Berlin-based Zeitgeised has long been admired for their artful approach to CG. While they clearly know their way around a render engine, they also bring a strong point of view to everything they do.
Their recently released in-house project, geist.xyz, is no exception:
geist.xyz is a different kind of fashion project: what looks at first glance as an eccentric tangle of simulated dance and a color coordinated tumblr exploration turns out to be a study of handcrafted algorithmic textiles and procedural surfaces.
Check out some of the outtakes on their Instagram feed or peruse all the textures in one place on geist.xyz.
http://youtu.be/R6MlUcmOul8 If you can stomach the acting, there's some impressive CG work in "Tears of Steel," the latest open source short from the Blender Foundation. Like the other open source shorts before it, the complete "Tears of Steel," along with supporting material created by the Blender Institute, will be released…
When Rafa Merino posted "Reborn" on Facebook, I froze. Initially struck by its surreal beauty, I then wondered what I was looking at: A photograph? A painting? Of course it was CG — which only deepened my interest.