Quartz Candle Burn – Rendered as Lines from Noah King on Vimeo.

This is the second iterations of a candle simulation particle system. This composition is exactly the same in every way as the first, except that the render method has gone from rendering textured quads to rendering lines.

I love the look of this and am exploring other uses of the line rendering.

Quartz Candle Burn – Rendered as Quads from Noah King on Vimeo.

This is one of two iterations of a candle simulation particle system. In this version the particles are rendered as textured quads, creating the appearance of smoke and flames.

Here is a second version of the gravitate particle system exploration in which the particles are rendered to look like microorganisms in a petri dish.

Quartz Particle Petri Dish from Noah King on Vimeo.

This is a Quartz Composer composition, exported to video using QuartzCrystal by Kineme.

A particle system, which is rendered to resemble bacteria, follows the mouse around using attraction/gravitate forces.

I am particularly interested in interactive particle systems and have been playing around with them using Quartz Composer.  This sketch is intended to simulate fire and uses a gravitate force to attract particles to the mouse location.

Quartz Particle Fire from Noah King on Vimeo.

This is a Quartz Composer composition, exported to video using QuartzCrystal by Kineme.

A particle system, which is rendered to resemble fire, follows the mouse around using attraction/gravitate forces.