Tag: graphics
User Experience Design: Notes From An Inspired Designer
Talented designers have always inspired me. They just seem to be able to present information and ideas in ways that would never occur to me. This designer that I'm sharing with you today is a perfect example of that.
I carry around two spiral Bit Rebels notebooks with me everywhere. One is filled ...
Geektastic: Star Wars Episode V Retold In Icons
As you surely know by now, we looooove Star Wars and Star Trek on Bit Rebels. We've seen so many fabulous designs and unique ways that fans, artists, kids and creative people everywhere show their love for these classic geek movies. The thing that surprises me is that it never ends. There is literal ...
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Future Gaming Technology Will Blow Your Mind [Video]
If you want to see how fast technology is evolving, one of the easiest ways to visualize it is to follow the developments in gaming. Just a few days ago, we saw articles released everywhere about how Microsoft Kinect set the new Guinness World Record for the fastest selling gaming system ever. Kee ...
Which Gaming Console Is The Most Energy Efficient?
The Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI), a nonprofit organization that conducts research and development related to the use of electricity, recently did a study to determine which gaming console is the most energy efficient between the Sony Playstation 3, the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nin ...
201 Megaman: Megaman Is Now Every Hero You Can Think Of!
Any respectable geek knows his or her Nintendo history and could probably confirm that Megaman is the definition of "mega" any day of the week. I used to play the game when I was younger, and I finished it the first time I played it. It wasn't because I was kicking butt, but because I just couldn' ...
Ruby Slippers: Heels Can Be Design Heavy Too!
If you are a girl of style, but feel like your creative side never shines through, maybe it's time to crank it up a notch and invest in a new pair of über creative pumps. We have seen many different kinds of shoe designs here on Bit Rebels, but they are usually unearthly and would probably only fit ...
The “Meh” Button Soon Available As A T-Shirt!
To everyone's avail, the "Meh" button that was unofficially promoted and liked (ironically) by so many, will never see the light of day, at least not on Facebook. It would have been the coolest promotion for Facebook to date in my opinion, but as they said, that will never happen. Many people were ...
16 Eye Popping Pixel Sculptures You Have To See
It's like those 8 bit graphics will follow us all to the end of time. Our memories of all the games we used to play on the Nintendo NES console and Commodore 64 (and all the others) have left a lasting taste for the boxy way we used to look at graphics. It's almost like we can't get enough of the ...
Ultra Inspiring Demo Reel By Ronald Monahan
As you guys know, I am a designer first but also a heavy fan of computer generated graphics as seen on my other site, Minervity.com. I am a CG junkie, and I keep looking at people's skills and their work and letting myself wander deeper into the jungles of advanced techniques and tools. It's reall ...
Interview: Seventh.Ink – The Rise Of A T-Shirt Empire
Everyone that knows me knows that I am a t-shirt fanatic in every sense. I literally have a whole closet full of them. It's just the way I roll I guess. I simply enjoy the multitude of choices they give you as far as motifs and cuts. You can make a statement or you can be incognito. You can use a lo ...
Dream Machine – This Is The Computer We All Dream About
You're sitting at a computer reading this, so there's a huge chance that it is your own computer you're sitting at. If you are a gamer, it is probably maximized to handle the many calculations needed to be done in order to swing that sword of yours as smoothly as possible in World of Warcraft. If ...
The Game Is On | Heat Changing Arcade Coffee Mugs
Arcade gaming is not just about the square pixels on a screen or the movement of the sprites you are meant to take out, catch or race. No, arcade gaming is as much a lifestyle nowadays as being a skater, rocker or geek. I could try to explain the religion of being an arcade gamer fanatic, but that ...
One Minute Twitter Bird Film To Make You Smile
Twitter is a part of my everyday life, as it probably is yours. I am often tweeting at home, while I’m working. Many times there is a laundry basket full of clothes next to me and my son’s shoes scattered on the floor right inside the door. I always have papers all over my desk that should be pla ...
How To Speak Geek – Video Tutorial
Alright, if you are walking around out there in the cold streets of the Matrix calling yourself a geek while still having to look at this clip to learn what the "REAL" geeks are saying you should probably stop calling yourself a geek before people start calling you a "Noob".
Either way, this illu ...
The Awesome Graphics Engines of 2009
Many with me are continuously waiting on the next leap forward in graphic real-time rendering. Meaning, what will be the next awesome graphics engine for game studios to use. So far there are two major competitors that constantly si trying to break each other's breakthroughs to give their gamers the ...