# Δαιμόνιον > [!INFO] Design Document > **Designer**: Nikita Stulikov > **Teacher**: Kim Nutter > **Concept**: In Antiquity people believed in demons (δαιμόνῐος), faint voices that provide wisdom and advice. It's known that Socrates had a demon. He could suddenly freeze and heed to the wishpers in his head until the sun went down. For this project, I consider human mind a daemonium. In the daemonium of mind, we fight our demons. > > ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/DaemoniumTurnaround.gif]] > > **Concept**: In Antiquity people believed in demons (δαιμόνῐος), faint voices that provide wisdom and advice. It's known that Socrates had a demon. He could suddenly freeze and heed to the wishpers in his head until the sun went down. For this project, I consider human mind a daemonium. In the daemonium of mind, we fight our demons. > **Cameo**: [[NEPOBJEDIVI/ENVIRONMENTS/Levels/Borders|Borders]] ## The Model **In Maya** ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/front.png]] **In Unity** ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/_InUnity.png]] ### A disorienting & overwhelming shoal of thoughts **Demon A**: Plankton & radiolaria **Succulent A**: Hoya pubicalyx ([LINK](https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asclepiadaceae/30643/Hoya_pubicalyx_cv._Chimera)) ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/Plankton.png]] ### An indoctrinated self-oppressive belief **Demon B**: Papilio troilus **Succulent B**: Titanopsis calcarea ([LINK](https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aizoaceae/18846/Titanopsis_calcarea_cv._Bizarre)) ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/PapilioTroilus.png]] **Animated** ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/DemonB_animation.gif]] ### Guilt imposed by social norms, cultural traditions, and political circumstances **Demon C**: Venezuelan poddle moth **Succulent C**: Senecio fulgens ([LINK](https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asteraceae/30411/Senecio_fulgens)) ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/Venezuelan.png]] ## Moodboard ![[KITS/DAEMONIUM/Moodboard.jpg]] ## Reference **Pinterest** reference desk: https://pin.it/4FOG6jlie **Conceptual inspiration**: Theo Triantafyllidis, 2022 ([Video link](https://vimeo.com/715235147)) **Lighting**: Mind can contain any material textures (it can be that all mind's contents are empirical data). Texture map tends to be *grotesque* rather than ordered. Transparent - Liquids - Floristic slime **Colour**: *Laboratory vibe*. Mind is a laboratory for thought experiments and mental modelling (comp. laboratory sterility vs dirty mind theme). *Dominant*: pale white, green, cyan. *Complimentary*: orange, yellow. Bright lightening (white - yellow). Steam (adds orange tint) ## Appendix (Memorable Mentions) - Trachyandra](https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asphodelaceae/34379/Trachyandra_tortilis) (Aquatic alternative to the angelic moth (*Demon C*)) - Elysia chlorotica (possible alternative to *Demon B* -- also pareidolic) ![[NEPOBJEDIVI/toxicTropics.borders|toxicTropics.borders]]