I just posted about a dozen photos of the farm, and the drive back up to Grand Rapids. Click on the photo to see them.
Month: November 2007
Rotating Height Map
The final version of this experiment, for now. Once it starts rotating, you can click the graphic to generate a new height map. It is kind of processor-intensive, but considering all that it is doing, it isn’t too bad.
Filled Height Map
Another Height Map experiment – subtly different from the wireframe. The wireframe is visually more interesting, perhaps, but this one is more beautiful.
Wireframe Height Map
Click the image to run the simulation.
Saugatuck State Park
Click on the above image to see photos taken yesterday, during a walk through Saugatuck State Park. Our first walk in a month. Also, one of the first sunny Sundays this fall.
Rearranging a Few Things
Click the image to launch the experiment.
This is an earlier experiment which I have re-posted in order to test some new TextPattern functionality. Well, new to me, anyway. I want to have my Flash experiments plugged into my blogging software, and at the same time have them appear in a minimal interface which allows for movies of any arbitrary size. I also wanted to have comments enabled for the experiments. So over the next little while there will be several experiments – some old, some new – posted here, in order to, at long last, enter them officially into the site.
Butterflies
I just uploaded about thirty photos from a trip Cynthia and I took to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, back in early March of 2007.
A New Flash Experiment
Click the image to launch the experiment.
This is a thing which I suppose I have been working on for almost a year and a half: An isometric view, rotating height map created only using the built-in capabilities of Flash 9. Well, I have been kicking the idea around for a year and a half. I began to build something out in Flash 8 late last summer, but as soon as the new plug-in was released, it stopped working. This new version I built from scratch in about a week.
Click on the above screenshot to see it in action. Warning: It is quite processor intensive. It won’t crash your computer, but you will probably hear all of the fans kick on. And the file is less than 2k in size.
Some New Stuff
I have been doing a lot of Flash work lately, so in an effort to shamelessly promote my talents I now have an experiments section. You can see the button at the top of the page, nestled in between “About” and “Links”
Also: As of November 1, 2007, BBK Studio (my former and current place of employment) is now People Design. We ushered in the new era with a grand party at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum, which is big and beautiful (as is their website, which we built).