Ian Wilmoth's portfolio

Work samples

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Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
lines 2 darkmode 400fps cam1+2

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
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Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
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Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.

About Ian

Ian Wilmoth is an American artist born in 1976. A RISD graduate, Ian is a pioneer of 3d animation using consumer hardware. Inspired by grafitti and urban decay, I explore creating chaos and magic out of the sterile imaginary world of digital art.

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lines (light and dark modes)

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.

2025 lines cam1 lightkmode 400fps lines2_w

Personal art created with Maya and After Effects, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with Maya, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements finally.
2025 lines cam2 lightmode lines2_w

Personal art created using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements.
2025 lines 2 lightkmode 400fps cam1+2

Personal art created using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements.
2025 lines cam1 lightkmode 400fps lines2 (0-01-08-13).png

Personal art created using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements.
2025 lines cam2 darkmode 400fps lines2

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
2025 lines cam1 darkmode 400fps lines2

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
lines 2 darkmode 400fps cam1+2

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
2025 lines cam1 darkmode 400fps lines2 (0-02-00-06).png

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
2025 lines cam2 darkmode 400fps lines2 (0-00-57-06).png

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.
2025 lines cam1 lightkmode 400fps lines2 (0-02-48-06).png

Personal art created with a 3d program, using unconventional improvised workflows. NO AI! These videos are intended for large scale projection in a gallery or museum. After 20 years of making abstract animations with 3d CGI, I have stripped things down to the most basic visual elements- simply a line. But even a line can be very interesting when it is animated. I have found unique ways to create abstract animation without using artificial intelligence.

4k vfx anims

the latest evolution of my personal animation and image making journey

time remap toruscam + ncloth 4k merge 14 colorC 4

aww shiiiiiiii put the sound on
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digital post impressionism
toruscam + ncloth 4k merge 14

yooo
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idk
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ohhh
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mostly made by instinct

Available for Purchase

suitable for printing
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personal holiday

This is a project that was begun as a series of daily renders posted to Instagram during 2020 quarantine and now I have developed it into this 4k animation with the goal of sharing it with people over the holiday season to make the world a bit brighter during this difficult time for many. The theme is playful exploration and happy accidents.
It does NOT use AI whatsoever! Made by hand with Maya and After Effects.

2x tunnel 69 web

This is a project that was begun as a series of daily renders posted to Instagram during 2020 quarantine and now I have developed it into this 4k animation. The theme is playful exploration and happy accidents. It does NOT use AI whatsoever! Made by hand with Maya and After Effects.
https://vimeo.com/889330493

https://vimeo.com/889330493
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https://vimeo.com/889330493

feature length abstract animation

My AI has better temporal coherence than yours. At least that's the story I tell people in reality this animation is handcrafted by "traditional" CGI techniques developed for the film industry ... the AI is used only to generate in between frames. Intended to loop in a museum or gallery setting, this is a feature length section, but the animation could keep being generated to an infinite length without ever repeating. Perhaps some day it will be able to just generate in realtime but for now it takes significantly longer to render this out than to play it back. Inspired by grafitti and urban decay, I explore creating chaos and magic out of the sterile imaginary world of digital art.

WEBfull macaronivsnewshit insta feature mov

My AI has better temporal coherence than yours. This is a feature length section, but the animation could keep being generated to an infinite length without ever repeating. Perhaps some day it will be able to just generate in realtime but for now it takes significantly longer to render this out than to play it back. At least that's the story I tell people in reality this animation is painstakingly crafted by traditional means.
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still frame from 90 minute animation
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still frame from 90 minute animation
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still frame from 90 minute animation
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still frame from 90 minute animation
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still frame from 90 minute animation

allTubes_weird

exploring styles native to the digital realm. Excerpts from a series of 365 daily images in which the aesthetic evolved in perceptibly from image to image but eventually wound up looking totally different than how it started.