1. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Final Lepidoptera Effect My final image is a group of computer generated butterflies which are arranged in a specific order to represent the butterfly effect.The butterflies start off small in one corner of the page, they fan out away from the corner becoming bigger and bigger. I did this to represent the idea that a small action or small occurrence can create or change something in a big way somewhere along the track for example the famous quote, “It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world”.I added some movement to the butterflies that is similar to how i imagine a bug moving around. Also added a cloudy effect over the butterflies to give them a kind of organic context which i liked as it gives a dreamy feel. 

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Final

    Lepidoptera Effect


    My final image is a group of computer generated butterflies which are arranged in a specific order to represent the butterfly effect.
    The butterflies start off small in one corner of the page, they fan out away from the corner becoming bigger and bigger. 
    I did this to represent the idea that a small action or small occurrence can create or change something in a big way somewhere along the track for example the famous quote, “    It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world”.
    I added some movement to the butterflies that is similar to how i imagine a bug moving around. Also added a cloudy effect over the butterflies to give them a kind of organic context which i liked as it gives a dreamy feel. 

     

  2. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

     

  3. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development - Some more experiments with the movement and the grain on my butterflies

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

    - Some more experiments with the movement and the grain on my butterflies

     

  4. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development - Experimenting with movement of the butterflies to give them a semi lifelike quality

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

    - Experimenting with movement of the butterflies to give them a semi lifelike quality

     

  5. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development - Arranged all the butterflies to spread out allong the page getting bigger and bigger.

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

    - Arranged all the butterflies to spread out allong the page getting bigger and bigger.

     

  6. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development - While I was making these butterflies i thought of different ways to express the utterfly effect with them and thought of using the shapes to generate 3d forms in maya and arraging them in maya. - I also thought of getting them laser cut and arranging them in real life but because the images are so intricate and detailed i think the laser cutter might have struggled with it and i may have had to get rid of some of the detail to make it work which I didn’t really want to do because i liked the really detailed forms.- Someone suggested making wire models of them as well but also the detail is so intense it would be almost impossible for me to replicate what i had created in python.- In the end I decided it would be best to leave them  in python as i could retain the detail of the butterflies

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development

    - While I was making these butterflies i thought of different ways to express the utterfly effect with them and thought of using the shapes to generate 3d forms in maya and arraging them in maya. 
    - I also thought of getting them laser cut and arranging them in real life but because the images are so intricate and detailed i think the laser cutter might have struggled with it and i may have had to get rid of some of the detail to make it work which I didn’t really want to do because i liked the really detailed forms.
    - Someone suggested making wire models of them as well but also the detail is so intense it would be almost impossible for me to replicate what i had created in python.
    - In the end I decided it would be best to leave them  in python as i could retain the detail of the butterflies

     

  7. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Development
    - I wanted to give the image a grainy look so that there was some kind of connection between the nature of the butterflies and the abstract generated way they were formed.

     

  8. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Developement

    -Trying out some more ways to express my concept in the arrangement of the butterflies

     

  9. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Developement

    - Trying out different things, this is just the butterflies moving around the scene in a bug like way.

     

  10. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Inspiration - This is just an image I found which I think will be a good way for me to arrange my butterflies in my scene - I think this illustrates the butterfly effect well.- The butterflies start off small in one corner and then spread out becoming bigger and bigger which is kind of like the butterfly effect. A small thing can cause a big and widespread change later. 

    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Inspiration

    - This is just an image I found which I think will be a good way for me to arrange my butterflies in my scene

    - I think this illustrates the butterfly effect well.
    - The butterflies start off small in one corner and then spread out becoming bigger and bigger which is kind of like the butterfly effect. A small thing can cause a big and widespread change later. 

     

  11. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 _ Butterflies

     

  12. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Butterflies

     

  13. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Butterflies

     

  14. 25 Jun


    MDDN 242 - Project 4 - Butterflies