For an upcoming project I did this quick time lapse drawing pimped with After Effects test. It’s not the best setup but I’m working on it.

THE STUPID SETUP

USB webcam:
Creative Live! Cam Chat HD

Software:
• Webcam Time lapse App
• iGlasses app (to fix exposure etc)
• After Effects

Drawing Tools:
• Edding 400 permanent marker
• crayons

Inspiration:
• MinutePhysic’s youtube channel

Check the making of MinutePhysics below. And don’t forget to check out the Mutant Worm Facebook Fanpage.

A BUSHOKrockvideos production directed by Rob Bruijgoms. (in Dutch)

Project
A company film about Jorritsma Bouw, a building contractor. Jorritsma Construction has been a modern, progressive family company for five generations. Their projects range from small renovations for individuals to complex and challenging projects for the business market. In addition they provide maintenance and management for both projects realized by themselves as for existing complexes and homes.

Mutant Worm VFX
My task for this production was logo animation, 3D travel sequences including a 3D model of a cessna, shot stabilization, unfolding 3D billboards, and pimped slideshows using a cool adjusted After Effects template. The video has a nice creditlist at the end, so check out the talents.

Software
Adobe After Effects, Mocha, Adobe Illustrator, Videocopilot Element 3D, The Foundry’s Camera Tracker.

The technical animation process is a story in itself which I will not bore you with too much. I used the new 3D functionality in After Effects CS6 for the billboards. It’s newly implemented camera tracker did not suffice though, which in the end brought me to The Foundry’s Camera Tracker plugin which, frankly, is amazing. If you do want to know more, just ask in the comments.

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John is proud of his company Willpower. That was not always the case!
A lot of time and money used to go up in smoke.
On what?
On purchasing!
Orders and invoices came from every nook and cranny.
Overview and control was missing,
quality was poor,
stock was not managed well,
and supplies were too often too late …
with all its consequences.
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Through Ilexys’ online ordering system,
Willpower’s employees request which items they need.
Ilexys finds the perfect deal.
And thanks to the online ordering system,
John always has clear insight and control …
over what, how and when orders will be delivered:
He approves the order deal …
and items are delivered Just in Time …
in the right quality …
and for even better prices.
John now receives only 1 invoice a week from Ilexys.
and Willpower’s production is better and more efficient …
now that the company can once again
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Mutant Worm wishes you a Happy & Healthy 2013! Enjoy the ride!

After brother Tom’s peep box apparently it was toddler Zoe’s turn. My fearless little girl.

Spark Holland BV is a technology leader in automated front-end sample preparation. They developed the Intermediate Loop Decompression Valve technology to ensure that UHPLC systems are able to manage pressure differences superbly. The technology is both analytically correct and maximizes the lifetime of UHPLC columns.

So here’s my first public technical explanimation. I’ve done several more recently – looking quite a bit different too – but those can’t yet be disclosed. Since this is a technical animation there are no characters to animate; character-wise the best part is at 2:05.

This was a collaboration with Bart Kip from Focus Product Innovation who got me involved with the project. You should see our other stuff with his superb drawings – I hope to be able to share these with you soon.

One of Spark’s machines, the Endurance, even features on Mythbusters! That’s how wicked good they are at what they do.

“This meticulous machine will detect exactly what each sample contains!”

Below is the voice over for the ILD animation.

Injecting a small sample into a UHPLC system with 100% accuracy is quite a challenge!
Lets see how ILD technology meets that challenge!

During the separation, the sample loop is under ultra high pressure.
The syringe has filled the needle plus connecting tubing with sample to prepare for injection.
When the injection valve switches into load-position …
the compressed liquid in the loop expands forcefully via the only outlet: the sample needle.
The effect is uncontrolled dilution of the sample near the inlet of the sample loop.
The syringe draws an accurate volume of sample into the loop, but …
part of that volume is diluted sample.
Switching the injection valve introduces the partly diluted sample into the UHPLC system
resulting in peaks that represent …
analyte concentration with a negative deviation in accuracy

The solution. Watch how it works.

A radial groove in the rotor connected to an additional valve outlet enables decompression of the sample loop before connecting to the sample: Intermediate Loop Decompression.

Back to the starting position:

The sample loop is under ultra high pressure.
The syringe has filled the needle plus connecting tubing with sample to prepare for injection.
When switching to load-position the radial groove will pass one of the sample loop ports …
allowing the liquid in the loop to expand …
via the new central outlet port to waste

So, when the valve arrives at load-position, the sample loop is already at ambient pressure!
The syringe draws an accurate volume of sample into the loop.
A volume that is 100% sample, no dilution!
Switching the valve will now introduce an accurate 100% sample volume into the UHPLC system
Resulting in peaks that represent analyte concentration …
with 100% accuracy

ILD technology, the solution with 100% accuracy.