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Drippy, Feathery, and Spiny Growths Spring from Hannes Hummels’ Otherworldly Flowers

Drippy, Feathery, and Spiny Growths Spring from Hannes Hummels’ Otherworldly Flowers

Cologne-based artist and designer Hannes Hummel has long been interested in the intersection of digital tools and nature. Previously collaborating on an elaborate collection of artificial specimens, Hummel’s latest project pushes the boundaries of floral design to a bizarrely beautiful place.

Eighty unearthly botanical renderings comprise Hybrid Species, a vast herbarium of imagined organisms. Translucent petals lined with bright veins, pistils dripping with a sticky liquid, and leaves winding like tubular tendrils propel the hyperrealistic flowers into an otherworldly realm.

a digital flower with tiny pink and a drippy pink and yellow base. a pink fuzzy moth lands on the top

Much of Hummel’s work involves plugging photos and natural patterns like tessellations and fractals into digital programs. For this series, he trained an A.I. model with his own images and 3D models, exploring the personally generative potential of the tools without incorporating others’ copyrighted works. He writes:

Like nature, the process sometimes veers off in unexpected directions, feeling random at times, while at others, it follows a clear path, uncovering new possibilities. This intersection between human imagination and machine-driven innovation fascinates me most in each flower design. In this series, nature is portrayed not as it is, but as it could be—reimagined, reshaped, and rendered through algorithms.

A fraction of Hybrid Species is shown here, so head to Instagram for more of Hummel’s digital creations.

a digital flower with its petals wrapped in a translucent coating with tiny translucent baubles growing below
a digital flower with technicolor petals and fuzzy stamen
a digital flower with translucent, veiny pink petals and brighter red stamens
a digital flower with a bulbous purple top that appears to hold fungi-like growths and a spiky green and red form below
a digital flower with tiny pink and a drippy red base. a bee lands on the yellow stamen
a digital flower with pink petals and viney green leaves
a digital flower with white feathery flowers that encircle the stem
a digital flower with with insect-wing like orange-red petals that have spiny growths, a maroon inside, and water droplets clinging to surfaces
a digital flower evocative of a venus fly trap with several small leaves
a digital flower with pink petals and a dripping inside
a digital flower with tiny pink and green petals and spiny growths on its stem

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