Widget Wednesdays #9

I have long been fascinated by creatures that are made out of magical materials. A being that can change shape at well, that is made of some sort of elemental stuff, is just incredibly appealing.

There are many examples in literature of such beings. Dracula, of course, could change his shape in many ways. The T-1000 from Terminator 2 is a more recent example.

Then there is Slimer from Ghostbusters, and of course the various iterations of Flubber, from Fred MacMurray to Robin Williams. Not to mention Gumby, who in Art Clokey’s wondrous animations could get out of any scrape by morphing at will.

Through the years I’ve played around with various techniques to create such characters. Last year I did a series of experiments, highly influenced by Flubber, to try to capture the behavior of an infinitely morphable character made of some sort of magical substance.

You can see a snapshot of some of those experiments here.