by Celia Wood | Apr 29, 2020 | Independent Study
One of the biggest impacts of this independent study has been my discovery that there is a field of education and work called scientific visualization. My interest in animation started in middle school, but I didn’t really understand all of the ways that you could use...
by Celia Wood | Apr 25, 2020 | Independent Study
In Drawing & Design, Ms. Gibson had us do a project where we made a zine that showcased a collection of some kind. I chose to do a collection of mollusks. I have been spending time looking at marine animals and plants for this independent study, so I decided to...
by Celia Wood | Apr 21, 2020 | Independent Study
I wanted to understand more about fractals and nature, so I bought the book Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos by John Briggs. While reading it, I came across this quote from landscape photographer Lawrence Hudetz, “Nature’s order is to be continually rediscovered....
by Celia Wood | Apr 17, 2020 | Independent Study
After working on these simulations, I started thinking back to Danielle Feinberg talking about the lighting of the jellyfish scene in Finding Nemo. She mentioned that her boss was particularly impressed and silent when viewing that scene in their review...
by Celia Wood | Apr 15, 2020 | Independent Study
Continuing to work with Houdini, I have begun to work with L systems in modeling plant structures. Below are simulations of different branching techniques I have explored. These simulations have helped me familiarize myself with the rules of L systems and how to...
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