Project 1 – Invisible Architecture – Research
Invisible Architecture This project was as simple as the title. That was our brief. It has 3 stages to it. Firstly we had to produce a 24 page booklet. Secondly we had to experiment with our chosen idea and thirdly implement it. To look at the booklet from the first stage click here. To take a look at my experiments in Stage 2 click here Intro Invisible Architecture is the title of the brief. So firstly what is Invisible Architecture? To me the title suggests something bold yet illusive. Nanotechnology [caption id="attachment_20" align="alignright" width="326" caption="AMD Phenom x64"][/caption] Invisible Architecture will no doubt conjure up ...
Project 1 – The Triffids
Intro This semester we will concentrate on developing narrative and visualising techniques Weeks 1 – 5 Drawing from life New building Interiors People and movement Light, darks and colours Viewpoints Atmospheres Structural Research After watching ‘The Day of the Triffids’, I began to recall an article I have read about the making of ‘Fallout 3′ which is a game for the PS3. Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2277, 36 years after the setting of Fallout 2 and 200 years after the nuclear war between the United States and China that devastated the game’s world in an alternate post-World War II timeline.[9] The game places the player in the role of an ...
Das Glow
After following a tutorial over at VideoCopilot.net I created this. A nice tutorial explaining how to attach a particle system to a null object for the particle system to move in a 3d space. Also some expressions were used to animate the particle along the different axis. Das Glow from James Lashmar on Vimeo.
Seoul Animation
This is a project for a module called Fold. For the brief we had to animate a line drawing. This will then be projected over a huge replica of the line drawing in the studio. For this project we have to animate an Illustration from a fellow call member who has just come back from Korea for three months! Click the image for a higher res. I'm using flash,after effects and max to animate this line drawing. After doing a quick render of my work so far in Ae, I imported it to flash just to see how this would work and it works ...
Project 1 – Invisible Architecture – The Book (Stage 1)
Invisible Architecture This project was as simple as the title. That was our brief. It has 3 stages to it. Firstly we had to produce a 24 page booklet. Secondly we had to experiment with our chosen idea and thirdly implement it. You can find my research for this project here. I have created 2 versions of this book. One as an ebook and one in a booklet printable format. Download ebook : print To take a look at my experiments in Stage 2 click here
Posted July 5 2010
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Yamaha R1
I arrive home from Uni this summer to find that my Dad has bought an R1. My dream bike for the past 12 years. Everything about it screams perfection. This thing is good for over 170mph and 0-60mph in 2.3 seconds with a power output of 152.9 hp!! Anyways, I decided to take some snaps with the D80, enjoy. [flagallery gid=10 name="Gallery" w=647 h=650]
Posted July 3 2010
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My introduction to objective-c (on windows)
Outline Now, originally my idea was to learn how to create an iPhone app. Probably like a lot of other designers out there. Initially I stumbled across something called Titanium. This is an app in which you can use web languages to create your app across several platforms including Android. You will still need access to a Mac with the iPhone SDK installed. This is where ...
Posted June 26 2010
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Showreel 2010
To view in HD click here James Lashmar - Showreel 2010 from James Lashmar on Vimeo.
Posted May 15 2010
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Boy 8 Bits Essential Mix 15.05.2010 on Radio 1
Boy 8 Bit @ Essential Mix (BBC Radio 1) 15.05.2010 This is Boy 8 Bit’s debut Essential Mix, and he’s done a cracking job of it. His mix features tracks from the likes of Ali Love, Mele, Leftfield, Yousef and Florence and The Machine. 01. Boy 8-Bit — The Blood Tide [White] 02. Aleem — Get Loose Dub [NIA] 03. Eli Escobar — Glass House [Plant Music] 04. Patrick ...
Posted April 19 2010
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Project 2 – Custom LED Matrix (IP2LED) (Shortlisted Northern Design Competition – Interactive)
Network Visualisation Research For the past few weeks in Process & Production we have been focussing on developing the code to light and 8x8 led matrix as well as actually breadboarding it. As this project moves further I have realised an idea that I think is really nice. The idea is to take regular network traffic on a local machine and output it to the ...
Posted April 13 2010
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Microsoft Office 2010 (beta)
Microsoft have released Office 2010 beta for testing! It looks a lot more modern and stylish and also in keeping with the Adobe CS. You can download a copy from http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx?qstr=CR_CC=B108224&CR_ID= You can also add social network accounts to outlook! > http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/socialconnector/default.aspx Here are some screenshots, click fs to go fullscreen. [flagallery gid=7 name="Gallery" w=647 h=700]
Posted April 8 2010
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Seoul Animation
This is a project for a module called Fold. For the brief we had to animate a line drawing. This will then be projected over a huge replica of the line drawing in the studio. For this project we have to animate an Illustration from a fellow call member who has just come back from Korea for three months! Click the image for a higher res. I'm ...
Posted April 8 2010
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The Brilliant Design Lecture
The Brilliant Design Lecture is something put together by past students from The University of Huddersfield for those currently studying. I have offered to help out and can't wait for a day of stories from six brilliant speakers on April 29th 2010.
Posted April 7 2010
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Verve
Here is a selection of images that I have taken of Verve in Huddersfield where I work. Taken with a D90, some with a wide angle lens. Click fs to go fullscreen and sl for a slideshow! [flagallery gid=6 name="Verve" w=647 h=700]
Posted April 4 2010
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Taxonomy – Folksonomy
Initial Brainstorming Idea My idea for studio is to create a dynamic visualisation using Ae to show how music genres have evolved from how they were in 1990. This relates to the brief as music genres are essentially taxonomic categorisations. In creating this project I will need to discover all of the music generes from 1990 and how they have evolved, the select a track from that genre. ...
Posted March 20 2010
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Adrian Shaughnessy – Guest Lecture
After seeing posters up and around the studio for a week & a few of my friends telling me about Adrian, I was pretty excited about the guest lecture. Needless to say, I loved it and have a new found respect. So I went and bought two of his books. [flagallery gid=5 name="Gallery" w=647 h=800] Adrian Shaughnessy is a graphic designer and writer based in London. In ...
Posted March 10 2010
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Project 1 – Invisible Architecture – The GUI (Stage 2)
Firstly if you missed my first 2 posts about this then you can read them by clicking 'Research' or 'The Book' Now on to Stage 2. So time for something to come from my work on the book. My idea is simple, a nice, fresh, clean interface to showcase a design portfolio, created in flash of course. So after the first stage of development this is ...
Posted February 20 2010
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