Computer Animation

Here is animation created in maya ,as you can see, it is a program with immense power. This animation I find has a niece smooth style and lots of humour involved! This is possibly how I'd like to have my animation. Though now I need to come up woth an idea! I like the way things move particulary in this , gravity is portrayed well here.

Stock frame animation

Heres a niece stock frame animation. Stock frame animation is done by modeling something , moving, it, taking a picture and so on. I quite like the style and mix of colours in this add. The animation is very smooth too ( though its what you except if Sony is going to use it). Though I think stockframe would be interesting to do-I'd rather use a 3-D editing software as Id rather use something that I havent tried before.

Space pods , the capsules.

Giger


NASA


Should reach a comprimise?

I was watching the Aliens film t'other day for some futurisic inspiration.
Was good.
Though I like the one with Winona Ryder best as she is v v v pretty, (not many woman could pull that short hairstyle off, )well I think so anyway.

ANyways thats besides the point , I've been thinking about the pod for my space lift. I thought I want something stylish , something different to what we have today . When I saw Giger's craft design I was grabbed , I think I will use this kind of organic shaping and slick finish . Though I've been looking at NASA's pods and realised I will have to meet some sought of compromise . This I will do for I may have to keep the thing quite small and streamline to keep it mobile and I could still use an organic kind of shape.
While finishing the final design for the pod I will keep these things in mind.

Animation! my own little sketch

Heres a flower I animated in photoshop, I first drew all the scenes on a flip-pad, then scanned into Photoshop. I then added them into a timeline. I quite like the way the leaf drifts off , though it isn't very smooth , I still like it as animation. It does look quite delicate.

knew idea development for space travel

hey,

when I was looking through some info on the "railgun" , I read that it fired an electrical charged line which somehow created a parrel charge which alows you to glide along , so I was thinking maybe my space lift should be run using a similar mechanism , so that it floats straight up with ease , or glides straight up. I think this would be more suitable than a massive kind of average escalator , as this idea would be more futuristic.

Anyway I'l draw some idea's up and let you see what I mean.
I'l keep you posted.
(even if you means I'm talking to myslelf)

Animation research-Newtons

Heres a much better animtion of Newton's cradle .

The good

The balls seem to travel with grace , gravity and tension. Thye slow when they get to the top , and speed up when they are about to hit. The way the balls on the other side react is very well timed too. The balls even move and react when the collision happens the balls all jitter alightly. Its impressive also that creater bounces 7 balls at a time at the end.

The Bad
I couldn't really pic a fault , apart from its a bit dull , though how fun can you make a Newton's Cradle?

This is a much bigger improvement on the stock frame animation I looked at earlier!

Nanotechnology

The image above is a prediction of a nano bot which is proposed to help repair damage cells and monitior the status of your insides. Though that pic which was crreated in 1999 now does show its age . For scientists have now created a nao sub that can travel through the bodys blood stream. There is a picture of this type of thing below , its made by a lazer which maps out fibers similar to that of the patterns of your finger prints. The machine can travel through arteries , but is not yet advanced enough to go through human arteries (just animals).

Nano-technology was derived from nature , for instance the pads on the geckos feet have small hairs on them , which in them have smaller nano hairs , this is an evolution to help the gecko stick to things.

I thought maybe it may be useful to include nano tech in my research in case I find a use for it in the space scheme!
Below a "nano submarine"