New Media Chinese Art from Yang Yongliang

How do you update an ancient art tradition? With Photoshop, of course. New media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age but uses digital tools to capture that time-tested aesthetic. View the amazing results in the video above.

Shanghai-based artist Yang Yongliang has taken the eyes and heart of the more traditional Chinese landscape and calligraphy, and invested it with the expressive ability of the newest technology and techniques, including digital manipulation, video and photography.

"As long as the characteristics don't change, the media you use to express the art doesn't matter."

​I think these landscapes in Chinese Porcelain are pretty amazing, and I am absolutely in love with the video landscapes. 

Here is a sample of the video referenced in the Creator's Project piece:​

Uploaded by Brian Peter Tan on 2012-11-25.

And a more recent one:​

Uploaded by Brian Peter Tan on 2012-11-25.

Wyoming Wildscapes

It was one hell of a journey during the fourteen months making Wyoming Wildscapes II, my second and final Wyoming related time lapse project. Had plenty of adventures while working on this. Lightning almost got me a couple of times this summer, gear froze up in the winter (literally), and broke a few times (don't think most of the time lapse gear was meant for extended wilderness backpacking), all that fun stuff. Despite any minor set backs, this was without a doubt one of the most fulfilling personal projects I've ever undertaken. Saw some pretty amazing stuff along the way, this part of the country never ceases to amaze and surprise me. Song is 'Dance of the Seven Sisters' - by Ghost Kollective Thanks for watching! _______ Ghost Kollective did an absolutely amazing job on the custom track. I've enabled the tip jar and any tips given will be sent to Ghost K (through my lightalivephotography paypal) for creating this track without seeking payment. Or you can cut out the middle man, do one better, and buy some of their music! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stop-ep/id661261808 Ghost K links: http://www.ghostkollective.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ghostkollective https://www.facebook.com/GhostKollective _______ My links: https://www.facebook.com/LightalivePhotography http://www.lightalivephotography.com/ https://plus.google.com/+Lightalivephotography/posts Some long winded stuff here for anyone interested in reading more about Wyoming Wildscapes II, including a bit about licensing. http://www.lightalivephotography.com/wyoming-wildscapes-ii

One of the first websites I made as a User Experience Designer was the state tourism website for Wyoming. I'd never been to Wyoming, so I got a couple chances to go around the state. Not just beautiful, but beautiful in ways I'd never considered.

This video captures a lot of that. 

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The Sugar Cube Mission

The Sugar Cube Mission is a personal project I did during the Commercial Production Techniques course at the Gnomon School of VFX. The basic idea is a miniature platoon that does household... operations. Special thanks to Cenk Cevdet Kilar for advising me to learn Houdini, Adad Fernando Morales (you know), Rou for the feedback and Joel for the kitchen and the Tecates. Credits: all aspects created by Georgios Papaioannou except main helicopter geometry by Evermotion Models. Software: Maya 2013, VRay 2.3, Houdini 12.1 & Nuke v7.04 Sound Design: decoystudios.tv & Georgios Papaioannou Music Track: Richard Wagner - The Rise of the Valkyries (1870) Georgios Papaioannou director/vfx generalist gpapaioa@frameworks.gr +30.6946.791.581 skype: giwrgos.papaioannou http://www.frameworks.gr

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Georgios Papaioannou took a cup of coffee and made it an occasion for a miniature cinematic adventure.

 

City Series: Seattle

The third in a series of city symphonies. First in the series, New York: vimeo.com/51875528. Second, San Francisco: vimeo.com/57508140. Next, Los Angeles, coming July 1st. Synopsis: Inspired by the avant-garde city symphony films of the early 20th century, such as Paul Strand's "Manhatta" and Dziga Vertov's "The Man With the Movie Camera," CITY SERIES: SEATTLE paints a masterful portrait of the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. Utilizing experimental editing techniques, time-lapse, and beautiful cinematography, the film explores the poetic mode of documentary film to convey the experience of this iconic, Pacific Northwestern metropolis. "In the the 1920s the movies were still relatively young, and an evolving modernist aesthetic embraced all things new, sleek, fast, and urban. Not surprisingly, a common focus of the cinematic avant-garde during this era was on the power, and excitement of cities. In both Europe and the US, a small genre of films that became know as 'city symphonies' attempted to capture the spirit, uniqueness, and poetry of a city by assembling images of everyday life in that city. These early films and their offsprings often utilized what film historian Bill Nichols has termed the 'poetic mode' of documentary film production--an attempt to move away from the 'objective' reality of a given situation or people in order to grasp at an inner 'truth' that can only be conveyed by poetical manipulations of mood, tone, time, and space." -University of California Berkeley Media Resources Center Music: Alone in Kyoto by Air. Shot on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera in ProRes 422HQ 1080p with a Rokinon Cine Lens 14mm T3.1, 35mm T1.5, and a Contineo Cage and Switronix battery pack. Graded in DaVinci Resolve. Last shot graded in Lightroom and recorded in Raw 2.5K. Filmed in three days, all handheld, during NFFTY 2013 (www.nffty.org). milescrist.com 4 MINUTES | COLOR | 1.85:1 | DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO May 21, 2013 © 2013 Miles Crist. All Rights Reserved.

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Synopsis:
"Inspired by the avant-garde city symphony films of the early 20th century, such as Paul Strand's "Manhatta" and Dziga Vertov's "The Man With the Movie Camera," CITY SERIES: SEATTLE paints a masterful portrait of the beautiful city of Seattle, Washington. Utilizing experimental editing techniques, time-lapse, and beautiful cinematography, the film explores the poetic mode of documentary film to convey the experience of this iconic, Pacific Northwestern metropolis.

Get the Music: Alone in Kyoto by Air.

 

3 - Foursquare Check-ins for 4 days in Tokyo and NYC

Every day, millions of people check in on Foursquare. We took a year's worth of check-ins in New York City and Tokyo and plotted them on a map. Each dot represents a single check-in, while the straight lines link sequential check-ins. What you can see here represents the power of check-in data -- on Foursquare, every city around the world pulses with activity around places every hour of every day. Related: Also see our data visualization of four days worth of Foursquare check-ins in New York CIty during Hurricane Sandy (and the subsequent power outage) during October 2012: http://vimeo.com/52883962.

Each dot represents a check-in during this 96 hour period. Super fascinating to see the different types of check-ins ripple across the city as time of day effects the rhythm of all of these individuals in a fairly regular pattern.​

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3 - Time Dance

Choros / 2011 / 13 min / HD / Stereo Directed by Michael Langan and Terah Maher Music by Steve Reich A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux." "Choros" premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 and has gone on to play dozens of festivals worldwide. The film is currently broadcast in Europe by Canal+. For more information on the history of this technique, visit: http://chorosfilm.com

Amazing short film titled "Choros":

A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux."

"Choros" premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 and has gone on to play dozens of festivals worldwide. The film is currently broadcast in Europe by Canal+.

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5 - A Day in India

This short film compiles three weeks of filming, traveling and eating in India into "one day". Created by: www.theperennialplate.com In Partnership with Intrepid Travel: www.intrepidtravel.com/food/ Filmed & edited by: Daniel Klein ( twitter.com/perennialplate/ ) Mirra Fine ( twitter.com/kaleandcola/) Music by: Cornershop: http://store.cornershop.com/ The Guadaloop: http://rawtapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-guadaloop-in-desired-in-the-3-worlds aaronmaxwell: http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-aaronmaxwell-sunsets After Effects by: http://www.squawkproductions.com/ Filmed on 5d Mark iii w Canon 24-70, 70-200 2.8 L

Such beauty. And such importance — the observant eye. Good cameras help too.

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