Crafts – Page 2 – Lewis Moten

March 6, 2001

New York

Using one of the early public webcams, I captured still frames as the sun set over New York and stitched them into an animation. At a time when webcams were rare, this experiment turned live internet imagery into motion. Read More

March 6, 2001

Inner Circle

Before formal webrings, small web communities linked to shared member lists. This “Inner Circle” button followed the standard 90s web badge format, representing early traffic-sharing networks built through query strings, shared code snippets, and topic-based collaboration. Read More

March 6, 2001

Trademark: Dream Spin

“Dream Spin” is a 3D rendering of my personal trademark, created in TrueSpace for my Geocities site, Shoomi – Homepage Of A Dreamer. After Yahoo acquired Geocities, access was lost, leaving this image as a preserved fragment. Read More

March 6, 2001

Animated Stars

Testing a new 3D Studio Max particle system, this starfield animation sent particles racing toward the camera—an echo of 80s BASIC space simulations. What once required plotted pixels and slow renders became a bridge between coding and 3D experimentation. Read More

March 6, 2001

Roach

Created as a project for a friend, this animated roach was built purely for entertainment. Simple, playful, and slightly mischievous, it reflects an era of experimental digital graphics made just for the fun of bringing something to life on screen. Read More

March 6, 2001

Ladybug

Created alongside a roach animation for a friend’s project, this ladybug was designed purely for fun. Simple and character-driven, it reflects an era of playful experimentation in early digital graphics and personal animation work. Read More

March 6, 2001

Rotating Moon

Created for a moon-phase calendar, this rotating moon animation repurposed NASA imagery into a seamless visual loop. Though Earth always sees the same lunar face, the orbiting perspective and careful GIF optimization made it a technical and creative experiment. Read More

March 6, 2001

Ankh

Modeled in 3D Studio Release 4, this animated Ankh was created for a friend immersed in the goth scene. It marked a creative crossover moment, blending early 3D experimentation with symbolic design and emerging subcultural influences. Read More

March 6, 2001

Lewie’s WWW Gallery

Created in 1997 using 3D Studio Release 4, this early animated GIF served as the basis for one of my first. With gold navigation buttons and a blue noise background, the spinning Earth—later corrected—remains the only surviving artifact. Read More

February 3, 1999

Delving into new technologies

While exploring early streaming media, I tested the ASF format after buying a budget video camera. Originally shared via NetShow, the clip was later preserved as a GIF, capturing a moment when web video felt experimental and full of promise. Read More