Looking Outwards – 05

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This is a project designed by Alexey Zakharov. This project showcases a macro vision world full of spiders, caterpillars, dragonflies, and ladybugs surrounded by dew drops that are lively, but animated for that effervescent effect. In my opinion, what makes this project so successful is the way that Zakharov plays with light and how he makes it reflects off of the water droplets and onto the plants and insects/bugs. His attention to that detail is exquisite and thus, makes the scene vibrant and real. For the algorithm that he used, I believed that each droplet is made from a surface subdivided into smaller surfaces. And that allows him to make them so detailed. He also uses a lot of repetition in quantity to make the object/thing more full/rich to look at.

Water Drops: Animation of the project.

Illustrations: Other pictures of the project.

Process: Some behind the scene works leading to the finale.