9/14/12

Slicepod test video 002


Slicepod test 002 from Yuri Endo on Vimeo.

Slice + diffuser test



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Compared to my previous test ( without diffuser), the luminosity kept inside of the box better. 

Acrylic slice + diffuser experiment



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For this second experiment, once again following professor Hall's advice, I inserted black craft paper in between each acrylic slice as diffuser. 

9/13/12

Slicepod test video 001


Slicepod test 001 from Yuri Endo on Vimeo.

Slicepod test



Yuri Endo 2012

As the first image shows, no image was reflected through the slices when seen from the side. Similar to the glass prism, the image should be seen from above in order to capture the animation. 

Acrylic slice experiment



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For this experiment, following professor Hall's advice, I replaced the glass prism with acrylic slices ( 50 × 50 × 2 mm, 24 slices ) 

9/9/12

Typography test video 001


Typo_Test_anim from Yuri Endo on Vimeo.

Based on the graphics I created in the previous post, I made a short animation which would play under the glass prism. 

Test graphic: typography


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Prior to proceed with designing refined graphics, I run a quick test to see how typography look through the prism pod

Above is a test graphic consists of Japanese and Korean characters. 

>> STYLE 001  Japanese  
Three ways of writing the word Hikari, which is Japanese for light (or luminosity). 
A.  光 (Kanji/Chinese) 
B.  ひかり(Hiragana) 
C.  ヒカリ (Katakana) 
* Used typeface: Osaka 

>> STYLE 002  Korean  * Used typeface: Arial Unicode MS
Three different words, which I believe to signify light (or luminosity) in Korean. 
A. 빛
B. 발광
C. 불