animatic

and I thought of this for sound (the vid is interesting too, ties in well with the whole endless chain of spinning thing)

animatic

Ah, this is cool.

Paper Toy Transformer - Transformer De Papel - Celebrity bloopers here

hey i was wondering if yall have came up with any of the sounds yet?

!Warning! The following links lead to images that are significantly trippy. They are the best examples I have found to date of animated contraction:

Radiance

Illusion

Water

Phoenix

Quasar

Okay, so I was brainstorming and I thought of the idea of folds. A big, possibly obstructive outfit that will just retract back into itself. It'll involve lots of string but it's a thought.

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I really liked the concept that Collin and I discussed of the large peacock tale-type thing that Amy would fold up at the start. It has a whole "leave them wanting more" aspect that I think works really well.

If we were to integrate the folding peacock tail with the kinetic sculptures of my previous post, the end result could be fantastic.

Here are a few links to some interesting pieces along with my thoughts that tie with them.

Peacock 1-If we are sticking to black materials, the effect of cutting out and layering more abstract, organic designs could be really neat
Peacock 2-Another example of some shapes that would work with a cutout design
White Peacock-On the other hand, full white shapes made of airy, light materials would also be quite striking.

I think we're supposed to start animating tomorrow, so it would be great to get further feedback from you guys. Amy, particularly what materials you are considering using since we are supposed to mirror them somehow.

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This video has a few examples of some really cool kinetic sculptures that produce the illusion of both contracting and expanding. On this page you will find more examples. I didn't look at all of them, but the concept is certainly something to consider.

and im not sure how to post a video but here the link to a really cool moving structure created by theo jansen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY&feature=related

i was thinking that the concept of contracting/expanding can by found in the properties of a slinky

post up your references for the project here