Comments on: Biomimetic Butterflies http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/26/biomimetic-butterflies/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Carruthers http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/26/biomimetic-butterflies/#comment-235300 Carruthers Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/26/biomimetic-butterflies/#comment-235300 The glass cabinets with the motion-activated butterflies seems odd to me. They seem to be stuck down in place with pins - like the normal dead specimen - but they flap their wings. I think it would work if those pins weren't so prominent. Also, if you are lucky enough to observe butterflies as the sun is going down, when they land they shift themselves around and position their wings in the direction of the sun so as to retain as much heat as possible. If I was going to animate these things I'd have tried to mimic that natural behavior. The glass cabinets with the motion-activated butterflies seems odd to me. They seem to be stuck down in place with pins - like the normal dead specimen - but they flap their wings. I think it would work if those pins weren’t so prominent.

Also, if you are lucky enough to observe butterflies as the sun is going down, when they land they shift themselves around and position their wings in the direction of the sun so as to retain as much heat as possible. If I was going to animate these things I’d have tried to mimic that natural behavior.

]]> By: Ty http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/26/biomimetic-butterflies/#comment-235266 Ty Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:09:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/26/biomimetic-butterflies/#comment-235266 I think they indeed are as beautiful as real butterflies in their own monochrome way. Thanks for the post! I think they indeed are as beautiful as real butterflies in their own monochrome way. Thanks for the post!

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