Psyche Inspired
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Psyche Inspired: Maia Huddleston
Institution: Illinois State University
Major: Mass Media
Psyche Inspired Class: 2021-2022
Reflections on Psyche Inspired
Reflections on Project 1: Psyche Spacecraft Reveal
Psyche Spacecraft Reveal
Maia Huddleston
Major: Mass Media
Genre/Medium: Digital illustration, Pixel sort, and Animation
About the work: This piece began as a digital rendering of the Psyche spacecraft. It soon evolved into a digital illustration with a galaxy-inspired background. I wanted the piece to feel interactive, so I applied a random algorithmic pixel sort to the background. This created the waterfall effect around the spacecraft. To finish off the project, I animated the piece to unveil itself from an initial blurred assortment of large pixels.
Reflections on Project 2: Psyche Impasto
Psyche Impasto
Maia Huddleston
Major: Mass Media
Genre/Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
About the work: This piece is my first ever physical painting. Previously, my work was solely digital. Psyche truly INSPIRED me to try a new art medium, even though I had no experience or training in it. I used acrylic paints of various thicknesses and sponges to create a textured effect on the circular canvas.
Reflections on Project 3: Psyche Orbit Timeline
Psyche Orbit Timeline
Maia Huddleston
Major: Mass Media
Genre/Medium: Graphic/Product Design
About the work: This piece originated as a series of pie charts representing the orbit lengths of the Psyche mission. Each circle represents one month on Earth. After I started designing, I noticed that the layout of the circles looked like a makeup palette. I chose to run with this idea and make the data visualization graphic a little more fun. The information represented in this graphic was extracted from the Psyche Science Operations Concept: Maximize Reuse to Minimize Risk paper presented at the 2018 SpaceOps Conference.
Reflections on Project 4: Psyche Credits
Psyche Credits
Maia Huddleston
May 11, 2022
Major: Mass Media
Genre/Medium: Animated Sequence
About the work: This video shows each team and its members working on the Psyche mission. As someone brand new to animation, this took me over 30 hours to complete. Check out the current team list here! https://psyche.asu.edu/mission/the-team/full-psyche-team/
