Alex Bannwarth
I am not aware of any figurative tessellations that have been
animated while conforming to such complex rotational hexagonal
tiling. Realizing such a project in a timely fashion required
automation and a unique animation pipeline, Blender’s Grease Pencil
2D animation capabilities combined with it’s powerful instancing
system provided a robust framework to work in. Using a python script
to place tiles in the correct location and rotation to form a
complete pattern, the live instancing then allowed me to draw one
tile, and see the entire pattern update in real time. Planning and
producing such an animation was very tricky, as I had to balance the
fluid and natural motion of the frogs while maintaining the
seamlessness of the tiling. The stylized, graphic art style allowed
for some playroom to twist and skew the tadpole into flowing and
tileable shapes, but maintaining recognizable stages of
metamorphosis required a massive amount of time and iterations.