I did some 3D conversions by hand, (NO A.I.), of some life drawings of mine awhile ago but forgot how I did it. So I tried a drawing I hadn't done using Photoshop. It's so so... Two of them are free-view, if you can do that, and the color one requires the red and green glasses used for anaglyph 3D.
We’ve had this old, damaged
stereoscopic picture of Donald on our wall for many years.It’s under glass and hard to free-view
because of the glare but I always thought it was inverted.I took it out of the frame and swapped the
images around and now I can see it correctly.Can you free view? Cross your eyes and focus on the image that forms in the middle.
Original Mounted Under Glass
Images Swapped and Glass Removed
UPDATE: A friend thought this was from a cartoon, and as far as I
can tell my picture is from a ViewMaster Reel. But! There was a Donald
cartoon done in 3D called "Working for Peanuts" that someone uploaded to
YouTube in the free-view format here:
Somewhere on this blog, I mentioned early influences, and Charles Schulz was at the forefront, along with Disney and some others in shaping my psyche. I read Peanuts and learned much about the world and the cruelty we inflict on one another caused by selfishness and bigotry. Pretty heavy stuff for a comic strip, but that was the key to good old Charlie Brown, he was an optimist, a kind of pessimistic optimist, but one none the less. Children were used as a foil to talk about adult situations and Charlie was usually the brunt of many indignations, yet he persevered and his integrity to do the right thing in the face of adversity was a powerful lesson to me.
Now, I have said all this so I can say how excited I am by the sneak previews of Blue Sky Studios 2015 Christmas release of their Peanuts feature. They have managed to nail the look of the strip and I can only hope the writing with be as good as the TV specials that were penned by Charles Schulz himself.
Have a look at these stills and trailer and see what you think.
I've just discovered that you can watch 3D on Youtube. Look for the red 3D and by clicking on it Options will open allowing you to watch in anaglyph (red and blue glasses) or other settings. I like the 'No glasses' approach of free-viewing where you cross your eyes and focus on the image that forms in the middle but many don't.
I may want to start back into my 3D Flash stuff again.
Its been awhile since I've done any stereo conversions so I dug up an old life drawing of mine and gave it a whack. If you have the blue and red lens glasses, you're all set. If you don't the double image is a free-view style that can be seen in 3D by crossing your eyes and focusing on the image that forms in the middle.
This is my first attempt at stereoscopic life drawing with texture. it's not completely successful but it's a start.
It also confirmed my frustration with the anaglyph method because the colors shifted enough to muddle things so I've included a cross eye free view style also.
A more accurate anaglyph version of this can be found clicking the title "Anaglyphic Life Drawing" or going here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29289570@N00/5204200579/
I was thinking of calling this "X", or "X Marks the Spot". Anyway, it's another stereoscopic free view style life drawing of mine. You'll find others scattered through this blog.
As always you must cross your eyes and focus on the image that forms in the middle to view it in 3D.
A continuation on my free view style stereoscopic paintings. Click on the image to enlarge then cross your eyes and focus on the image formed in the middle to view in 3D.
It wasn't used because apparently you need to be invited but here's my free view stereoscopic offering to Terrible Yellow Eyes, Cory Godbey's blog that celebrates Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" Click the title to check out more artwork by various artists.
Clicking the picture will take you to my Flickr page where the double image lives. There you will be able to free view in 3D.
If you are unfamiliar with 3D free viewing, you must cross your eyes and focus on the image that forms in the middle. It's a great headache inducer!
There seems to be a renewed interest in stereoscopic movies these days. The first projected stereoscopic images were done by Charles d'Almeida in 1858 using the red and green lens anaglyphic method. Another form of stereo projection was the use of polarized lights created by John Anderton in 1891. These two methods became the standard formats for all stereoscopic films during the first 3D boom in the fifty's. Hollywood turned to 3D because of the increasing sales of television sets and the threat of audiences staying home. Will this new wave of stereoscopic movies pull crowds into theaters and away from renting films on DVD?
Here is a sample of Warner Bros. one and only attempt to capitalize on the 3D craze. "Lumber Jack-Rabbit" hit theaters in 1954 just as the craze was dying. Although we can't watch it in the 3D format, you can get a sense of what was intended by some of the exaggerated set pieces.
The link above,(or clicking on the title), will take you to Five videos about LAIKA studios stereoscopic stop-motion feature "Coraline" that will be released in 2009. Looking good!
