Mike Brogowski

‘Thought of You’ by Ryan J Woodward

mikeb — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:01:56 +0000

Remember the recent Google dancing logo, celebrating the birthday of Martha Graham?

Well, here's a masterpiece of animation from the same guy who doodled it. Just awesome.

Modern Times by BC2010

mikeb — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:22:28 +0000

Beautiful. Proves that talent and determination can overcome low budgets.

Have a peek behind the scenes as well.

Spring brings bugs, spiders ;)

mikeb — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:02:20 +0000

Photo by Peter Parker. Naturally

Particles into shapes

mikeb — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:37 +0000

Another workflow test. This time I used Blenders particle system to bring order to chaos. Compositing in After Effects.

Enjoy.

VFX & Blender

mikeb — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:32:58 +0000

For the longest time I've wanted to be able to create flexible 3d strokes in animations. Unfortunately I haven't had any experience in 3d up until recently.

I've played around with After Effects and some great plugins that do it, but I've always felt I needed more interaction with the objects in the scene (things like shadows and reflections).

Once again Blender has proven itself to be a powerful tool in this area.

This is a little sample of what I was able to accomplish today using my company's logo.

Umbra by Malcolm Sutherland

mikeb — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:29:40 +0000

Beautiful, simple, hand drawn animation with an excellent, looping story.

Great music video – Catalina

mikeb — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:55:04 +0000

Check out this great music video.

Done with Kinect + Processing + Cinema 4D + After Effects.

This would work great being projected onto a wall.

Pre visualizing in Blender

mikeb — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:09:12 +0000

When you're trying to imagine your new apartment it's awesome to have some sort of a way to visualize it. I found that a great little program called Blender (blender.org) does the trick quite well. It's completely free and since version 2.5 it's also a complete pleasure to work with. A newly revamped interface really got me working with the program in no time.

Hit the read link for more renders and some more thoughts.

In under 3 hours I was able to set up the scene, model the furniture and do some basic renders. Truth be told, I was going to see if I can model the TV stand alone but it kinda got out of hand

What do you think? Should I make a Mickey Mouse shape out of the TV and the paintings?

This open source program opens up a lot of possibilities, whether you're an illustrator, web designer or an architect Blender will easily fit into your workflow and enhance your skill set.

Lakeside cabin

mikeb — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:15:43 +0000

I simply love this. It seems like a brilliant place to live in. They call it a cabin though it kinda feels like an understatement. Olson Kundig Architects have a really great portfolio in my view. You should check it out if you're looking for architectural design inspiration, which I am.

Hit the read link to see more images. I love the idea evident in their approach.

Olson started the firm based on some simple ideas: that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives.

You can see the whole gallery here