With the right lighting and eye, billowing streaks of dye and paint can become the ethereal wisps of silk. Artist Susi Sie explores this dichotomy in “Silk,” a short, fluidic film made entirely in macro. Sometimes there’s astounding beauty in the complexity of a fluid filmed up close. (Video and image credit: S. Sie)
Netflix’s new original series “Marco Polo” has a distinctive and fluidsy title sequence. The artistic team at the Mill created the effect by painting images in water atop dense paper before introducing Japanese sumi-ink. Using high-speed photography, they filmed the diffusion of the ink into the water as it reveals the larger picture. There’s a great behind-the-scenes break down and video over at their blog. (Video credit: The Mill, submitted by jshoer)