Mohamed Fayed presents a new piece of digital art: a hand covered in scales that transform and flow over the skin's surface. This visual effect, achieved entirely within Blender, uses the Geometry Nodes system to control the arrangement, scale, and animation of thousands of geometric elements, creating an organic and hypnotic movement.
The technique behind the morphing effect ðŸ§
The effect is based on the use of a vector field to direct the orientation and scaling of instances on a mesh. The Sample Texture and Map Range nodes convert a moving texture, or an animated noise field, into data that controls the rotation and size of each scale. Smooth interpolation between states is managed with Mix and Math nodes, allowing the gradual transition that defines the morphing illusion.
When your hand needs more than moisturizer 😄
If you've ever felt your skin was too monotonous, this technique offers a solution. Imagine waking up with a different scale pattern every day, or using them to express your mood: bristled scales for anger, smooth for calm. That said, you might have trouble finding gloves to fit, and shaking hands would become a whole digital art statement.