Teddy: 3D Art from 2D Drawings
I ran across this video the other day and I thought, “That’s pretty amazing for a simple Java applet!”
This is a program called Teddy, written by a gentleman from the University of Tokyo ten years ago! I mean, really! Ten years ago I was just getting started in IT and I was really looking forward to Windows 98!This was so cool that I did a bit of research and got the actual Java program applet! If you want to play around with Teddy, the fully functional program is running below! (You will need to have Java installed on your computer for this to work!)
Left click and drag to draw, right click and drag to rotate.A full tutorial is available online.
Sorry, but I do not have the example models online.
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4 Responses to “Teddy: 3D Art from 2D Drawings”
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Rarst Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 7:23 amCool but harder than it looks (or maybe it’s because I suck at design as usual
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Thomas Smits Says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pmOh wake up people … is that ALL you can manage… just ONE very mild response in (what..?) one whole week!?!?
This “JAVA Teddy”
(Copyright (C) 1998 Takeo Igarashi, University of Tokyo)
is SUPREME & great for EVERYONE.
I can now (with absolutely NO graphic or design education at all) after a few hours draw an impressive cartoon in five minutes using my simple, slow, old pc. Who needs Rolls Royce & Ferrari-type software?
Try this : open both JAVA and PAINT (each twice) and then evolve two characters - with a bit of added text - as you save each step in PAINT as you go. The story-line changes (almost by itself) quickly as you mess up the characters you’re trying to make and you can make them respond angrily or for example by “sulking”. Imagine what a whale with a messed up tail or mouth would say to the designer / reader? Just try keep the attempts very short at first (and save every move); I haven’t yet taken the time to find out how the “import” option / button works (to be able to resume the “story” after a crash) but who cares if you have to start all over? Every new creation is ridiculously fun and helps you try new stuff faster! Stick them together later if you’re creative enough and you’ll have a GREAT story-book; NOBODY will think that it was possible with such simple stuff!
Thank you very much Tim Fehlman for the publication and Takeo Igarashi for such brilliance and generosity! -
Johan Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pmIt’s cool and pretty useful I guess. Too bad there are so few features, and the fact that there is nobody developing any new versions
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Hazard Says:
September 19th, 2008 at 2:37 pmIts grate! You shoud make advanced program based on this, you culd get a good profit…
