I've been playing around with the SRTM digital elevation data from NASA, using it as a displacement map to produce these images.
I wanted to create the look of a gross, sticky substance... something that could maybe be grown in a lab, if you left an alien bacteria culture in a petri dish for a while.
I wanted to create the look of a gross, sticky substance... something that could maybe be grown in a lab, if you left an alien bacteria culture in a petri dish for a while.
The four depicted locations are:
- The Ecuadorian Andes
- Antofagasta, Chile
- Sicilia, Italy
- Karachi, Pakistan
- The Ecuadorian Andes
- Antofagasta, Chile
- Sicilia, Italy
- Karachi, Pakistan
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/4bdee0b0-b596-4454-9537-9d89ef4e8406_rw_1920.png?h=ff4af1ece3b9479836889dcaded5baf4)
Ecuadorian Andes - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/c9af1199-34e9-4fc4-8864-6bb5e814581c_rw_1920.png?h=af9489b15478e4738ea521fd5270d222)
Ecuadorian Andes - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/e3b79359-cc7c-4446-b550-46d2ad81a379_rw_1920.png?h=a39c2da2e92d5083f558167bdbaeccff)
Ecuadorian Andes - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/a0b1a0eb-d671-40a9-9b9b-dcfb8c534a21_rw_1920.png?h=e8cf67867921fab810479c3b566f14a6)
Antofagasta, Chile - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/1188bde8-2036-4764-b31d-ce4870a83492_rw_1920.png?h=1929bfeb1b1aafa472408905bb565c5f)
Antofagasta, Chile - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/f142dab0-cc59-419f-8f48-70a27c71dfab_rw_1920.png?h=b2a0eb93c99e6a95b08126d3473c1c22)
Antofagasta, Chile - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/c043b330-688f-42f2-9db9-19ccaba776dd_rw_1920.png?h=6c189d37ac97535abf06ee24c0514fc2)
Sicilia, Italy - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/2976bf10-a9ce-49b0-93ed-a1309893587b_rw_1920.png?h=750450aa2b0b54b2954e3ba8f8bfcf9b)
Sicilia, Italy - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/410fbf5f-d960-4897-996f-c607c8b9dc2e_rw_1920.png?h=15915bfb71c64e2c8668c0f5025462d9)
Sicilia, Italy - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/4dc314a0-e39e-46e9-9d8f-a7e44f1b59e7_rw_1920.png?h=1f14ff3efb59d76221a067e7e9f3e231)
Karachi, Pakistan - Overview
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/58afeca0-8ed5-4a6c-a82b-956b6c704b87_rw_1920.png?h=3ef52d238c17986860202272ad78c0cf)
Karachi, Pakistan - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/0303b544-3d3b-4726-8c6c-56ee22bb0b8a_rw_1920.png?h=88c8d5e37f9fb5c340cba9a5e4aa2336)
Karachi, Pakistan - Close Up
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/8192181b-0bdd-485e-adaa-7ab51a30382e_rw_1920.png?h=d8de0607521abb19e86fba208c5f02ae)
Textures Breakdown
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cc2c06cf26510f1e5ca86186cbea9042/2613ff1f-1d2d-4b2a-9d8f-77fd4b91778f_rw_1920.png?h=e72ae1aaec8023c794421535ef71782d)
Data Processing in QGis 3