Mark J. Stock's work is suffused with highly dynamic and detail rich imagery that is often indistinguishable whether it originated in the natural world or in a highly evolved virtual platform.
Stock's process is algorithmically based; with his highly-computational code orchestrating teraflops of calculations behind the scenes to allow for a smooth seamless interface to the work. He rejects an over-reliance on hyper-realistic rendering in favor of detailed and convincing movements and inter-relationships.
The theory behind Stock's work is conceptually driven by the ability of decentralized collections of subjects, that when set in motion by nature or algorithm, to self-organize into complex structures whose ensemble motion is greater than the sum of their original parts and which belie the simplicity of their individual behavior.
This smooth interfacing of natural and virtual paradigms requires special, computationally-intense algorithms from Stock's own research; algorithms which can demand days of supercomputer time or months on a desktop computer to execute.