My wife and I are proud to announce our daughter has entered the world. She was born July 9th at 5:25pm, 6 lbs. 15 oz., and 20 inches long. Please welcome Sophi Azucena Stoehr!
Sophi Waking Up
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Sophi Azucena Stoehr
Monday, August 16th, 2010Home Studio Complete
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Several months after moving into our new home, my wife and I are very proud to finish one of our rooms. It’s the room where we spend most of our time. We installed the blinds, the floating shelves, and the little wooden drawers on the left and right. We have matching desks for a large drawing space and general work table. The keyboard shelf can be pushed underneath, and I expanded them further to get a little more keyboard space. The monitors are on the bottom shelf and the extra monitor is wall mounted. The only things that are years out of date are the computers. 
That will have to wait a few more years.
New Home Studio
What’s not in the room yet, and will be on the back wall, is a large 92″ tall wardrobe. It will be used as a flat file system to hold all of our drawings and art supplies. It’s a great feeling to finish a space in the home, and empty those damn cardboard boxes. Very inspiring!
Sketching Waves and Dynamics
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Waves Experiment
In August 2008, I was experimenting with building sine waves into my rigs, and I used this weird cactus object for the testing grounds. Click the image to see the results and the control panel. I was able to offset each wave to a unique object along the branch. In case you’re wondering what the weird surface is, it’s a cube instanced onto the surface using a hair object. It’s all very simple and fun to play with.
Later, around April 2009, I created dynamic tree branches that had secondary animation. As the root was oscillated with a sine wave the branches would respond dynamically. Each branch can be animated manually and can have the dynamics blend in and out. I never did get to the stage where I could build these things automatically. At least, not this dynamic branch. This branch was made in an hour, so it’s not very usable. It’s purely for experimental purposes; sketching, if you will.
Dynamic Branches Experiment
Request Page: What tutorial do you want / need?
Friday, March 5th, 2010Hello Subscribers,
Check out the new Request Page. I think you’ll like this. I’m excited to see where it will lead.
Matthew.
Our Baby Girl
Monday, March 1st, 2010My wife and I are very excited to announce we will have a girl! She is due mid July, and she has all ten toes. The ultrasound is very cool to watch live. We could see her heart beat and could even see her face for a few seconds.
Our Baby Girl
Welcome!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Welcome to the new Form and Space website! I’m very excited with this new format. WordPress has come a long way in five years, and this version is easier than ever before. No more website maintenance and fixing code. It just works. Now I get to focus on what’s really important. Creating art and helping you to create art.
Please take a small amount of time to register. I look forward to your participation!
Matthew.
