Sunday, March 27, 2016

Blog #4 by Aly Miller


Aly Miller                                                                3.02.16
                                          Blog #4
      
Yesterday night in class we learned and watched videos about the newest (and coolest) technology. I really enjoyed last nights’ class when we watched the video starring Glen Keane and his famous drawings with Disney. Using The Vive, a shot documentary was created called “Step into The Page”. This brief video was short yet amazing and inspiring. It showed how Glen Keane was able to transform his Disney drawings into three dimensional, live, drawings. In the documentary, the videographer was able to capture Glen sketching life-sized drawings of Ariel, from The Little Mermaid, and Beast, from Beauty and the Beast, using the HTC Vive headset and the Tilt Brush app, which is owned by Google. During the course of drawing these characters from the movies, Keane was actually able to walk around 3D designs to add the final touches that he thought necessary. This invention creates a whole new world (pun intended) for animators and illustrators alike. This changes the way that animators create their drawings. It changes the way they edit and add final touches that they never thought they needed. It changes the process of sketching because you can finally see different angles and perspectives that one never thought possible when drawing on a flat piece of paper. Keane actually says in the video” The door for the imagination is open a little wider”.  This statement is very true with the new HTC Vive. As an artist, this excites me. The boundaries that are the edges of the piece of paper are no longer there. He says at the end “This is sculptural drawing”, and I am excited to see what comes next of him and the Disney movie organization.

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