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2006-03-02: Robert's Portfolio Updated There is more to this site than computer graphics. To showcase traditional work, of not necessarily digital origin, I've updated my Portfolio. Here you can find tidbids of architecture school projects, paintings and ink sketches as well as a short presentation of myself and what makes my day. Visit External Site

2005-06-07: Color Visualizer The Natural Color System®© is an industry standard method of describing colors based on blackness, chromaticness and hue, invented by the Swedish Färginstitutet. i2 STUDIOS has devised a simple online tool that visualizes NCS color codes, such as S 2050-Y40R. More Info

2005-05-27: Still Life Gallery Published The Image Gallery now contains a series of still life renderings with props from various scenes. The renderings were made to evaluate materials and rendering engines. More Info

2004-11-25: Color Tutorials I have put together some "Programmer's Guide to..." on the subject of mixing color. Two tutorials, Creating Gradients and Understanding Color are now available for download. They cover how to create hue/saturation/brightness based gradients and how RGB color space is made up and a hue circle can be created with PHP. More Info

2004-09-01: Introducing the Sizemograph The Sizemograph - a free tool to log and analyze the display settings of your website's visitors is now available for download. Download it, install and configure it to start assembling data that can make the next generation of your site more adopted to the settings used by the users who visit your page. Feel free to modify it as you please, for more information read the attribution license in our policy. More Info

2004-08-23: Updated Copyright Policy With the idea to share ideas and materials without completely giving up my own copyright I've decided to release most material on this site FREELY under two versions of the Creative Commons Licenses - one "softer" for scripts and a little "tighter" for graphics. However, both give others plenty of room to download and use material with a clear conscience. More Info

2004-04-12: New Website Look Gradually during the recent month www.i2studios.com has undergone one of its many facelifting phases.I've coupled the pages with an MySQL database and inserted suitable material in it. Take a look at the Images for an example. The Webdev site is much richer and contains most of the technology that builds up this site. So, if you like the feel, download the source and take a look.

2004-01-15: The Penguin Returns The American company Sicompos specializing in teller machines for fast food restaurants has turned to i2 STUDIOS for a series of renderings of 3D Tux - the Linux penguin. More Info

2004-01-15: Logo for FedoraNEWS.ORG The open source community revolving primarily around the Linux operating system and its free application has got itself a brand new forum - FedoraNEWS.ORG, a non-profit organisation focusing on the Fedora project stemming from the Red Hat distribution of Linux. i2 STUDIOS is honored to have been selected to incorporate 3D Tux in their new logo and wish Thomas Chung, the founder, good luck with the new site. Visit External Site

2003-12-15: Prize Award in Europan7 An architecture competion for young european architects - Europan7 - had in its seventh edition, three sites in Sweden for the competition of 2003. One of these was Helsingborg, a medium size city in the southmost of Sweden. Martin Clase, Mikael Ekegren, Oskar Götestam and i2 STUDIOS' own Robert Karlsson submitted an entry to the Helsingborg site, and was selected as one of two runner-ups for the project Modul which meant a shared first prize! For visualisations of the project, visit the gallery) The entire competition entry can be downloaded as a PDF (5.4 mb). Visit External Site

2003-10-01: Database Driven Websites i2 STUDIOS has recently been given the opportunity to develop several extensive database driven sites for various clients, including architecture firms and university faculties. Check out the Webdesign Gallery for additional information. Visit External Site

2002-09-01: Tux Makes Another Cover The American magazine Linux Journal has chosen StPatrickTux to appear on the September issue cover! i2 STUDIOS is mighty proud. Visit External Site

2002-07-01: Tux Makes a Calender During the last months, i2 STUDIOS has created a vast array of renderings of the world known penguin Tux, the mascot of the Linux operating system. So many in fact that the eighteen versions of Tux (wearing everything from a bathing suit to a police outfit) have been granted its own calender! This was made to celebrate the 100th issue of the world leading Linux magazine. It covers August 1st 2002 to December 31st 2003. Wow!

2002-05-30: Online Tutorials Robert Karlsson has been given the opportunity to give an extensive course in Computer modeling and visualization at HDK, Högskolan för design och konsthantverk, Gothenburg, Sweden. All tutorials has been published on-line - free for all. More Info

2002-04-01: Cover Me! The American premier Linux operating system journal, Linux Journal has chosen PoliceTux to feature a cover of the April issue! With the impressive circulation of 100.000 copies, Tux will reach the masses. More Info

1999-11-03: 3Dwm Project Slashdotted! The world leading News-for-Nerd site Slashdot discovered 3Dwm, resulting in more than 100.000 visitors in just a matter of hours. Visit External Site

1999-09-30: Texture Library Launched Throughout the years, i2 has created a not insignificant amount of textures, so I've started to post them on this site. With all probability, this collection will continue to grow continously, so you're welcome to check back from time to time. Visit External Site

1999-09-15: Computer Graphics Online Dictionary Last summer I worked on a dictionary on 3D computer graphics, a spin-off from the C2C-project. The dictionary explains and illustrates the terminology used in 3D graphics, such as modeling, rendering, animations and programming. Visit External Site