Cloud tanks were used on such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Independence Day, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Never-ending Story, and Poltergeist.
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You can use a layer of a concentrated salt water beneath a top layer of fresh water to create a boundary layer that looks like the base of the clouds in the actual sky.
(Link to YouTube) The Barbican Centre produced a video showing how they created their cloud tank.
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The exhibition "Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction" opens June 3 in London and it will include six of my most important Dinotopia paintings.
Here's an online tutorial showing how you can make your own cloud tank from an aquarium.
4 comments:
Thanks! I've been wondering since i was a kid how they did that before cgi.
I like the positioning of this just after a blog entry on traditional illustration. Both seem to be so much about setting a mood for other works of art. Gary
Fascinating! Thank you :)
This is so amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!
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