Luka’s Introduction

Introduction

Hi, my name is Luka Bazar and I am in the last year of my undergrad majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. I enrolled in this class because I like creating things and am interested in art. I have also taken CAD classes previously and thought this would be a good class to take because of that.

Inspiring Project

A project that I find to be inspiring is these Vase Forms created by Andy Lomas, which can be found on his website here: https://andylomas.com/vaseForms.html. Lomas is a computational artist and mathematician and describes Alan Turing as one of his inspirations. Outside of his Vase Forms and other personal artworks, which can also be found on his website, he has also worked on the production of a variety of films. Winning an Emmy for the work he did as Head of 3D Animation for the 1999 Alice in Wonderland.

These are created based on Lomas’ other project Celluar Forms. They are created by simulating a model of cellular growth but with a more common shape to a vase in mind, with a narrow base and more variation further up. The cells split when passing a certain nutrient threshold, where rules for how the cells gain nutrients are variable and can be tweaked, creating very organic-looking sculptures. I find this project inspiring since it is incredibly interesting to utilize a cellular generative way of forming common objects. In addition to this, they are very visually interesting, especially seeing how they are formed. Below is a video that showcases how these vases are generated.