sMaterial Studies / No. 040
Sewing a silly little guy
THE ZERO-THOUGHTS EDITION

Plush TigerShark.

All teeth. No thoughts.
A very soft apex predator.

Galeocerdo derp.   Professionally silly.
NATIVE WEBGPU / REAL SOFT-BODY PHYSICS
NO TEXTURES. JUST A LOT OF FLUFF.
Drag shark to squish · empty space to orbit · pinch to zoom
Inside the experiment +

Stuffing, not thoughts

A continuous signed distance field forms the tiger shark. The original hammerhead's XPBD lattice, elastic stuffing, shell fur, studio lighting, grabbing and combing are preserved. The snout is stuffed loosely so it dents and rebounds.

A face only a krill could fear

Wonky glass eyes, felt teeth and a hinged jaw. The mouth has a pink lining and a dark throat. The cheeks blush when booped. Zero survival instincts.

Striped minky

Irregular tiger bands are calculated in the fur shader. Each strand takes the colour at its root. Five stitched gills sit behind each eye. Reef, Lagoon and Lilac are three dyes of the same plush.

Very busy doing nothing

Side-to-side swimming at 27 beats per minute by default. Feed felt krill, blow wobbly bubbles or open an enormous sleepy yawn. Every squeak and hum is synthesised.

G wiggle · D dash · Y yawn · U bubbles · E feed · B boop · Space pause. Drag the background to orbit. Scroll to zoom.

Sewing on the stripes…