Ashley Owens

Fraction

Based on the word 'Division'

OCTOPLUG

Octoplug is created from the word "plug" and inspired by the tentacles of an octopus.

the black bar at the end says BOINK!

Word of the day Engineering

by Yll Mullaademi

Will

Structure

Lain Phinith - Sell

Word of the day Engineering

by Yll Mullaademi

Walter the Publicity Word

 Walter is a camera-like character that was inspired by the word "Publicity."

Mitchell Phillips - Circuit Animation

Inner

Paper_Man

Matryoshka doll

Argonaut

Hovering Argonaut

This is my argonaut, there are many like it but this one is mine.

Spiders from Mars

Alien Homework

Argonaut from West Mars

Argonaut by Yll Mullaademi

best argonaut from space character.

Bart the Argonaut

sugar gum

Mitchell -- Argonaut

Argonaut

ARGO!

argonaut on mars

argonaut

Mars

Global Game Jam

If you're interested in getting into game design/game graphics, seriously consider taking part in global game jam. For more info, see the links below.

Dates and Times in Eastern Times:
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 @ 8p to Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ MIDNIGHT

Event Location:
Woodward Hall, Room 120
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 29223-0001

Point of Contact:
Dr. Michael Youngblood
youngbld@uncc.edu

http://globalgamejam.org/
http://playground.uncc.edu/GlobalGameJam2009/

Student Juried Exhibition

ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION 2009

SUBMISSION DATES: FEB 11 – FEB 18
WORK JURIED: FEB 19
PICK UP UNACCEPTED WORK (NOT IN SHOW): FEB 20 & FEB 23

SHOW OPENS: FEB 23
RECEPTION AND AWARDS: FEB 25
SHOW CLOSES: MARCH 29
PICK UP ALL WORK MARCH 30, MARCH 31, AND APRIL 1

ENTRY FEE: $5 CASH, NON-REFUNDABLE FEE ALLOWS UP TO THREE ENTRIES
ALL DEADLINES ARE FIRM AND NON-NEGOTIABLE.

(Entry forms can be picked up in the art office, I believe.)

Rob Carter

Some of you might have already seen his work... Rob Carter was a visiting artist at the McColl Center and did a workshop last year. Here's one of his videos:

Footbel

His other videos and photgraphs can be viewed here.

ORIGAMI IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection
by MABONA ORIGAMI

GOTYE - HEARTS A MESS

Video for Gotye's track Hearts A Mess
Directed and animated by Brendan Cook at PictureDRIFT

My Drive Thru

My Drive Thru

Great little paper cutout animation. Ol' school stop motion at its best.

McColl Center Opening

Per(Mutations) at the McColl Center

Be sure to try and attend the opening on January 23rd from 6-9pm!

"Ryan" by Chris Landreth

Good question... I imagine a year or more since it looks like it was all hand water colored, but that's a raw guess.

On the flip side, there's this interesting CG animation ("Ryan" by Chris Landreth) based on interviews with Ryan Larkin. He died not long ago from lung cancer, but was basically a pan handler and alcoholic at the end of his life. This is a beautiful take on it.

Ryan

"In Ryan we hear the voice of Ryan Larkin and people who have known him, but these voices speak through strange, twisted, broken and disembodied 3D generated characters... people whose appearances are bizarre, humorous or disturbing. Although incredibly realistic and detailed, Ryan was created and animated without the use of live action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture...but instead from an original, personal, hand animated three-dimensional world which Chris calls 'psychological realism'."

Walk Cycle animation

Walk Cycle by Ryan Larkin

Brilliant study of walk cycles creates a work in and of itself.