Psyche Inspired: Silvia Valladares

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

Major: Kinetic Imaging

Psyche Inspired Class: 2019-2020

Reflections from Silvia

Psyche Journey

Silvia Valladares

November 8, 2019

Major: Kinetic Imaging

Genre/Medium: 3D VR animation

About the work: “Psyche Journey” follows the Psyche satellite around the Psyche asteroid. This piece is a 3D animation in 360 degrees. This unique style is meant to immerse the viewer into the created environment. The viewer experiences different lights and shadows, as well as different views of the environment as they circle around the asteroid.

Contemplation

'Contemplation' is a short animation featuring the Greek goddess Psyche and the Psyche asteroid. The goddess is represented by a handmade puppet made from wire, foam, fabric, clay and wool. She wears a pink and gold dress. She holds the asteroid , which turns it in her hands while her eyes are closed. The asteroid is made of clay with painted gold accents to represent its metallic surface.

Contemplation

Silvia Valladares

January 13, 2020

Major: Kinetic Imaging

Genre/Medium: stop motion (clay, foam, fabric, wire, wool)

About the work: This stop motion piece was created by using a handmade puppet and a clay model of the Psyche asteroid. In the short animation, the Greek goddess Psyche is seen holding and contemplating the Psyche asteroid while it rotates to reveal its metallic surface.

Untitled

A timelapse of a drawing of the asteroid Psyche. The clip starts with a radar observation captured with NASA’s technology and is slowly reconstructed into a more detailed artistic representation of the asteroid.

Untitled

Silvia Valladares

March 20, 2020

Major: Kinetic Imaging

Genre/Medium: digital drawing

About the work: We don’t know exactly what (16) Psyche looks like because we haven’t been there yet, but thanks to technology and artistic creativity, we are able to have an artistic representation of what it might look like. This animation is a timelapse of my own reconstruction of the original photograph of Psyche.

Psyche 16 Facts

Silvia Valladares

April 28, 2020

Major: Kinetic Imaging

Genre/Medium: digital animation

About the work: This animation features a few animated facts about the Psyche asteroid, along with some details about the Psyche Mission. I used an estimate of 870 individual triangles to make this animation. I wanted to make something that was visually simple, yet informative and fun to watch.