Ad Infinitum - 3D Experimental Animation (VIDEO in page 3)

[iLLinCruX]

very cool!

I watched a couple of your videos, and I couldn’t help but wounder if you were going to make an eye trip video similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J-ZS9oWOQk&feature=related

[aadegbenro]

Great job Ben. Feels g ood to connect you back and I am inspired.

[H-bomb]

just clicked on your youtube link, awesome concept man.

[BenRidgway]

Hey everyone! New updates on my film!

My film “Ad Infinitum” has been showcased at the following film festivals:

Fantasia International Film Fest - Montreal
Frozen Film Festival - San Francisco
International Film Festival of Irealand - Ireland!
Woods Hole International Film Festival - Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Later this month I will be showing my film at the Dragonfly Fine Arts Gallery
here in the Boston area.

More news soon! Thanks everyone for checking out my work!

[dustbin1_uk]

I wanna see it too!!! Any chance you can swing by Leicester UK?

[BenRidgway]

Hey thanks dustbin1_uk !
I will release the film on Vimeo and YouTube sometime in 2011 after it cycles through the film fest circuit

[dustbin1_uk]

Nice!! Can’t wait!

Thanks!

[BenRidgway]

Images from my film “Ad Infinitum” were featured at the Autodesk booth at SIGGRAPH 2010! If you snapped a photo of the Audodesk booth and you happened to get my poster in the picture, PLEASE PM me!!! One of my pics is still being featured on the Autodesk website:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servl…et/index?siteID=123112&id=15176042

Cheers!

[BenRidgway]

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to post the latest news on my film “Ad Infinitum”. It has been well received at a number of festivals worldwide and continues to make the rounds!

Ad Infinitum
Completed: 2010
Experimental animation, 2 minutes, 720p

<span class="white"><b>"Ad Infinitum"</b> is an animated exploration of the fractal like details of a sculptural continuum </span> [<b>-VIEW IMAGE GALLERY</b>](http://benridgway.com/Ad_Infinitum_gallery/Ad%20Infinitum/index.html) [<b>-ABOUT AD INFINITUM</b>](http://benridgway.com/splash_adinfinitum_process.html) <span class="white"> <u><b>"AD INFINITUM" EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS</b></u> [<b>AWARD WINNER:</b> Canada International Film Festival - Royal Reel Award, 2011](http://www.canadafilmfestival.com/Festival/2011RoyalReelAwards/tabid/431/Default.aspx) [<b>AWARD WINNER: </b>Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, CO, 2010](http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/02_festival.winners.html) [<b>FEATURED:</b> Autodesk display at SIGGRAPH 2010](http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=15176042) [<b>Selected screening:</b> Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA 2011](http://bostonunderground.org/) [<b>Selected screening:</b> Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2010](http://www.fantasiafestival.com/2010/en/films/film_detail.php?id=377) [<b>Selected screening:</b> San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, 2010](http://www.frozenfilmfestival.com/pages/lineup10.php) [<b>Selected screening:</b> International Film Festival Ireland, 2010](http://www.amritsa.com/eire/index.htm) [<b>Selected screening: </b>Woods Hole International Film Festival, MA 2010](http://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org/2010/films10/index.php?s=6) [<b>Selected screening: </b>Ojai Film Festival, Ojai, CA 2010](http://www.ojaifilmfestival.com/films.html) [<b>Featured:</b> ZBrush Central top row five star thread](http://showthread.php?t=080899) </span>

[BenRidgway]

Here is a recent self portrait I did using ZBrush images from my film and a photo I snapped with my IPhone using the Hipstamatic app

This image is currently being featured at the Siggraph Online Art Show - LINK
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[BenRidgway]

And here’s the original images before processing…

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[Santis]

Congratz, well deserved :)

[Geert_Etcher_Melis]

Thanx for updating us ! Congratz on the awards Sweet image dude-> you’re drawn into your imaginary world… Looking forward to your next.

[Vitrux]

Man, the concept of Ad Infinitum is encredible, exceptional…

[leo_sakamoto]

Congratulations sir! Well deserved! Impressive work!

[BenRidgway]

Santis, Etcher, Vitrux, leo sakamoto - Thanks!!! I’m about to start another film that uses ZBrush. More news soon!

[BenRidgway]

Here’s another ZBrush photo composite using images from my film “Ad Infinitum”

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[Geert_Etcher_Melis]

Cool, you should do one in full 3d -> sculpt your bust -> sculpt the patterns on top and animate with Timeline…

[BenRidgway]

Etcher - Funny you should say that. I’m planning on using timeline animation extensively for my next project

[danaltmann]

I am impressed!!! Wow!! What kind of brushes are used to perform this?