Oberlänge Design Studio | Art Direction and Design by Geoffrey Scott

Check out this very surreal and calming video. All of the graphics were generated using a 3D Mandelbulb Raytracer written as a Pixel Bender filter by Tom over at subblue. It works in After Effects but can run fairly slow since all of the calculations are done on the CPU. Apple users can view the 3D fractals in real time using Quartz Composer which uses the GPU for the calculations. To install in After Effects just copy the .pbk files into a Pixel Bender folder in the plugins directory. To install in Photoshop, you will need to download and install the Pixel Bender (x86 | x64) plugin in the Adobe Extension Manager. Once installed, just copy the .pbk files into the folder \Adobe Photoshop CS4\Pixel Bender Files\. You can run the filter(s) in Photoshop by choosing Filter > Pixel Bender > Pixel Bender Gallery. Download the 3D Mandelbulb Ray Tracer.

“The entire film is created from two sequences of continuously morphing Mandelbulb fractals. The rendering was made using a plugin I am developing for After Effects.”
(via Tom @ subblue)

Download other great Pixel Bender plugins from subblue.

Music by The Formula on hohumrecords.com

A project by Evan Roth with software development by Chris Sugrue, Graffiti Analysis 2.0 is an openFrameworks application that tracks motion of a graffiti tag and represents it digitally in three dimensions, accompanied by particle effects, somewhat stylized generative animations are generated.

Inspired by what began as his thesis project Graffiti Taxonomy and his involvement in the Graffiti Research Lab, Evan continues to explore Graffiti typography. Amongst many other things he is also in the process of co-founding F.A.T. (Free Art & Technology), Brooklyn’s first and only R&D lab for the public domain. Evan studied Parsons Design + Technology MFA program where he now teaches subjects ranging from visual programming to internet fame to geek graffiti (a course labeled “an invitation to break the law” by city council member Peter Vallone Jr.). You can read more about Evan and see his other work at evan-roth.com

Graffiti Analysis 2.0 software is still in development but the source code and downloads will be made available soon on evan-roth.com.

(via Zach Lieberman)

Here’s a collection of 25 all encompassing, inspirational designwebsites. They come in handy if you need that little spark to get your mind going in the right direction on your next big project. Now run along and be inspired.
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This guy is an amazing designer and illustrator. If you need some inspiration, look no further.

Jarosław Kubicki (1976) is an artist, photographer, web designer. He graduted from Fine Arts High School in Gdynia followed by the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. In 2001 Kubicki established his own graphic studio named Insania Evidens. Jarosław Kubicki is a winner of prestigious awards in the field of web design from American Design Awards as well as Favourite Website Award (FWA).

kubicki.info

This guy has crazy skills. All CG, Music and Post Production done by Alex Roman. Much respect.

“A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.” – Alex Roman

thirdseventh.com