Self-presentational Poster

       First few weeks at university we had to express ourselves to present us in more artistic manner. For that occasion I prepared this interactive poster. I tried to connect digital art with physical to create a hypothetical link between them. Additionally, we had to express our main skills, think about future path, our inspirations and skills.

       Most of the pictures within poster are from my own works. As address my inspiration I chose 2 pictures made by 3d animation Tyson Ibele.

Interactive parts include rotational wheel in the middle, pulley on the left and slide shutter on the bottom.

SOPA strike

       To support worldwide move against Internet censorship act all my pages www.marekslovak.com and soon my blogs are joining the web protest against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity on Internet, because the US senate is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet.

       Do not get me wrong, I'm all against the piracy, however those legislations are more violating personal privacy rights, free speech and freedom of us all than they would help to resolve piracy problem.
Nevertheless those legislations are aimed for US government and people they will highly influence the web all over the world. In another words, initialization of those acts would have a global influence.

To learn more about those legislations check out below links.

Read more for SOPA at:

  > Stop Online Piracy Act at Wiki
  > sopastrike.com/strike
  > sopastrike.com

Easy to understand YouTube presentation by Total Halibut (The UK's #1 variety gaming commentator) from cynicalbrit.com

  >  WTF is SOPA ? aka The American Government trying to ruin the internet by Total Halibut

Update: Final Masters Project and New Year sunrise

        With a successful end of year 2010 I'm looking forward what exciting challenges a new year 2011 will bring along. It was a couple of weeks since my last post, due to what I deeply apologize. 

First of all, let me give you an idea and a brief explanation about events in last few months.

       After successfully graduated from university at end of September I quickly moved to developing my personal website. From choosing a provider, experimenting with different web packages and designs I have developed my personal online portfolio which could be viewed at www.marekslovak.com. The development and functionality of the website took a bit more time as planned.  So feel free to check it out and if you have any question or would like to address some critical commentary please do so and I will be very happy to respond them all.

      After few weeks I have finished the final design and realized that my showcase works should be remade to higher resolution since most of them were in small definition (320p), therefore I started working on my old projects , setting up new cameras, rendering and compositing so they would fit to new standards. 

Additionally I updated some animations which did not go to my end year project and made a show reel for my professional presentation.

Showreel 2011

Showreel for end of 2010 and 2011. All the assets except music were made by me in spare time and throughout university.

3D/Vfx by: Marek Slovak
Music: Ulrich Schnauss : On my own

Showreel Breakdown: dl.dropbox.com/u/3475312/Showreel%20Breakdown.pdf

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