Via Wiley Wiggins’ blog, I’ve learned that Doc Baily passed away in April. Doc is perhaps best known for the breathtaking visuals he created to represent the sentient planet in Steven Soderbergh’s film Solaris, which were generated at extremely high resolution–for film, remember–in Spore, the software he wrote. I was very moved by Solaris and inspired by the cinematography and the visuals to push my own nascent work. Watch some video of Doc’s work, especially this clip from Xtacism by Doc Baily and John Buchanan, 2005, and many more. Here are some screenshots of Doc’s work I particularly like, which link on to the galleries on imagesavant.com. Read Doc’s words and those of his colleagues on friends on the Center for Visual Music’s memorial page.
For participatory art in a similar vein, I highly recommend Spot Draves’ Electric Sheep, which is (much more than) a beautiful, abstract screensaver.
[…] Thanks to a recommendation from Anton, I’ve started writing for Create Digital Motion. My first two posts are about Doc Baily’s visual effects work for feature films, namely Solaris, and the new features coming for Jitter in Max 5. connections0 comments. […]
Doc Bailey was so cool. He was so talented he could come to a meeting, dress anyway he pleased, say what he wanted, and it didnt matter…everyone needed him!!!…A true hollywood badass!!!!
[…] Create Digital Motion » Remembering Doc Baily, Creator of VisualsVia Wiley Wiggins’ blog, I’ve learned that Doc Baily passed away in April. Watch some video of Doc’s work, especially this clip from Xtacism by Doc Baily and John Buchanan, 2005, and many more. Here are some screenshots of Doc’s work I particularly like, which link on to the galleries on imagesavant.com. […]