DavidB
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I was having lunch with my parents and they were saying how smart Trump was for how he was handling Iran. I explained the Strait of Hormuz. They laughed "you didn't even know what that was until the liberal media mentioned it!" They'd forgotten that's where I was scuba diving last year.
In case you were like me and didn't know what the difference was between a greater and lesser flamingo.
Nope. I watched the trailer which ends with a spectacular shot of a UFO appearing through the clouds. This shot is not in the film except on a screen. Not as something that's happening, but something that already happened. It's false advertising and I feel cheated. And I'm not alone in that opinion.
One thing I finally noticed in Close Encounters - in the "Mongolia" scene - the Mongolians are standing with the wrong type of camels. Camels in Mongolia are Bactrian (two humps). The ones in the film are Dromedary (single humps) - those are found in the Middle East and Africa - I've ridden both 😬
For those of you who are in the LA area, the Academy Museum has a FANTASTIC exhibit on Jaws right now! My favorite things to see were the shooting scripts and a replica of the Orca set
Last Four Watched: I Love Boosters, in a crowded cinema Obsession, in a crowded cinema Backrooms, in a crowded cinema Obsession, in a crowded cinema, again Cinema is BACK
GLSL 101: Start with a sphere. Add fBm. Add more fBm. Add worley noise. And more worley. Layer, layer, layer, layer. More, more, more. No textures used. 100% procedural.
I was poking around online recently to see if anyone had done a photorealistic sun shader yet - and... apparently not. The examples I've seen online are... not great. This is a single GLSL shader on a sphere. Still working on the sunspots but it's been a fun challenge!
GLSL mandelbulb shader in TouchDesigner, with iridescence- I loosely based this on the mandelbulb at the end of the movie Annihilation, though I couldn't figure out how to get Natalie Portman in it
Favorite vfx shot of all time? Here's mine from the movie Contact (1997) by Sony Pictures Imageworks, supervised by Ken Ralston
One of the greatest documentaries ever made is The Mystery of Picasso. They set up backlit canvases and filmed him painting. All paintings made for the film were immediately destroyed after, making this the only way to see them. Best part is the paintings evolve over time youtu.be/JFTtYOJDTJs?...
I'm moving to New Zealand soon and am going to miss paying $7 for a burrito in LA. This is a menu from a new place in Wellington