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Professor here. They are intersecting at the rate of retirements, as technology has reached the point where we can sit in a class and make good things together.

Professor here. They are intersecting at the rate of retirements, as technology has reached the point where we can sit in a class and make good things together. My field is production and scenic design, but this semester I'm teaching Film making in Blender: https://youtu.be/KKiQAXjeru4 https://youtu.be/KKiQAXjeru4

eggy 5y ago
I am in entertainment engineering and the computer and programming are present in all aspects - generative art, etc. I was an early supporter of Blender when Ton was taking donations to buy it out from NaN in 2002-ish. I think I had tried it in the late 90s, but then it disappeared. I gave $50 to the fund-raising efforts. I weaned myself off of Animation Master from my Amiga days! I used Blender in 2003-4 along with the Python API to turn photos into bas-relief carvings in maple planks on my 4' x 8' CNC router table (www.thewoodenimage.com at the time, a domain I let go). I did paintings conservation for several years in the mid- to late-90s. As much as I love making things and art with my computer with programming or as the tool (CAD, simulation, for engineering design), I still crack out my Dr. Ph. Martens inks and brushes for me and my younger kids to play and create. My older kids grew up with less digital apparatus. There is something that happens in doing it this way that just doesn't happen on the computers or tablets, or in programming art. That and the more direct line to reality. I will forever be torn with doing stuff in the physical world and being immersed in the digital.
- Geonode 5y ago
  Me too. My paints and brushes are laid out and ready to go. I think a future is coming where digital art making can be as granular and intimate as real life, I hope I live to see it. Imagine being able to really paint with watercolor, with the power of Photoshop layers, all in 3D space. It's just out of reach right now.
  - eggy 5y ago
    I have an HTC Vive Cosmos and I play with Tilt Brush, and while it at first blew me away, and I still use it, I love to not have a headset on and tons of wires when I just sit down and feel, play with water, pigment, brushes, and paper. Especially with my six-year old!

eggy 5y ago

I am in entertainment engineering and the computer and programming are present in all aspects - generative art, etc. I was an early supporter of Blender when Ton was taking donations to buy it out from NaN in 2002-ish. I think I had tried it in the late 90s, but then it disappeared. I gave $50 to the fund-raising efforts. I weaned myself off of Animation Master from my Amiga days! I used Blender in 2003-4 along with the Python API to turn photos into bas-relief carvings in maple planks on my 4' x 8' CNC router table (www.thewoodenimage.com at the time, a domain I let go). I did paintings conservation for several years in the mid- to late-90s. As much as I love making things and art with my computer with programming or as the tool (CAD, simulation, for engineering design), I still crack out my Dr. Ph. Martens inks and brushes for me and my younger kids to play and create. My older kids grew up with less digital apparatus. There is something that happens in doing it this way that just doesn't happen on the computers or tablets, or in programming art. That and the more direct line to reality. I will forever be torn with doing stuff in the physical world and being immersed in the digital.

Geonode 5y ago
Me too. My paints and brushes are laid out and ready to go. I think a future is coming where digital art making can be as granular and intimate as real life, I hope I live to see it. Imagine being able to really paint with watercolor, with the power of Photoshop layers, all in 3D space. It's just out of reach right now.
- eggy 5y ago
  I have an HTC Vive Cosmos and I play with Tilt Brush, and while it at first blew me away, and I still use it, I love to not have a headset on and tons of wires when I just sit down and feel, play with water, pigment, brushes, and paper. Especially with my six-year old!