I have started experimenting with a discrete small number of states system which produces Turing patterns. This one is a 3 state system. I'm thinking if I can get good designs they would be printable with old school rotary screen print fabric printing technology, because of the limited number of colours.

At each time step each pixel counts the numbers of pixels in each state within circles of various size around itself, and decides what state to transition to. So if there are a lot of blue pixels nearby the pixel would decide to become blue state but blue pixels further away inhibit it, for example.

Turing Pattern

Oh Goody, I'm getting clear evidence of growth cones and synapse formation :)

Same as 20101212a, a different colouring.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

turing pattern in an expanding space

showing the repeat, simulated on a square grid with the edges connected, topology of a torus, good for textile patterns

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

5-fold rotationally symmetric turing instability in an inflating space.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

an interesting detail from a larger image

three processes acting together, a Turing instability, a flow like a compressible liquid, and inflation... the trick seems to be in adjusting the strengths of the processes so that one doesn't dominate... hours of fun adjusting parameters!

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

Development of a multi-scale Turing Instability pattern.

Turing pattern formed in an inflating space.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

Three processes interact to make this animation. A spontaneous differentiation due to a multi-scale Turing instability causes the development of dots and lines of various colors. Each color is also a movement, leading to a compressible flow which smears and obliterates the dots and lines. The third process is an overall exponential growth or inflation. Small structures expand, and the Turing instability causes sub-structures to form.

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

Multiple turing instabilities on an inflating space with five fold cyclical symmetry give rise to patterns which remind me of irises or orchids.

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.

This one has had a lot of "generations" (32 000) and has "relaxed" into large homogenous regions. The entropy decreases slowly with time in this system.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

Radially Symmetric Multiscale Turing Pattern

5 fold rotational symmetry

High resolution - original is 3000x3000

A Turing pattern forms from the initial random state. Small domains merge or vanquish each other and the whole system becomes more ordered and regular.

This is a frame from a video. You can watch it on Vimeo.

With my job being a 3D-artist/-designer and my hobby of 3D printing I thought of a nice and experimental project related to photography. I've been very interested in generative design lately and explored a hybrid modeling technique to incorporate organic, turing pattern like surfaced into industrial design models. I chose to make this organic and somewhat alien looking grip for my Yashica Electro 35CC and print it on my MSLA printer. This project was all about experimentation and learning. So I took the opportunity to also try mixing my own resin colors. That bone like one was mixed from 3 different resin colors and the black one from 2. Besides that I recently upgraded my FDM printer to a direct drive which allows me to print rubber like material. So I also made custom rubber grommets for the base plate. To finish things off I applied a few layers of clear coat to both grips for a glossy look.

Multiple turing instabilities on an inflating space with three fold cyclical symmetry give rise to patterns which remind me of irises or orchids.

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.

video of the development of a multi-scale turing pattern

This is a frame from a video. You can watch it on Vimeo.

I've started making prints of these, 40 inch square on paper, "archival" inkjet ink, sepia colour, using a high resolution image (500 dots per inch, probably more than the printer can reproduce exactly). Contact me if you are interested: Jonathan.McCabe "at" anu.edu.au

Spontaneous pattern formation due to multi-dimensional turing instabilities on an inflating background with 5 fold cyclical symmetry

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.

Reminds me of a certain fish: www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/fishes/angels/pomacanthus/impe...

www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/english/seminar/z3E.html

This is a frame from a video. You can watch it on Vimeo.

Radially Symmetric Multiscale Turing Pattern

5 fold rotational symmetry

High resolution - original is 3000x3000

turing pattern in an expanding space

Spontaneous pattern formation due to multi-dimensional turing instabilities on an inflating background with 7 fold cyclical symmetry

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.

an interesting detail from a larger image

three processes acting together, a Turing instability, a flow like a compressible liquid, and inflation... the trick seems to be in adjusting the strengths of the processes so that one doesn't dominate... hours of fun adjusting parameters!

I like dots!

turing pattern in an expanding space

7-fold cyclical turing instability on an inflating space, generating structure at different scales.

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Jonathan McCabe.