Bacteriorhodopsin by Star4mation
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Bacteriorhodopsin is a photosynthetic pigment used by archaea, most notably halobacteria. It acts as a proton pump, i.e. it captures light energy and uses it to move protons across the membrane out of the cell. The resulting proton gradient is subsequently converted into chemical energy.
Bacteriorhodopsin is an integral membrane protein.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
CREDITS
Protein from the Protein Database. PDB file converted to an obj using VMD 1.8.4
the obj file was 269Mb in size, which is probably why it took 35 mins to load!!
Render time 8 mins.
Note to any microbiologists out there:- Yes I know it should be PURPLE!!!!!!!!!

Comments (38)
Beautiful and original composition my friend!!!!!!!
{@}~Hello my dear friend Steve, Very Beautiful artwork. Excellent!! Congratulations!!Hug in Your heart. Luminous blesing. Ludy{@}~
Fantastic..wonderful work!!
nice onee Steve :)))
I agree Mario! Creative and beautiful, Steve!!!
Yep Who's we gone call ? ~G H O S T B U S T E R~ ---------COOL---------
Excellent conversion and artwork Steve!!! You could try the free program Stomp and see if it can reduce the obj file size the next time a conversion like this comes up.
Cool
very unique abstract. not sure what it could be but I like it
Wow! Great info and image. Hard to imagine things like this really exist. Even harder for me to believe some think it is all an accident of nature.
You been peeling apples again Steve! Excellent work mate and thanks for info. Well done!
reminds me of something i saw on F@H site!
Beautiful work!!!
Very interesting work. Love the idea. Excellent Bryce work.
Excellent design!!!!!!
Very coooooooooooool work dude
A brilliant work you have created here! The genre Science/Technology got an additional fabulous looking work! Excellent to see how you habdle Bryce! Bravo!!!
Very interesting-excellent
awesome work. :)
Looks like my phone cords after your niece gets through with them. Pretty cool, Steve! ***** ")
Nicely done my friend, love the curly cue -- perfect image.
gREAT WORK!
A wonderful work!!!!!!!!!!!
Can a bacteria be beautiful? This is so cool and I like the bit of info on it.
Fantastic! fasinating reflections
Very cool.....gives me the creeps but very cool lol
looks wonderful Steve indeed a very beautiful bacteria :)excellent what you have created here*********hugz and have a wonderful weekend :)
HUH? I mean what? LOL....obviously I'm no microbiologist, but this is an excellent render of the the bacteria you've captured. Love the curly bits. Looks like a fancy ribbon for a birthday gift! You have such an incredible imagination Steve, and I love that you go searching for unusual things for your art. Way to go! Suze
Beautiful abstract imge! Super done!
Totaaly excellent and innovative creation , Steve !