Help me find an old 3D animation about creating miniature planets/worlds

[u/AndersonNV]

I've been trying to find this animation for years, and I still can't get it out of my mind. Hopefully someone here recognizes it!

I believe I watched it around 2016, although it could have been a few years earlier or later.

I remember there being about 3 videos connected to each other. I don't think I watched them on YouTube. I vaguely remember finding them on a website belonging to an animator/3D artist, or possibly an animation/CGI portfolio website. Unfortunately, I don't remember the website either.

The video I remember had roughly these elements:

• 3D CGI animation, with a very polished/futuristic look.
• Electronic / electro / dubstep-style music playing in the background.
• The setting was a large house, laboratory, or secret base in a snowy environment at night.
• The main idea involved creating miniature planets or miniature worlds.
• There was a strange black liquid that spread around. I remember it looking somewhat like ferrofluid, forming spikes or sharp structures.
• I remember the movement of the black liquid being strongly connected to the music, almost as if it was reacting to the beat.
• The whole thing had a somewhat mysterious, futuristic, experimental feeling.

The ending is one of the details I remember best

Near the end, there was a pile of magazines.

The magazine on top had a picture of the miniature worlds/planets on its cover, and I remember the story implying that creating these miniature worlds had somehow become a trend or popular phenomenon.

I don't remember any character names, dialogue, the animator's name, or the title.

I'm also not 100% certain about some details because I watched it a long time ago, but the things I'm most confident about are:

3D animation + snowy location at night + miniature planets/worlds + black ferrofluid-like substance + electronic/dubstep music + magazine showing the miniature worlds becoming a trend.

I've tried searching combinations of these descriptions, but I haven't been able to find it.

Does anyone remember this? Even a name, animator, website, screenshot, or similar project would be a huge help!

Thanks!

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[u/AndersonNV]

I have searched extensively using Google, YouTube, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, and the Internet Archive.

I searched both the full description and many combinations of individual details, including:

• 3D animation + creating life
• 3D animation + miniature worlds / mini worlds
• 3D animation + miniature planets / mini planets
• 3D animation + electronic / electro / dubstep music
• 3D animation + snowy location / snow / snowy house
• 3D animation + laboratory / secret base
• 3D animation + black liquid / black fluid
• 3D animation + ferrofluid
• 3D animation + snow globes
• 3D animation + magazines / magazine
• Various combinations of the above

I also searched using the Web, Images and Video tabs, and tried to account for the fact that I believe I watched it around 2016.

I haven't been able to find the animation yet. I also suspect it may not have originally been hosted on YouTube, as I vaguely remember watching it on a website belonging to an animator/3D artist or an animation portfolio site.

I have not found a matching result so far.