Big Blue Bear
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:49 pm
Hey guys- this is pretty cool.
Have you heard about the Big Blue Bear they built outside the Denver Convention Center? I saw it for the first time about a month ago, it's pretty neat- a giant blue polar bear, peering inside.
Today I went to the Denver Film Festival and saw a documentary on the Big Blue Bear, how it was made and the artist who thought it up, how they did it with a polygonal model and all. Then the ACTUAL artist (Lawrence Argent) was there and answered questions from the crowd. He was a cool guy from Australia that acted in every way like Ian Malcom's character (Jurassic Park, Snuffles).
It was funny in one part cause they showed a lazer scanning this polar bear toy to make the polygonal model!
Anyhow, see pictures and read more about it here:
http://debtorby.typepad.com/connections ... g_blu.html
http://www.denvergov.org/newsarticle.asp?id=8812
Have you heard about the Big Blue Bear they built outside the Denver Convention Center? I saw it for the first time about a month ago, it's pretty neat- a giant blue polar bear, peering inside.
Today I went to the Denver Film Festival and saw a documentary on the Big Blue Bear, how it was made and the artist who thought it up, how they did it with a polygonal model and all. Then the ACTUAL artist (Lawrence Argent) was there and answered questions from the crowd. He was a cool guy from Australia that acted in every way like Ian Malcom's character (Jurassic Park, Snuffles).
It was funny in one part cause they showed a lazer scanning this polar bear toy to make the polygonal model!
Anyhow, see pictures and read more about it here:
http://debtorby.typepad.com/connections ... g_blu.html
http://www.denvergov.org/newsarticle.asp?id=8812