borbs727 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) Hey everyone, I've been playing around with VOP networks with a little bit of VEX here and there and I wanted to give myself a challenge (not that it isn't already a huge challenge) while I learn these new techniques. I'd like to eventually create something that grows and animates into something like this image. I know there are potentially a lot of steps involved in creating an effect like this, so any guidance would help a lot. I'll be posting my hips along the way. I don't have a lot of experience with generative art, but I think the best way to begin would be to create a similar image with only texture so I can wrap my head around some of these noise concepts. Here are some of my initial thoughts on the process: I like the overall smokey/wispy movement to the piece mixed with the finer more viscous noises scattered throughout. I'm thinking maybe a particle driven growth will work? Like the particles will create the wispy flow as splines grow and follow. A finer noise will be layered on to get the sticky feeling I also like the depth to the piece, it looks like an alien mountain range. Maybe it would be nice to influence the growth with a painted attribute? A spline thickness or spline spacing falloff in the y direction would be nice too so i can get those peaks and valleys. Maybe the peaks and valleys can be created with a noise that forms in the negative space and the growth happens outside of that. Having a color ramp on the y axis would allow me to color the points based on their heights That's it for now. I'll try to post some starting hips as soon as possible. Edited September 5, 2015 by borbs727 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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