Enya Watermark

...so i'm still waiting for the animatic to upload :/ anyways I thought we should upload a couple different song choice options. This song has been the best one I've found so far.

Realflow wine demolution 500 fps

I know these are some really complex examples- but I thought I would share since they're such awesome effects.

Maya Realflow

I called up Grant (the Viz guy) and asked him about the water drop simulation...I didn't talk to him long- but he did mention Maya and RealFlow. I youtubed a couple of videos with the description and found this one- Even the music works well!

Storyboard

"Apologize" One Republic Music Video

This video has a lot of clips of flowing elements...the music with the images work well together.

RadioHead Ink In Water

This is such a cool idea! I would really like to implement this in our final animation. Let me know what you think.

Flower

Once again, these flowers show a continuous motion. This one is pretty self explanatory!

Flexibility

I think this is beautiful! Her body is doing so many different things yet it all flows together...like the way that water can, or dresses, or hair, etc. Pretty cool to think of our body as a way of expressing a word.

Northern Lights

I've never seen the Northern Lights, but I'm definitely planning on it someday. I think it's incredible to see something naturally flow across the sky like this.

Hopefully y'all have seen Finding Nemo :) The way this group of fish move together illustrates perfectly the idea of parts moving together as a whole to create a more aesthetic image.

This dancer has a way of making her seem airy and weightless in the the air. It's a mix between her clothing, which hangs freely off her body, and the way she's holding herself.

I think the idea of having multiple elements (like strands of hair) moving together in one flow to create a sort of whole.

This image is very beautiful and free which I think "flowing" should truly encompass. I think it should have an aspect of randomness.

Bach - Cello Suite No.1 i-Prelude

I love listening to music- I really think it has the power to portray emotion and movement.
I really like how the notes in this song really flow together effortlessly. Even the way his bow moves has such a fluid movement.

The Winged Victory

Statue of the goddess Nike... Even though the statue is carved from a solid block of marble- the details in the work really give the illusion of flowing fabric.

Emilio Sosa gown

This is a gown designed by Emilio Sosa for the show Project Runway. When the model walks, the fabric moves and flows out all around her.

Flowing- Stephanie Adams

As a group we started collaborating on the idea of "Flowing" referring to the smooth transition between one movement to the next...

Images and videos I've found to express this idea:


Vines and the idea of continual connectivity; continual growth and development; chaotic yet smoothly intertwining between leaves and objects.

These Images from Tara Donovan present flowing in the structural concept of the way our class will be designing our "wearable architecture." The structure will be composed of very small units making one skin. These are examples of this being done to show a "flowing" manner.

This architecture by Zaha Hadid, show "flowing" to me. The movement is very smooth and clean. One building is composed of smaller units forming the smooth skin and the other shows flowing by the long smooth strips.

These fashion pieces from Helmut Lang, Yohji Yamamoto, and Azzendine Alaia stood out to me as "Flowing" in different ways: The white dress drapes and moves easily. The green plad clothing is entangled yet the pieces are flowing together smoothly. The black and white dress has the colors and the position of the layers draping into eachother well-"flowing" (an idea to think about positive and negative space); The black and see-through dress also represnts the idea of positive and negative space flowing into each other well. The series of movement from the girl, gives a good idea of dancing moves to show off the flowing movement of the wearable architecture we will make. The last two dresses are great examples of the actual flowing movement of a silky or lightweight material down a catwalk-it begins to shape and take the form of your body as you begin to walk forward, giving it a windblown "flowy" lightweight smooth look to the clothing.

These videos do a great job of flowing in the movement of dance. Transitions are smooth whether performing a fast move or a slow one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyBVInzsyKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfKdQKMV5Gg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VByq56cy87Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Vortexx by Zaha Hadid

This is my first time blogging...so hopefully it goes well!!!

When thinking about our word, I think about this paper I wrote on Zaha Hadid...her buildings might be a bit out there, but her work is incredibly unique for how fluid her designs are.

My favorite design from her is this light fixture titled Vortexx. I love how the lighting and structure work together- I definitely think it embodies the word Flowing.

Lindsey Marks choreography, "Renewal"

The body movements in this video are really interesting. It reminds me of when we were acting out our word, except these people are much smoother when transitioning, which emphasizes "flowing." Just found it helpful when thinking of ways to express the word.

References

It's hard not to think of water in general when "flowing" is the subject. I like that this picture brings 2 different things together: a body of water and the result of a feeling.

References

I keep coming back to my friend's wedding dress when I think about our word. The way it falls reminds me of "flowing"....plus it relates to fashion which might give us some ideas for costumes.