gus torres: illustration - animation - design

I tried the first version of Flash, “Smart Sketch” and thought it was amazing. It was considered a user-friendly version of Illustrator but it tended to produce overly complex vector images. I set it aside, continuing to use Illustrator.

Then came FutureSplash Animator. I was part of the animation team where I worked, so I was always trying to find something new and cool and this program filled the bill. I thought it was amazing that you could zoom in and out without having to basically redraw each frame (which we were used to doing). Throw in the ability to view these animation on the web and I knew this little company would do great things.

Happy birthday, Flash!

Find out more here… (courtesy of Wired)

Wow, an artist who paints the Mac OS in oils. We’ve pretty got most of what gustorres.com is about (whimsical illustration, user interface, the Mac) in one place.

Guatam Rao auctions his oil on Masonite pieces through eBay.

Find out more here… (courtesy of Boing Boing)

Currently in the process of redesigning a logo myself, I found this an interesting read. Be sure to scroll down the page and read about other inventors of well-known products…

Read it here… (courtesy of SimpleBits)

Imagine, one lowly laptop housing multiple operating systems. That’s what I see is the promise of Apple’s new Boot Camp beta software which allows one to run Windows on an Intel-based Macintosh. I currently use VirtualPC to test web sites, but to have a true fully operational Windows machine working within and alongside my Macintosh OS just adds additional value to my investment.

Some pundits are complaining that having to reboot between systems makes this all a waste of time. But this is early beta software and it works (by many accounts) impressively well for what it is. I think we’re getting a taste of what Apple has in store for us in OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Imagine, as others have said, the concept of running Windows within OS X (along with perhaps, Linux) just like we’ve done for the last 5 years with Classic (OS 9).

We know Bill Gates is thrilled at the opportunity to be selling more full-priced copies of Windows. And for all we know this was part of the renewed deal recently made between Apple and Microsoft. But more importantly for an interactive designer like myself, to have every major operating system available for client work and in one lightweight laptop will certainly be a dream come true!