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David Diamond - Profile
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San Francisco, CA, USA. David Diamond has worked in the field of Digital Asset Management since 1998. His book, DAM Survival Guide. Is a brain dump of the knowledge he’s acquired during his years on the front lines of DAM working with users, writing, speaking and conducting webinars. Today, David directs global marketing for DAM vendor Picturepark. And a licensed pilot. During the 1980s, Diamond co-founded and recorded with the band Berlin. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his partner, Chad.
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Air Diamond: T-Routes
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/02/t-routes.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Friday, February 27, 2009. The concept for this image, published in the March, 2009 edition of AOPA PILOT magazine, sort of popped into my head the moment I got the assignment. The idea was to highlight t-routes, which are special airways instrument rated pilots can fly when they have GPS on board. The final composition was done in 3D, but very little of it is actually 3D. In fact, the "parts list" for the shot is:. 6 blue tubes,. In the end, onl...
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Air Diamond: April 2009
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3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, April 12, 2009. This is what Eric does at Pixar! Eric works as a shading artist for Pixar. I've been around him numerous times when others have asked him to explain what "shading artist" actually means. Poor Eric struggles to describe what shading is, to onlookers who typically smile for politeness' sake, but really have no idea what he means. It's sort of like trying to describe someone's beauty by "undescribing" that person's appearance.
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Air Diamond: I was on Flight 3407 too
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/02/i-was-on-flight-3407.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Friday, February 13, 2009. I was on Flight 3407 too. I have no photo for this post, because no photo would do this justice. We were over an area just north of the San Pablo Bay (San Francisco), which was pretty sparsely populated. There were wide open fields all around me, so choosing a landing spot was more about choice. One time, I did have an engine emergency; but it occurred right smack dab in the center of Oakland International, just after t...
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Air Diamond: March 2009
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3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, March 29, 2009. I've flown at this time of the day quite a bit. For me, and I hope for other pilots too, this image invokes memories of how smooth the air can be as the sun sets, and how gorgeous the views can be. This image also reminds me, however, of how I always. Forget to take off my sunglasses after sunset, which gives the early evening a disturbingly dark flavor. If it was me flying this place, I would definitely. Learn To Fly Blog.
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Air Diamond: This is what Eric does at Pixar!
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/04/this-is-what-eric-does-at-pixar.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, April 12, 2009. This is what Eric does at Pixar! Eric works as a shading artist for Pixar. I've been around him numerous times when others have asked him to explain what "shading artist" actually means. Poor Eric struggles to describe what shading is, to onlookers who typically smile for politeness' sake, but really have no idea what he means. It's sort of like trying to describe someone's beauty by "undescribing" that person's appearance.
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Air Diamond: Aircraft Lighting
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/03/aircraft-lighting-was-tough-subject-to.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, March 29, 2009. I've flown at this time of the day quite a bit. For me, and I hope for other pilots too, this image invokes memories of how smooth the air can be as the sun sets, and how gorgeous the views can be. This image also reminds me, however, of how I always. Forget to take off my sunglasses after sunset, which gives the early evening a disturbingly dark flavor. If it was me flying this place, I would definitely. Learn To Fly Blog.
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Air Diamond: Convincing Congress
http://blog.airdiamond.com/2009/11/convincing-congress.html
3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Sunday, November 29, 2009. An investigation is pending" is the sort of thing heard in news reports of things like the Hudson River midair crash of August, 2009. Well believe it or not, sometimes those investigations actually do. Proof lies in these images. Upon getting the assignment, I wrestled with different ways to present the airspace. Airspace being a "3D" sort of thing, you'd think 3D graphics would be the perfect way to represent it...
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Air Diamond: January 2009
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3D aviation illustrations and animations by David Diamond. Saturday, January 31, 2009. Originally, this image was going be the cover of my book. But my publisher figured it would be better to use an assortment of images that better suggested what the book was actually about. And, though I do like the cover they came up with (see it in the right margin of this page), I still really like this shot. So, what is the Cirrus doing flying so low over the water without US Air. Friday, January 16, 2009. Unlike mo...