Monday, August 27, 2007

Codd bottle and old stuffs

I first learn about Ramune is from watching RahXephon on cable. I thought it's just a cool concept in Sci-fi show. But I accidentally found this codd bottle drink at the super market in Little Tokoyo!! I don't know about what's a codd bottle then. I check on-line and find tons of interesting stories about this special bottle design! Below is a silly comic of the food I ate at the Tofu Fest! YUM!!

In 1872, Hiram Codd realized that inserting and capturing a marble in the neck of a bottle would provide a new and effective way of sealing mineral water and soda bottles without corks or external stoppers. His bottle used the effervescent pressure of the mineral water to force a marble against the upper ring of the neck of the bottle. This made a very efficient and durable seal. Some of these bottles have remained sealed for more than 100 years.

Come across this image of my first two 3D character models in the hard drive. HE ! HE!!

24 comments:

Divemuster said...

Love your artwork!

Tim Bye said...

Haha great work Alina! I love these 3d designs - very cool! The Codd bottle is something I'd not heard of before! Not only do I see fabulous pictures here but I learn also!

JoaquĆ­n Rosado Martel said...

hi alina!!!

how are u?

Thanks for coming to my blog!

i love your 3d concept design!! i hope to learn 3d animation this year.


see you!

Jorfe said...

I' love your color style :D

Digital Scott's illustrationblog said...

Nice work! And learning about the codd bottle was very cool. I'm fascinated now...

Craig Lamberton said...

wonderful illustration as always.. Interesting 3d characters too.. :)

daria said...

Hi Alina,
How's the Ramune? For me, tastewise it's just ok, but I love the marble inside. :)

Alina Chau said...

THank you all.

Daria,
I like it taste not too sweet. And definitly the marble inside make the drink much more fun!

Dave said...

I heard about those bottles - genius idea! Your drawings are making me thirsty :)

Dody said...

Hi Alina so lovely 3D chars !! remained me when I wanted to learn 3d stuff I was 15 years old lol and I bought a learning CDs but I didn't till now I found it boringggggggg, not a bout 3d, the way they teach! it make me wanna sleep haha !!!

this Just in said...

Wow...you can do just about everything, can'tcha! 3D and all! You must be a prodigy.

On a sillier note: I am in love with your little tofu character!

Nacho said...

thanks alina. hey! your samurai ilustrations are fantastic! very cool and beauty, i like it.

Goobeetsablog said...

I love the sizzling tofu
in the top right- very silly.

nice comic page

Shawn Escott said...

Nice 3d characters Alina!

Andrew said...

Great sketches, and it's interesting to see the old 3D concept characters as well!

Alina Chau said...

Thank you all!! :)

Dody,
I totally hear what you mean, unfortunately many software learning books are very dry and boring. I always find it much easier to ask friends, who are good at the program to teach me or show me a trick or two.

a.g.barrows said...

I love the 3d characters...very good design and models..

Ponte a dibujar, vago! said...

Beautiful drawings, Alina! Funny colourful!

Goobeetsablog said...

Aperitif came in the mail today!
Really fun book. Thanks so much for putting it together.

the sketches are really nice to see
in book form- and I love the more experimental work towards the back.

Shem said...

Cheers Alina!
Great blog.

Alina Chau said...

THank you all.

Goobeetsablog,
Thank you for enjoying my book, glad you like it. :) If you like the experimental stuffs in Aperitif, the next book is going to be all illustration artworks. :)

Godelieve said...

Great things on your blog!! This is my first visit,... (bookmarking!)

Banished said...

Alina, as a fellow 3d artist, I have to say, I love your work :) Working with toons is so much fun, I just got done modeling a Hello Kitty model myself :)

Andrew Glazebrook said...

Great work,super characters these !!