Future City and Car Animation

Fell asleep last night waiting for this to render...Here is the animation, at some points it does go through some of the buildings but overall its pretty cool and gives some cool views of the car and city.

The Post Apocalyptic Scene

The future isn't the glittery Teletubby world it was hyped up to be. In this Post World War III era, mother earth has been ravaged and raped by mankind's nuclear genitalia. Many have become cannibals and raiders. Our heroes worked on a simple lame school bus, to become this tricked out tank of HOT DEATH!!

Check out the concept art planned for this upcoming blockbuster!

The first is an image of our vehicle.
The second is of the setting with another nuclear bomb going off.
The small clip is during the scene where our heroes outrun the explosion, using next generation nitrous technology.

Sooo this is my city, I found a weird apocalyptic type city and added a gt500 then mashed it together with a set of wings from a plane.

-Cj Kottuppallil

Future City and Future Car

Here are the Future Car and City...

The Future Car...

The Future City...

The Car and The City Together...

I was playing around with sketchup and started modleing my house...no furniture or windows just the basic stuff...

future city/car

Here is what I have so far....still getting used to the program but it is becoming a lot easier and fun too!

city w/ carish more like tank thing

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Futuristic City+Vehicle

Here's my futuristic city with the car I modified. I never had any previous experience with Sketchup so everything is really simple.

The car as it looks is similar in appearance to the original. I tweaked it up a little by: replacing the wheels and adding a hovering component -- meaning the driver can choose whether he wants to drive on wheels or on... nothing. The city is just something I pulled from the Warehouse.

Here's a snapshot of the car in the city:

And of course, the animation:

city/car

This is my sci-fi city/car project. I'm really not computer literate at all, so it's pretty simple. & here it is.

city/car

Here's what I've got.

Castle In The Sky

Building upon my first SketchUp vehicle mod, I have now introduced my Hover Jouster into a city setting. I also added a castle to the top of one of the futuristic towers. I was able to figure out how to record an animation using the program. Using several views and aspects, the viewer can not only get a great 360 view of the vehicle, but also the futuristic city environment in which it was placed.

Oedipus & fatal attraction

While I do think that incest is wrong I do believe that many people tend to look for certain features in their partners that they have previously seen in their parents. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing because if you think about how if a child witnesses an abusive relationship they are likely to have the same types of relationships as they get older. I guess it will always depend on the person. I cannot truly blame Oedipus because he found someone that loved him unconditionally and I think in a way we all want that... from our parents and also from our partners (should we so choose to have them). It's truly a tough call. I was reading through some other blogs and I came across some one who mentioned Freud and I personally do not like this guy (he thought all women had penis envy and I have to disagree, I'm extremely happy being a woman thanks). I took a class called intimate relationships last year (it was actually a really good class) and a study was mentioned that talked about how men and women "release" different scents and we are attracted to different ones and I really do not remember if it was that we were attracted to scents that are close to our own (i.e. smell like our father or mother) or that we were repulsed by them. So we would be attracted to close family members more than to random strangers? Biologically it would make sense that we would be repulsed by familiar scents because of inbreeding and I can get into genetics and whatnot... and chances of non viable offspring. I really don't know. I haven't seen or heard from my father in well over 15 years so I wouldn't know if I was attracted to men like him although I really really hope not.

But anyway, regarding the quote I believe the professor mentioned I think it's kind of sad how easily we can point fingers at others but God forbid we see our own flaws.

-Yekaterina Okouneva

RIDE THE MTA

This is the train to your future, this stop is your present. Be Careful while boarding the train from the platform. DING. Please Watch the gap between the rail and the platform, thank you. DING.

Does your families lineage and name directly represent how you will act and be percieved by society?

In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus’ grandfather was well cultured and well brought up as a child and in to his adulthood. It is clearly shown throughout the play that Oedipus is not well cultured, and not at all like Cadmus.

It is quite simple to see, but for those who needs clarity let me back track. Oedipus married his mother, Jocaste, and killed his father, Laius. Despicable right? At least I think so. Now, I was always one to think that if you came from a family who was well cultured, and had a respectable family name you would turn out alright. The more and more I think about it, I now see that is not entirely true.

We see it in Oedipus, and we also see it in our society. For instance, look at many princes and princesses in Europe. Their families have created a name for themselves and to be destroyed by the bad publicity they get in the tabloids. Whether it be partying the night away or committing a crime, they are always shown in a negative light. This directly goes against the high esteem that their families have created for themselves.

Just Ask

Response to film:

What if Oedipus was kept? Would he marry mom? Kill dad sooner? What if instead of nailing his ankles, they nailed his wrists?

Because the story would have no meaning, so Oedipus kills father and marries mother who bores her own grandchildren.

What if the oracle chose to be silent at the right moment? Why does the oracle play host in a televised game of survival?

I guess, faith was that strong.

What if we had an oracle? Who would be responsible for our fast-paced demise?

...us?

Random ramblings on identity

First I have to say I am definitely not your typical russian woman. I actually try to avoid russian people, I've had quite a lot of bad experiences and I guess now I just stay away. On the other hand I think that if someone were to take my mother and subtract 20 some odd years you'd have me. We have the same personality, same likes and dislikes (down to our taste in wine). Eventually I want to go into the same career field so yeah... we even have the same luck with men.. bad. Oh yes, lucky us. Oh and apparently we look almost identical. I don't see it but since everyone else does I guess I should just stop fighting it. And we both butt heads with her mother-my grandmother. We even have some of the same friends! Seriously, if you subtracted ~20 years from her you'd have me + 3 or so inches. That's okay though, we're extremely close and we get along quite well... even though we are practically the same person. The professor was talking about how someone had a "pink collar" job at some point, my mother never went to college and she's been (and currently is) a doctor... TWICE. She's an MD and a DO... without college. My grandmother was a chemist and my grandfather was an engineer for the russian space agency. My brother's father is a doctor, his sister is a doctor, and some one else in that family is a doctor... the other brother works in the diamond district. Guess what I'll be... medical school here I come. If not, I'll be disowned I guess its good that now I actually want to be a doctor. It would have really been bad if I didn't actually want this.

- Yekaterina Okouneva

urban car and city

City of Plague

http://vimeo.com/14728331 Vlog 1

IMPULSE

After reading Oedipus Rex, many of us may begin to feel a little queasy. I mean, here is a man, who thinks he has it all: power, brains, a beautfiul wife. But wait, as it turns out, this wife of his, whom he loves with all his heart, is actually his biological mother. Though Oeidupus is unaware of this fact, we as the audience, are fully knowledgable of this, and are sickened by the fact that he has had four children with this woman. However, we must ask ourselves, are we being hypocrites by judging Oedipus?
According to Sigmund Freud, each individual has this deep impulse within themselves to find a partner that is simular to their mother. They may not know it initially, while they are searching for this perfect person, but over time it becomes clearly evident. When an individual finds someone who isn't as good to them as their mother, we begin to crticize them for everything they do wrong. We may not always see it, but that impulse to find someone like our mother, the person who has everlasting love towards us, is always there.
With that, i think it is safe to say that we do not have the right to judge Oedipus for his actions. He found a woman who treated him as his mother would, the perfect woman, who in the end turned out to be his real mother. He was only going with his gut, something that any one of us would have done as well.

BLIND (Continued)

During class today, we were mentioning about Oedipus and him being "blind" and him stabbing his eyes out back stage... while we were talking about this, I was thinking "wait.. this has something to do with what I've mentioned in my previous post". Blind? Oedipus ripping his eyes out? The fact that Oedipus ripped his eyes out during backstage might symbolize the idea of him "being blind all this time and not realizing what was right in front of him". Oedipus ripping his eyes out also symbolizes the idea of him--or his perspective of his life being useless? Perhaps? I mean... if I'm not mistaken, that might be the reason why Oedipus ripping/stabbing his eyes out instead of doing something else like jumping out of the window or hanging himself whatsoever. Secondly, we've also mentioned about the difference between crazy and death... and one of the students mentioned something about how death is something we choose to commit and craziness is something that happens without us controlling it--something similar to that... In this case, Oedipus' mother seem to go with the death situation where she wants to end her life because she can not continue to live her life from the mistake she'd committed & because of the fact that she's now the wife of her own son and started a family with him. Oedipus, on the other hand turns crazy in a way-- because from what I believe, stabbing his eyes shows that he is not in the right state of mind (craziness)& can't really end his life right on the spot.

Time Off.

Sitting in Starbucks, just trying to center myself while I wait for Michael to come pick me up. I feel like all this time off is really messing me up, I can’t get back into the swing of things. A few classes here, a few days off here.. Ugh! They should have just started the semester next week!
When I was at the conservatory in the city, I was up and out by 8:00, classes from 8:30 until 4:30, then I would run uptown to work from 5:00 until one or two in the morning! Now, I only have school during the week, and I work every weekend, but what is wrong with me? I just can’t get back into it!
However, I absolutely love my classes. They’re all really interesting, and I feel like I’m going to learn a lot this semester. It’s really difficult going from a conservatory back to “real” college. First, being all acting, all dancing, all singing, to a relaxed atmosphere where everything isn’t go go go! At the conservatory, if we even yawned we we would get kicked out of class. Crazy, I know. I guess if I can do that, I should definitely be able to handle my schedule now!

dreams

Last class we talked about dreaming and the way it developes in our minds. Its a chemical balance that makes dreams and puts your mind in a different state. This has a lot to do with our class because when you looking at new technology or charts of new drawings your mind goes off into a different zone to deleop a picture in your head about the new drawing. This is whats so facinating about this class, your mind moves 3000 miles a minute.

My true identify is hard to distinguish. There are many identities that are given to me before I can even say a word. People assume I am Hispanic due to my physical appearance. I have dark brown hair and fairly tan skin. Those are traits of one with a Hispanic background. When I tell them my real nationality, which is Native American, Irish and Italian, I get blank stares as if I am lying. It is as though I said I was a sea wolf. On many occasions, I had random people start speaking Spanish to me assuming I would understand. Once I tell them I do not understand Spanish, they give me an attitude and walk away. I am assuming it is because they still think I am Spanish but I do not know the language.

After they find out my nationality, the next question is “where are you from?” I was born and raised in Central Islip, New York. It is a hamlet on Long Island. This is when I am assumed to be "white breed". “White breed” is known as being raised by and surrounded by white people. Just by the name of my home place, people have common perceptions about my raising. The name alone gives off a notion that there are white picket fences around a large house, four-family home with a dog and non violent neighborhood. This is where mistakes are made. First, my parents are separated. They have been separated since I was 3 years old. Second, my house has no fence around it. My house may look large but we only live in half of it. We live in a two bedroom apartment. When my older brother and two older step brothers lived there, there were 7 people living in a two bedroom apartment. Last but not least, Central Islip has a high crime rate from robberies to rape to gang violence.

-- Ashley Brewster

Identity

After walking out of last Wednesday's i realized that identity is something that can be defined but it changes everyday of life. What i mean by that is, us as in humans go though. For starters my name is Deron Lamell Hill named by aunt it comes from somewhere in the bible. I was born on September 11th 1990 right there when people hear that they automatically assume that am cursed with some bad luck. When thinking back on it i think that added to who i am today who i've become during my 19 years.
When i was younger i was never the one to be identified with color or race even though both side of my family are African American decent that never stopped me from reaching out and getting to know other people from other cultures and ethnicity's. From kindergarten i went to a majority Hispanic school where i must say i fitted in pretty well i was never that student that would get picked on because of the color of my skin so i never found that as a problem.
Family and experiences is another thing that makes up who i am it is certain things that i went though that made me into the person who i am right now. Now i can look back on those situations and even if they were for the worst or for the good i can say that it molding me into who i am today. High School was probably the place where i can say i found out he most about who i was. i discovered that i actually i had some sort of talent i started to dance in school well i formed a hip hop dance tea and we went around and won many competitions. I also figured out i had a passion for cooking. I went to a culinary high school in manhattan i had an internship at restaurant associates, which i really enjoyed if i did not get accepted into Stony Brook i probably would of just went to a culinary arts college.

idea for an urban car for our sci fi movie on the city of the plague.

here it is...

Oedipus and the City

A City, like New York is beautiful and very civilized in the eyes and minds of every tourist that visits it. From Empire State Building to Madison Square garden, are the famous buildings that present the city as one of the most urbanized place in the world. Just like the city, Oedipus is very civilized and well-cultured man. In Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, the king, Oedipus, is portrayed as a hero, that leads the legacy of his grandfather, Cadmus, with full literacy and achievements that changed the lives of Thebans.

Yet, even though, the connection of civilization and culture is made between the city and Oedipus, that establishes another negative connection between the two; the characters behind both Oedipus and the city. City is filled with ugly truths and unnatural things. People in New York City dresses better than any other cultures in the world and presents themselves as well-cultured people with set morals and manners, yet in reality, all the crimes, betrayals and sinful events are rooted from those people. The inner truth, hence, is disturbing. Oedipus too, is civilized in terms of his fame and achievements, yet, when his fate, of killing his own father, and marrying his mother, is revealed, and found to be true, he is just like any other people in New York City.

Beyond the ugly truths of both New York City and Oedipus, another big parallel connection between the two is the unnatural events and actions. Oedipus illustrates his unnatural fate by being involved in baby killers, and by marrying his mother. Now, look at the people in the city. It is now natural that people cut down trees and kill animals to replace them with big roads and buildings. It is true that the factories and roads are big factors to civilization and also the partial prevention of extinction of mankind, in other words, the eternal survival of the kind. The civilization has made people stronger, and Oedipus’ effort to go around his fate, somehow brought him to a position of king over the Thebes. Yet, it is unnatural and ironic too, when we consider the side-effects that has brought by such civilization. It destroyed what was really natural before, such as the environment and ecosystem, and created harm to ourselves with pollutions, traffic and crimes. Mankind tries to change their lives by changes, yet ends up harming themselves. Like Oedipus, by going around a fate like thought, an end, people lost what was really important and made the unnatural, the natural.

Lebanon: The price of beauty

Over the summer i spent a month in Lebanon for vacation. Sightseeing and going to all the tourist attractions, there were a lot of things that i learned about the country. It is a beautiful country with a raging nightlife that seems to grow more and more popular each year, with amazing food and friendly people. Exploring Beirut, you would never know that this city and most of Lebanon has been through war for almost all of its existence. Civil wars and wars with other countries has turned it into ruins and rebuilt many times.

The statue of the Martyrs (picture to the left) was erected for the men who died during the attempts to seize independence around a hundred years ago. It is ironic how this statue is riddled with bullet holes and missing appendages which are the result of war.

Beirut is a city of plague because no matter how many times they try to rebuild it there will always be a past of violence and war that can be seen throughout the country. In some areas you may see beautiful buildings while on the otherhand u may see buildings that are abandoned because of war.

(Picture of a building full of bullet holes after the war of 2006 and previous wars. It has still yet to be renovated)

The Dynamic Duo (Melissa Olivo and Nase Reid) Teams Up for their first Blog!

Hey Professor!
This is just a quick note to let you know that we have started our youtube channel and that our first video response to "Oedipus The King" is posted up so go check it out :)
our youtube channel link is: http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamicDuoMase?feature=mhum
More videos will be coming up soon so please keep checking, but I'll let you know when we post a new one up anyway.

Destiny/ Karma

Today as I was playing basketball, hustling and sweating like its a sauna, I was thinking about how the play Oedipus Rex and destiny or karma related to each other. Because I was reminicing about how two of my friend been having bad luck after they stole something awhile back. In class, we discussed about how Oedipus Rex dealt with destiny or karma because of how everything turned out at the end.

Oedipus's parents got what they deserved after abandoning Oedipus and pinning Oedipus' ankles together. Oedipus killed his father after randomly fighting him and Oedipus' mother, Jocasta, suicided by hanging herself. While Oedipus himself got punished by destiny because he killed his father,Laius, by gouging his eyes so he will be blind and banished from the city of Thebes.

While in reality present day, I believe both of my friends have been punished by destiny or karma after stealing from a person awhile ago. One of my friend, actually fell on his back while doing pull ups on the pull up bar because the pull up bar fell off of the door frame. Not only did he get hurt but he was also embarrassed while my other friend lost his wallet and injured his wrist in a weird, random way.

While walking back to my room after playing ball, I was amused how fate, destiny, and karma works. You never know, maybe it was just a coincidence that all of this happened but I believe in karma, destiny, and believe in the phrase "What comes around, goes around." Maybe all of us should start doing good, noble deeds so we will get good luck and not end up like my two friends or the Oedipus and his parents in the play.

-Thomas Lee