John Whitney Sr Vertigo

In this project I explored mathematical harmonograph formulas to draw an approximation of the hypnotic spirals that adorn both. John Whitney is one of the pioneers of CGI often forgotten today even though motion design video jockeys the demo scene and. This sequence is an excerpt from a documentary called Computers Challenging Man's Supremacy.

John Whitney's contributions to the world of computer-generated imagery often go unnoticed particularly in comparison to the. John H Whitney explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer film. Vertigo is a 3D animated short built to be shown on the OMSI dome display Built with a mixture of After Effects and Maya the.

John Whitney Sr April 8 1917 September 22 1995 was an American animator composer and inventor widely considered to. In 1966 IBM awarded John Whitney Sr its first artist-in-residence position By the 1970s Whitney had abandoned his analog.