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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Gas Planet
Michael Collery,
Eric Darnell
From the computer screens of Sunnyvale based computer animation/special effects studio, Pacific Data Images (PDI) to the film screen of local art house cinemas and international film festivals to television screens tuned into public tv and MTV, earthling audiences worldwide have had the opportunity to take a look into an alien, yet comically familiar place. 'Gas Planet', filled with pastel colored, long snouted, balloon-like creatures ingesting a strange plant life which produces effects similar to those of bean eating earthlings, is the product of filmmaker Eric Darnell.
Animator Michael Collery, who served as the Art/Technical Director on the film, developed custom software to achieve the effects animation and also worked with Eric to achieve the hand-drawn look of the piece. Experimenting with a variety of image processing techniques, Michael developed a look which reflected the organic qualities of hand-drawn imagery while maintaining the three-dimensional advantages available through computer animation.
Technical Background
HW: SGI Personal Iris
SW: PDI Proprietary
Animator Michael Collery, who served as the Art/Technical Director on the film, developed custom software to achieve the effects animation and also worked with Eric to achieve the hand-drawn look of the piece. Experimenting with a variety of image processing techniques, Michael developed a look which reflected the organic qualities of hand-drawn imagery while maintaining the three-dimensional advantages available through computer animation.
Technical Background
HW: SGI Personal Iris
SW: PDI Proprietary
Eric Darnell (US), animator and member of the Character Animation Group at Pacific Data Images (PDI), Sunnyvale. Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Before joining PDI he worked on a series of animations for music videos and commercials as well as instructing high school students in animation.
Michael Collery (US), senior animator and effects editor at PDI. Previously worked at Cranston-Csuri where his credits included a number of prize-winning animations. Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University.
Michael Collery (US), senior animator and effects editor at PDI. Previously worked at Cranston-Csuri where his credits included a number of prize-winning animations. Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University.