Water Surface

[Lakshmi_Balasubraman (Lakshmi Balasubramanian)]

Hi Guys, i trying to create this pattern for university exercise, i used flow analysis to create curve and try use like a attractor but, i am unable create the uneven flow which is in tha pattern ,

can anyone please help me with this, Thanks in advance

[inno]

@Lakshmi_Balasubraman

i used flow analysis to create curve and try use like a attractor

please post whatever you have already tried, even if it did not work as you wanted, so we can start from there

at this link you can find many many pictures of that lamp produced by drag and drop design studio in Romania:

Flax

Flax – Biodegradable Ceiling Lamp by Drag And Drop | ADORNO DESIGN

[edit] by the way, the lamp is designed by Madalin Gheorghe, which is a name that might mean nothing to many, but he was the teacher of MANY webinars I followed on Design Morphine in the last years, expecially about cellular automata, particle systems, growth and so on terrific guy!

[Joseph_Oster]

“water” surface I see nothing that resembles water?

[Tom_Newsom]

Ok, so the first thing is to try and find any regularity in the original. Obviously the base geometry is a Revolved surface. It looks to me like there is a bifurcation pattern overlaid, with the length of each “lobe” in each level being random. One side of each upper lobe ends up being the top edge of the lobe below.

Starting from a grid of points, you can specify all the curves on and projecting from, a flat surface, create the lobes with Network or Edge Surface and then use Sporph to distort them onto the revolve. Then it’s just a matter of introducing some randomness in the right order.

I’ll have a play around with this myself, but I’d be interested to see how you get on!

[inno]

this is something your post inspired in me
looped bifurcation but without Sporph, just as basic structure (of the crests I guess?)

dirty_sketch_subdivision_loop.gh (21.0 KB)

looks like each tentacle/crest has its sort-of up/down behavior along its path, so maybe there’s some sort of loftp going on which inflates the section curve a little bit at rail’s middle length?

[René_Corella]

Maybe very abstractly?

Ha! As you’d say Joseph (favorite quote):…arbitrary in the eye of the beholder.

[laurent_delrieu]

Also some similarity with that, with a branch dividing just in 2 branches

Huge circular Victoria Amazonica lilly leaf pattern

Hi. I’m keen to try to replicate this fabulous pattern with Grasshopper but have so far failed. I’ve tried both working from the centre and ‘growing’ outwards with the spokes dividing at intervals, and also starting from an outer circle, dividing the curve and working inwards. Perhaps a bit ambitious for me but any pointers/help would be most appreciated (I’m using Rhino 5). [Upturned lily leaf]

[René_Corella]

A quick idea I entertained for a sec, but can’t test today , and also related to what @Tom_Newsom highlights as system, would be to do some varying contour ‘tiers’ along your surface, 2D to 3D (sporph) or directly on the revolved shape, then create + alternate bumps/folds somehow(?):

@René_Corella

Maybe very abstractly?

Note: jokes aside maybe it pays to edit your topic title to allude to texture creation - many water and ripples topics on the forum already, passersby might roll eyes thinking it’s that again. Cheers!

[Tom_Newsom]

The proportions are all wrong, but the method is working.

If you can call this trail of chaos “working”

Most of it is data tree juggling, which I don’t like. Says to me that I’ve overcomplicated it.

Download at your own risk.

dripping lamp.gh (38.4 KB)

[René_Corella]

@Tom_Newsom

Download at your own risk.

Thanks Tom - awesome stuff!