Nathan Cheng
Nathan Cheng

Miscellaneous motion and depth experiments, 2018

Playtests with various tools and software. This page features motion and depth content.

Roles
Creative technologist / developer, Video editor, Director, Photographer

Tools
Processing, Adobe Illustrator, Chaotica, Blender, Laser cutting machine, iPhone X LiDAR sensor + cameras

Sunset

Hilma af Klint's "The Swan No.12"
Reimagined as an interactive sunset. A prototype/experiment in Processing.

Image-to-object remix

Original poster by Yusaku Kamekura…
→ Digital recreation in Adobe Illustrator…
→ Laser-cut layers of paper and acrylic

2D image to 3D installation experiments

Stairwell photograph taken on iPhone X…
→ Depth map pulled from image metadata…
→ “Scanning” animation using tone-based image masking.
Video scanning animation from above, projection-mapped onto congruent layers of laser-cut cardstock.

Other experiments

Video of a nighttime drive wrapped in a pulsating and color-matched environment, meant as a room-scale projection meant for viewers to experience in close proximity. An installation exercise in Prof. Christopher Chenier's Digital Art Intensive, created with Blender 3D.
A playtest with Chaotica VFX software
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