Beautiful - digital motion tracking of olympic athletes

I am not sure where to post this, mods please move to the correct forum.

I came across this while browsing around.

Felix Diemann is a German motion designer who has just completed a bachelor's degree in Design Media Communication.

His thesis was "Citius, Altius, Fortius“ (Latin for „Faster, Higher, Stronger“- the Olympic motto) and experimental animation exploring the interplay of abstract shapes and motions. The movements of famous Olympians where digitalised into 3D through motion tracking and rotoscoping of original footage of Olympic competitions. Camera motions and playback speed of the footage were borrowed and the movements of the athletes were recreated frame by frame.

It is not on you tube and I am not sure how to post a video from another site, but the link is Felix Diemann

Usain Bolt


Nadia Comaneci


Michael Phelps

a reply to: Mura44

Interesting share !
They should make somekind of a videogame using this,like you can use it in real life with friends in a more simple way

Just seems random with no real purpose tbh.

The Michael phelps one. Looks like the points he was tracking on the human body might be the hands?

originally posted by: igor_ats
Just seems random with no real purpose tbh.

Purpose?
Art?
Practice? (It was for his study thesis after all)
Application in animated movies or games?

No real purpose? I just liked it, that's all.

a reply to: Mura44

I meant to look at this earlier,

I'd happily hang those first 2 on my wall as art, to have a story behind them as well ........................... Bonus

Thanks for posting OP

Cody

ETA: Watching the video. You could do a whole series of stills from that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent stuff

originally posted by: igor_ats
Just seems random with no real purpose tbh.

Like star gazing with a lover ? Jumping in puddles ? Watching a sunrise ?

Just saying

Cody