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⌝ A FuturePlay Brief ⌞
How might we explore new methods of creation to discover fresh aesthetics?
In FuturePlay we constantly seek a continual transformation process. This enables our artists to explore a variety of techniques and delve into new concepts for their visual expressions. FutureDeluxe set the task of using ‘X’ as a framework for this study. Artists were asked to be curious and identify a new or old process, software, or technique unfamiliar to them to help guide their explorations.
Each artist created a unique and custom piece based on their vision. The focus is to not make the ‘X’ recognisable but rather to use it as a compositional framework to incorporate various elements like lines, points, and negative space.
“I went back to an old software called Alchemy, sketched some shapes, and then took them into C4D and ZBrush, and fell into a rabbit hole of mechanical, floral, abstract stuff.” [Chris Harrison] →
Mixed media collage involving a back-and-forth process between Stable Diffusion, Cinema 4D, and After Effects. The focus of this study was to integrate a novel series of techniques while embracing any interesting aesthetic choices that emerged along the way.↓
Exploring multiple ways to create organic and structural forms in Houdini that blend aesthetically through a control layer to generate multiple looks, not only aesthetically in shape and form, but through the depth of composition. [Matt Dippenaar] ↓
An animation based from the guide images, and ran through ComfyUi and Controlnet, mostly using images from Midjourney as the inputs. [Nick Scarcella] ↓
Inspire: Apply your creative foundations to uncover artistic expression with a novel process.
Using a poster as a reference to explore differential growth in Houdini as a new technique, whilst playing around with RunwayML and After Effects using the cartoon effect with edges. [Dagmar Irrig] ↓
Testing a workflow moving from low-poly, low-red C4D renders, where lighting and composition are controlled, through to more photographic and realistic images with comfy. [Kristian Glenn] ↓
Karmo Järv
Dave Webster
Matt Dippenaar
Matt Hopkins
Annie Ngo
Curtis Baigent
Felix Chivers
Chris Harrison
Will Mercer
Kristian Glenn
Martin Cusano
Nick Scarcella
Dagmar Irrig
Jake Wyand
Nick Bauer
Ben Black
Stevie Rees