Pixel Stag made the journey to Esdale Island to compete for the 3rd year in a row at the rather wet World Stone Skimming Championships. As normal it was a great laugh but unfortunately our 2010 5th in the world, Fiona only managed 14th this year and Craig managed 31st. The results were not so good but Fiona PR team were on over drive and ended up with her on the front page of the Oban Times!

I've just carried out some maintenance to the audio visual installation at The McManus in Dundee to fix a few issues before the opening of the V&A's exhibition Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton.  A video player and a few listening posts were in need of some attention. Most of the work was just down to the general stresses and strains of public use of over a year.

Its been a busy summer at Pixel Stag!  We've been heavily involved in the multimedia work at Historic Scotlands Stirling Castle for Studio Arc and Fleming Woelfell.  We created a multitouch multimedia using a screen from multitouch.fi that allows four players to learn about a skeleton that was discovered buried at the castle.  You can play the game by clicking here.

We also created a multimedia about the Stirling Heads.  These carved wooden heads were taken from the roof of the palace.  They are on display in the Stirling Heads exhibition which was not accessible by wheel chair.  The multimedia allows those who cannot access the gallery access to all the interpretation about these magnificent carvings.  You can choose to have the information narrated to you.  We will hopefully be uploading a version of this soon.

We have also installed all 11 multimedias at the castle with some some secutrity software that makes sure that the multimeidas will always be running.

I am delighted to announce that Pixel Stag has been awarded a contract by Studioarc to produce a multimedia for  Rosslyn Chapels new vistor centre.  Working with Glasgow School of Art Digital Design Studio who have conducted 3D laser scanning of the interior and exterior of the Chapel I will created a multimedia will allow visitors to interact and explore selected carvings in the Chapel.

Below is a couple of the look and feels I produced for the proposal:

Below is a 30 second sample animation for an unsuccessful proposal for Studioarc to create a series of animations for Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre. The illustration of Robert the Bruce was produced by animator Claire Stewart and animated by myself. We really like what we had produced and though it would be a shame for no one else to see it which is why we uploaded it for all to see!

Tis the season to be jolly and all that... My plan this year is to throw moderation out the window and enjoy expanding my waist, nursing a few sore heads and playing on the slopes as much as possible!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year,
Craig

I have just finshed a project with the lovely people at Studio SP to produce six animations for a display that is promoting the musical Hairspray at the Edinburgh Playhouse. The animations have been projected onto the outside of the Omni Centre which is situated beside the Playhouse. The brief was to create six circular animations that were similar to a liquid wheel effect that used the colours from the Hairspray logo. I also threw in a little spinning Hairspray logo too!

This is a short clip of the begining of one on the six animations.

Link: http://www.armadilla.co.uk

At last I have found sometime to update the site as I've been run off my feet for the last couple of months working on a number of different projects. Firstly I have been redesigning a website for Armadilla Ltd. They have designed exciting new concept in timber construction that can be used from a hen house to an artist's studio or a kennel to a garden office. Creating there website has involved a new design scheme, logo, online purchasing using Shopify and a soon to be launched 'Design your own Armadilla'!

In September I had a little trip down to Manchester to install some hardware for Bright 3D in a mobile exhibition that was going out Oman. The exhibition was for a water purification company called Haya Water and explained about a new purification plant they were building. The install comprised of several computers that were needing wired up to a model. Once they were connected you could use the touchscreen to light up different parts of the model which explained a part of the water purification process. I also loaded several solid state players with audio and video files that created the effect of being in a hide watching wildlife.