STEM content

A collection of artwork, projects, articles and video relating to STEM.

Creating runway textures with Houdini

Creating runway textures with Houdini

I'll be needing a lot of runway textures this year, so I built a small HDA in Houdini to help with the numbering.
Simulated engine failure

Simulated engine failure

A simple helicopter engine failure simulation created with EmberGen, Cinema 4D and Octane Render.
Helicopter silhouette 🚨

Helicopter silhouette 🚨

3D content creation is endlessly fun.
The Cloud Book

The Cloud Book

Picked up a handy resource.
A quick look dev shot created with EmberGen and Octane

A quick look dev shot created with EmberGen and Octane

Realtime simulation, roughly one minute to render.
Head in the clouds

Head in the clouds

Creating a volumetric cloud visualisation using realtime fluid simulation tool EmberGen.
Working on a new iOS app

Working on a new iOS app

A whole new immersive learning experience is coming soon.
Blender is pretty useful for technical drawings 🚁

Blender is pretty useful for technical drawings 🚁

Testing out the new Line Art Modifer in Blender to create a technical drawing render.
Spiral bevel gears

Spiral bevel gears

An animation showing how a pair of spiral bevel gears interact.
Winter break learning

Winter break learning

Found time to learn a few new things over the break.
Wave interference

Wave interference

Interference effects can be observed with all types of waves, including, light, radio, acoustic, surface waves and more.
Creating a copper wire coil

Creating a copper wire coil

An example of how to quickly create a roll of twisted magnet wire in Houdini.
Visualising cloud coverage

Visualising cloud coverage

This NASA satellite observation map shows how much of Earth's surface is covered by clouds for a given month.
Visualising land surface temperature

Visualising land surface temperature

Highlighting the average temperature of land, during the daytime in November.
Flight paths and great circles

Flight paths and great circles

The route is first projected onto a two-dimensional map before animating to the three-dimensional shape of a globe.
Zürich Airport

Zürich Airport

Explore a simplified view of Zürich Airport in Switzerland.
Airports around the world

Airports around the world

View the location of more than 7,000 airports spanning the globe.
Flight routes and waypoint references visualised

Flight routes and waypoint references visualised

Aircraft navigate the skies along routes of waypoints and beacons. Waypoints indicate a change in direction, speed, or altitude along the desired path.