Karl Sims Computer Graphics Artist By: Shelly Thomas Intro to Digital Art.

Karl SimsKarl SimsComputer Graphics ArtistComputer Graphics Artist

By: Shelly ThomasBy: Shelly Thomas

Intro to Digital ArtIntro to Digital Art

Particle Dreams, 1988Particle Dreams, 1988This piece contains a collection of dream sequences created using 3D This piece contains a collection of dream sequences created using 3D

particle system techniques.particle system techniques.

Galápagos, 1997Galápagos, 1997

GalápagosGalápagos is an is an interactive media interactive media installation that allows installation that allows visitors to "evolve" 3D visitors to "evolve" 3D animated forms. It was animated forms. It was installed at the installed at the ICC in in Tokyo from 1997 to 2000, Tokyo from 1997 to 2000, and was exhibited at the and was exhibited at the DeCordova Museum in in Lincoln, Mass. as part of Lincoln, Mass. as part of Make Your Move: Make Your Move: Interactive Computer ArtInteractive Computer Art and the Boston Cyberarts and the Boston Cyberarts Festival 1999. Festival 1999.

Panspermia, 1990Panspermia, 1990 PanspermiaPanspermia is the is the

name for the theory name for the theory that life exists and is that life exists and is distributed throughout distributed throughout the universe in the the universe in the form of germs or form of germs or spores. This piece spores. This piece places the viewer in places the viewer in the middle of a virtual the middle of a virtual world of an world of an aggressively aggressively reproducing inter-reproducing inter-galactic life form, and galactic life form, and depicts a single life depicts a single life cycle of this unusual cycle of this unusual self propagating self propagating system. system.

Primordial Dance, 1991Primordial Dance, 1991

Primordial DancePrimordial Dance is an experimental animation is an experimental animation containing a progression of abstract textures and containing a progression of abstract textures and colors. It is a study of emerging and transforming colors. It is a study of emerging and transforming mathematical equations.mathematical equations.

Primordial DancePrimordial Dance These effects were These effects were

created using an created using an interactive process of interactive process of "artificial evolution." The "artificial evolution." The artist and computer artist and computer collaborate to produce collaborate to produce images and movements. images and movements. The equations are copied, The equations are copied, mutated, and mated by the mutated, and mated by the computer to generate new computer to generate new offspring pictures. This offspring pictures. This process of variation and process of variation and selection is repeated, and selection is repeated, and with each cycle more with each cycle more complex and interesting complex and interesting results can occur. results can occur.

Genetic Images, 1993Genetic Images, 1993

Genetic Images, 1993Genetic Images, 1993

Genetic Images, 1993Genetic Images, 1993

Karl SimsKarl Sims

www.karlsims.com Technical Papers by Karl Technical Papers by Karl

Sims:Sims: ““Evolving Virtual Evolving Virtual

Creatures”Creatures” ““Evolving 3D Morphology Evolving 3D Morphology

and Behavior by and Behavior by Competition”Competition”

““Artificial Evolution for Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics”Computer Graphics”

““Interactive Evolution of Interactive Evolution of Dynamical Systems”Dynamical Systems”