Isabella Hong – Looking Outwards – 05

Andy Lomas is an artist and mathematician well versed in the art of computer graphics. His graphic projects are based on the bridge between the general characteristics of biological principles and nature. Lomas uses basic mathematical rules to render his images of cells and their various stages of mutation. The cells are not drawn based on biology but on Lomas’ vision and what he sees as fitting, letting his creative influence come through in a concept heavily rooted in biology.

What I find fascinating about Lomas’ work is the intricacy and detail of his renderings. “Hybrid Forms – Cell Differentiation” consists of 100,000,000 cells, a number so large that Lomas commented he had to select a few 1,000,000 cell seedlings to grow to full maturation to save his computer. Lomas also adds an abstract aspect to the seemingly concrete purpose of science, a twist that I haven’t seen before.

The following video is one of Lomas’ most recent projects. Illustrated is the competitive nature of cell growth based on form.

Sources:

http://www.andylomas.com/

https://vimeo.com/andylomas