STEM content
A collection of artwork, projects, articles and video relating to STEM.
Explore our planet on Earth Day
April 22 marks Earth Day. The global event raises awareness about the importance of protecting the planet.
An initial look at MetaHumans
This is Vivian, she is a H145 pilot, and a MetaHuman.
Unreal Engine 5: First look
With UE5 it is now faster and cheaper than ever to create high quality, cutting edge training resources.
Runway lighting environment testing
Ensuring an approach lighting setup works correctly by adding it to relevant scenery.
CAT III runway approach lighting 💡
Working on a physically plausible PAPI light animation.
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
A simple helicopter engine failure simulation created with EmberGen, Cinema 4D and Octane Render.
Helicopter silhouette 🚨
3D content creation is endlessly fun.
The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies
Picked up this handy paperback packed with plenty of stunning cloud information and insight.
A quick look-dev shot created with EmberGen and Octane
A real-time simulation of smoke and flames exiting a helicopter engine.
Head in the clouds
Creating a volumetric cloud visualisation using realtime fluid simulation tool EmberGen.
Working on a new iOS app
A whole new immersive learning experience is coming soon.
Blender is pretty useful for technical drawings 🚁
Testing out the new Line Art Modifier in Blender to render a technical drawing.
Spiral bevel gears
An animation showing how a pair of spiral bevel gears interact using gearing similar to that found in the Airbus H125 helicopter transmission gearbox.
Winter break learning
I found time to learn a few new things over the break. Including Cinema 4D, Blender and Fusion 360.
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
An example of how to quickly create a very simple nodegraph setup that produces a roll of twisted magnet wire in SideFX Houdini.
Visualising cloud coverage
This NASA satellite observation map shows how much of Earth's surface is covered by clouds for a given month.