Honey

Visual Effects 2 - June 2015 - Project 04 - Houdini FLIP FX - Viscous Fluids

Another sweet and simple project. Although it looks pretty now, it took many hours of rendering (just under 24) and a ton of troubleshooting (believe it or not) to get to this point. Initially, the honey was intended to be drizzled over warm rolls, but the geometry at some point failed to load and bake into the scene. I lost days trying to fix this issue to no avail. Thus honey being drizzled over dark chocolate truffles came to be. Enjoy!

Breakfast Time!

Visual Effects 2 - June 2015 - Project 03 - Houdini FLIP FX

I really had a great time bringing this project together. In total, it took about 20hrs to render and 30mins to bring it all together in post using Final Cut Pro X. I thought it would be fun to do something a little more on the lighthearted side of things, and nothing gets lighter than a bowl of your favorite cereal accompanied by hours of great classic cartoons. That was my inspiration for this project. Enjoy!

Still Hot

Visual Effects 2 - June 2015 - Project 02 - Houdini Pyro FX

Here is a more simple project, as it was my first Houdini PyroFX project. It is a small bonfire with colored LED altering its appearance. It was more daunting than I anticipated. I incorporated the blue and purple into the actual color of the fluid, but instead of illuminating and shading from right to left, it shaded the fire vertically from inside out.

It's Getting Hot In Here

Visual Effects 2 - June 2015 - Project 01 - Maya Fluid Fire

Isn't this the coolest fire you ever did see?! Well okay, I'm sure you've seen other cool fire but just look at that aesthetic! This was my first go at creating fire using Maya fluid simulation, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. The reference I used was a flamethrower, and you can sort of see the motion of that. However, I am missing that cusping motion and significant volume increase as the flame fans out. On the plus side, however, I've made some super pretty plasmic smokeless fire. Stay tuned for what I do with this particular effect.