Fluid

I'm fascinated by the aesthetic forms of fluid motion.

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Coot in an impossible world, my first anime with Maya!

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Used this photo

to create a moire effect in Maya by adding texture with noise in U

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Sculptures floating in water

This bronze by Gaston Lachaise appears to float but doesn’t: https://nga.gov.au/international/catalogue/detail.cfm?IRN=77438&ViewID=2&GalID=ALL

Marta Pan (1923-2008) made a few:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prMWH6T99NM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kzqaQ3u5M

I saw the giant yellow Rubber Duck by Floretjin Hofman in Sydney in 2013.

KAWS made one for Hong Kong:

https://time.com/5553351/kaws-artist-sculpture-companion-hong-kong-harbor/  

Zhan Wang:

http://www.zhanwangart.com/en/works/37 

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Eurasian coots on Lake Burley Griffin, 20 April 2019.

I could model a Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) with Maya. There are photos of them from many angles:

http://canberrabirds.org.au/birds/eurasian-coot/

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/5586 

Wikipedia has a photo of their feet and a recording of their call: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_coot

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The coot has dived!

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VES Student Award Winner 'The Beauty' | Life in 3D | AREA by Autodesk

VES student award winning film The Beauty provides a surreal glimpse into a dystopian aquatic future where the oceans abundance of plastic waste has become integrated into marine life in beautiful and disturbing ways

This is what you can do with a team of 3d modellers

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Making a 3D Ostrich | The Maya Blog | AREA by Autodesk

Creature and character artist Yuriy Dulich breaks down his Somali ostrich

I found this explanation helpful to understand how to create a realistic looking animal with Maya

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Janet Echelman's sculptures appear to float in air! 

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Patchworks and swirls of color adorn the eastern coast of the South Island.

A treasure trove of satellite imagery that illustrates ocean current patterns at regional to global scale

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National Gallery of Australia commissions most expensive work in its history

Lindy Lee's Ouroboros has been commissioned for the NGA's 40th anniversary.

I wonder if Lindy Lee used Maya to design and prototype this piece?

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Wind of Boston: Data Paintings

Wind of Boston : Data Paintings

Data sculptures?

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Is this an environmental sculpture?

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State of Flux. Aesthetics of Fluid Materials (Finke, Weltzien_2017)

Some amazing work is discussed, including Julius Popp’s bit.fall, a cascade of words.

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Where earth meets sky, find Fujiko Nakaya

Below the clouds, within reach, Fujiko Nakaya’s ‘Foggy wake in a desert: An ecosphere’ is a tribute to nature. Dr Lucina Ward explores the…

It was great to be at this event!

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Ozone layer hole over the South Pole is now bigger than Antarctica - CNN Video

The Antarctic ozone hole, which forms every year over the South Pole between August and October, is now larger than Antarctica, according to scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.

3D animation of ozone monitoring data for 2021.

From an aesthetic point of view, I think that the opaque blue of the atmosphere looks very heavy, unlike air.

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Wind over water on a sunny day draws freeform shapes 

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Floating algae on Lake Burley Griffin, 15 March 2021