Ninjas on the ‘Net

[image: Mo Money Mo Problems video, Puff Daddy Dancing with Mase in the black tunnel]
For starters, these images by Nick Hardeman are simply killin’ me – too too awesome. Yes, that’s a visualization of Biggie’s Mo Money Mo Problems music video. Here’s how:
The images shown here were generated by evaluating and interpreting the 1997 music video “Mo Money Mo Problems” from the first disc of the Notorious B.I.G. album, Life After Death. The algorithm detects edges in the image and attempts to trace motion from frame to frame, using the initial frame as their starting point. The output is rendered as a vector image, the curves represent the motion. The points represent the pixels detected in the edge, their size determined by the distance from their previous location, the further, the larger the circle. The color and location of the points are determined by the corresponding pixel in that frame. The bright colored track suits worn by Puff Daddy and Mase in the dark backgrounds make for good tracking and nice color combinations. The only imagery added manually is the background color.
Dope.
All that said – happy Monday! We’ve got some things going on here at AMNP this week – starting with a slight change in this Ninjas on the ‘Net feature. Rather than link all over the interwebs, willy-nilly, I’ll be using this Monday morning post to link exclusively to work on other blogs. All other links and news will now only appear in the sidebar. Earth-shattering, I know. Also – I’m happy to say that we’re kicking off our newest Ninja(s) of the Month feature this week, and are dropping a Solar Decathlon interview. SO be sure to check back throughout the week!
And as always, if you see anything on the web that you believe should be linked-to from AMNP -as part of Ninjas on the ‘Net, or the news sidebar – feel free to drop me an email at architecture@myninjaplease.com.
- House of Music by Coop Himmelb(l)au [ArchDaily]
- Barcelona flower market [atelier-a+d]
- new flagship restaurant Dogmatic Gourmet Sausage System [CoolBoom]
- Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct Masterplan [Super Colossal]
- Junquillos Chapel by Claudio Baladron + Diego Grass [WHAT WE DO IS SECRET]
- awesome urban golf! [Pruned]
- an interview with Jonathan Richmond, director of a biosafety consulting firm [BLDGBLOG]
- aluminium tunnel connecting the London Underground to the Victoria + Albert Museum [archidose]
- paving stones by Erich Reusch [ROLU]
- Museum Yatenga by OVO Grabczewscy Architekci [+MOOD]
- Office Complex in Germany by J.MAYER H. Architects [dailyTONIC]
- Plastic Moon, house by Norisada Maeda Atelier [Spaceinvading]
- Uni-Diversity ? Coexistence in Architecture [archiCentral]
- where’s the podium? [Utile's blog]
- IMAM, Madrid, by nodo17 Arquitectos [The Architectural Review]
- lastly, don’t miss myninjaplease.com’s two newest features:A Dozen, and The Industry. Our ninja Kookiecrumbles has been hard at work interviewing artists and featuring their work as well as speaking to industry insider – coming up with some great content that should not be slept on.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 9:33am by orangemenace
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