WEIRD SCIENCE

3D WORLD DIVES INTO THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF GENERATIVE OR PROCEDURAL ANIMATION, FRACTALS AND OTHER COMPLEX CG CREATIONS

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Spend just a short amount of time in the online 3D art community and you are bound to stumble across the world of generative or procedural animation. This particular corner of the community embraces abstract imagery and often applies coded, randomised or handmade animation to it, creating eye-catching pieces that convey a theme, sell a product, demonstrate technological capabilities, or simply look cool. Many of the techniques used to create such imagery exist at the crossroads between art and computer science.

Just what is it about this mind-boggling imagery that proves so compelling to 3D artists and so oddly mesmerising to the viewer? 3D World has gathered a host of experts in the field to answer that question, as well as discussing the style’s practical use in VFX and how the budding artist can create their own complex and appealing visualisations.

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?