some visually pleasing ...

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Special Topics: Processing
While I am learning Processing, I have been on the hunt for a good book to assist me on this endeavor. After looking at many books about Processing and data visualization, I found a book from the founders of this excellent open source language. Considering the book was written by some hardcore MIT coding junkies, [...]

Posted on May 02.10 to Class, Current Projects, Special Topics

Special Topics: Fun With Processing
Here are some fun little examples of experimentation with Processing. One recreating my previous Flash project and an example of changing the dimensions of a box based on mouse coordinates from an example in class. The Magic Box The Color Changing Thingy

Posted on Apr 20.10 to Special Topics

Special Topics: Mouse
This project involved using mouse coordinates for something other than a cursor. After much thought and many epic trials, I settled on a nice color change effect based on the X,Y position of the mouse on the Flash Stage. Click HERE to check it out!

Posted on Apr 13.10 to Class, Current Projects, Special Topics

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