3D

Scenes, models, sculpts. Static and animated; realtime and offline renders.

P5: The Quantum Universe
Physics | P5 Report | 2023

A semi-abstract 3D artwork depicting subatomic and astronomical physics. Crop of the left panel, illustrating the topic *Decipher the Quantum Realm* from the 2023 P5 report: Particles and oscillating neutrinos bursting out of a bright source and flying through a light cone containing the Higgs / 'Mexican hat' potential. Art by Olena Shmahalo for U.S. Particle Physics.
P5: The Quantum UniversePhysics | P5 Report | 2023

Quantum Atlas
Physics | 3D Animation | UMD | 2024

Crop of a stylized 3D illustration – a particle beam passing through a polarizing waveplate. Art by Olena Shmahalo for The Quantum Atlas / University of Maryland.
Quantum AtlasPhysics | 3D Animation | UMD | 2024

Majorana
Physics | AAAS Science | 2023

Painted portrait illustration of physicist Ettore Majorana, dramatically lit and partially in shadow, with anyons / Majorana fermions orbiting around him. Art by Olena Shmahalo for Science Magazine / AAAS.
MajoranaPhysics | AAAS Science | 2023

Wearable 3D Art
Physics | Personal | 2021-23

3D renders of brass jewelry: lanterns, rings with a wave-particle duality design, and an infinity loop band. Original designs © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
Wearable 3D ArtPhysics | Personal | 2021-23

A Hat Full of Sky
Fantasy | Realtime 3D | Personal | 2023

Painted 3D sculpture of a girl with brown hair wearing a witch hat. The top of the hat is a cutaway diorama of a landscape: a shepherd's hut on a hill. Hand-lettering around the girl says
A Hat Full of SkyFantasy | Realtime 3D | Personal | 2023

NANOGrav Astrophysics
Physics | NANOGrav | 2022

Triptych: 3D art of a pulsar shooting out colorful jets, stars & galaxies in a petri dish showing the evolution of the universe, & planet Earth surrounded by telescopes, pulsars, & binary black hole systems.
NANOGrav AstrophysicsPhysics | NANOGrav | 2022

Black Hole Info Paradox
Physics | SciAm Cover | 2022

Photos of a Scientific American cover. Title: Black Hole Mysteries Solved. Featuring 3D art on a blue background: Inside a black hourglass, galaxies fall into one end of a white wormhole and out the other.
Black Hole Info ParadoxPhysics | SciAm Cover | 2022

The Observer
SFF | Realtime 3D | Personal | 2022

Art on a yellow background: a floating eyeball with black eyelashes wearing a funnel shaped black hole hat with orbiting stars.
The ObserverSFF | Realtime 3D | Personal | 2022

The Proton Sea
Physics | Quanta | 2021

An abstract, iridescent visual created by millions of colorful particles flying through space.
The Proton SeaPhysics | Quanta | 2021

Black Holes = Dark Matter
Physics | Quanta | 2020

3D sculpture of clustered black spheres (representing black holes) cradled in the crevices of iridescent, cloud-like forms.
Black Holes = Dark MatterPhysics | Quanta | 2020

Goat
Fantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2022

Stylized 3D sculpture of a beige goat-like creature with turquoise wings.
GoatFantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2022

Edwardian Ghost
Fantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2022

Close-up of the face of a 3D sculpture: the ghost of an Edwardian-era woman or
Edwardian GhostFantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2022

Neural Geometry
Neuroscience | Simons Fdn. | 2022

3D art: disembodied hands measuring various parts of a colorful network graph.
Neural GeometryNeuroscience | Simons Fdn. | 2022

Bloody Foxes!
Biology | Simons Fdn. | 2022

3D art: fox silhouette made up of blood cells, getting a blood injection
Bloody Foxes!Biology | Simons Fdn. | 2022

Particle Wunderkammer
Physics | Symmetry | 2022

3D art: The Standard Model of Particle Physics in the form of a curiosity cabinet, with particles neatly arranged and held in place by cloches.
Particle WunderkammerPhysics | Symmetry | 2022

Cauldron
Fantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2020

3D sculpture of a cauldron mug with iridescent smoke rising out of it, on a blue backdrop.
CauldronFantasy | Sculpture | Personal | 2020

Expander Graphs
Math | Quanta | 2021

3D art: salmon-colored pages, like books glued together, dramatically-lit.
Expander GraphsMath | Quanta | 2021

Gradient Descent
Math | Quanta | 2021

3D art: light blue, abstract wave-like form
Gradient DescentMath | Quanta | 2021

Banach-Tarski Paradox
Math | Quanta | 2021

3D art: orange spheres made up of millions of tiny particles.
Banach-Tarski ParadoxMath | Quanta | 2021

Nonlinear Dynamics
Math / Physics | Quanta | 2021

3D art: a glass tube filled with swirling purple lights, like fiber-optics.
Nonlinear DynamicsMath / Physics | Quanta | 2021

COVID Sequencing
Biology | Quanta | 2021

3D graphic: globe showing genome sequencing data.
COVID SequencingBiology | Quanta | 2021

Fragile DNA
Biology | Quanta | 2019

3D art: dramatically-lit, glass DNA breaking on a dark background.
Fragile DNABiology | Quanta | 2019

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