Maya Hypnodisk Shader - Custom Procedural 3D Shader Autodesk Maya
Revisiting in Autodesk Maya 2015 something I first did using slightly different methods 9 years ago.
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Make some waves with this custom Maya shader which uses a MEL script to generate concentric spherical waves of animated light and darkness. It's a 3D texture, so it will flow over any objects you create. The waves emanate from a Maya locator.