Kinetic Sculpture Maya Tests

To help me narrow down my sculpture thumbnails to ones to finalise for the garden I have been taking them into maya and roughly modelling and animating them. By doing this I can see what needs to be added/developed on ones I like and which parts are not working. For example, on the sculpture on the left parts keep entering each other when moving which is glitchy and not realistic so I know this couldn't work.

Kinetic Sculpture Thumbnails (10)

Kinetic Sculpture Thumbnails (9)

I really like these three sculpture thumbnails because they work as other parts of the garden as well. For example, number 3 is like garden archways and pergolas, number 2 could be a feature wall, and number 1 acts like a windchime.

Kinetic Sculpture Thumbnails (8)

I tried something a bit different with these thumbnails, number 1 is inspired by the hanging ball bearing sculptures and number 2 suggests the movement of light patterns around a circular sculpture.

Kinetic Sculpture Thumbnails (7)

Out of these thumbnails I really like 3 again because it would work as several tubes which react to the wind.

Kinetic Sculpture Thumbnails (6)

Even more thumbnails for possible sculptures. Number 3 stands out to me because it is really different from any other thumbnails I've done so far and reminds me of my plants a bit.

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These thumbnails and how they work were especially inspired by the whirly and groan tube toys and the football rattle.