# Blobs

## La historia de "Blobs"

* **Los Metaballs** (o “blobs”) fueron desarrollados por **Jim Blinn en los años 80** para modelado de formas orgánicas y cuerpos blandos.
* El término **"blobs"** proviene de los primeros gráficos donde las formas suaves y fusionadas parecían gotas de líquido.

#### Referencias completas 

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#### Jim Blinn&#x20;

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#### Yoichiro Kawaguchi

<figure><img src="https://2817871719-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FiNmmY9OEc9NDnKzJkyPh%2Fuploads%2FqjoNo3nQrneYMVIv9AGc%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=ed3c42f6-5687-45e5-90e3-fa9c71214ef0" alt=""><figcaption><p>Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Eggy, 1990. Still from CGM’s interview with the artist during his 2018 exhibition “L’univers des formes” at the Centre des Arts d’Enghien-les-Bains. © Gorkab. <a href="https://medium.com/danae/new-media-precursor-yoichiro-kawaguchi-351e57dbacc2">Source</a></p></figcaption></figure>

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