gschumsky Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Hey gang, Thought I'd post this quick little job I did for the San Diego Future's Foundation upcoming fundraiser. The theme for the evening will be casino themed/Monte Carlo style. The money donated/raised goes to support the Futures Foundation, which takes old computers from corporations, refreshes them, installs new drives, OS, etc. then gives them to schools and families who can't afford computers. This image will be on their invitations. Greg Quote
gschumsky Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 And this one is being used for the posters. The background is a simple rotoscope. The table is a basic plane, angled in front of the robot, and set to be a front-projection map. Greg Quote
patrick_j_clarke Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 Cool little robot!!! (You know how much I love robots) What inspired the design? - pjc Quote
thejobe Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 kind of looks like those interactive video blackjack games cool what is it going to be used for, or was it just for fun Quote
gschumsky Posted August 11, 2005 Author Posted August 11, 2005 Patrick: Thanks, I dig 'bots too (have one I built a while back for tradeshows/posh La Jolla parties back when RC entertainment robots were all the rage..yes, major geek alert). This little guy was something I sketched while bored at work one day (along with a few others) and was going to be used originally for the 2003 Siggraph poster contest as a gas station attendant (though rockets and gas don't mix). He ended up being used for the Futures Foundation fundraiser last year in an image where he was serving wine and cheese (it was a wine tasting fundraiser). The head was inspired by this: Flying Saucer TV. Add some side antennae, blue lights, glowing eyes... Jobe: Besides the poster contest, you can see him in the Sci-Fi/Fanatasy contest from this year on the landing pad:Utopia. This is also as a project file on the Extras CD. And he's been used as the mascot for the San Diego Future's Foundation (this year it's a casino theme). Greg Quote
Gerry Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Nice work Greg! Nice friendly bot and a very effective way to composite inside AM. Quote
CubeMonkey Posted August 16, 2005 Posted August 16, 2005 Really cute, Jetsonesque robot! It couldn't work in my casino though. I would be afraid some drunk slot machine zombie would poke an eye out on those pointy things coming out the sides of his head. A insurance liability nightmare! Quote
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