kgmcnamara Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Thanks Brian! Altering the differential growth a bit to get some seabed/rock shapes. I will then grow coral on top of this. Really happy with some of the shapes - I'm going to introduce a bit of smoothing later towards the end of the growth because some of the rocks are too noisy at the top. more updates soon! Edited December 23, 2016 by kgmcnamara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Refining the growth algorithm a bit to get the shapes and scale I'm looking for. Starting to play with some very early work in progress shading. Everything you see here is procedural / mathematical - the rock formations, pebbles, shaders, etc. No textures or hand modeling. The white box is roughly the size of a human for scale reference. Edited January 9, 2017 by kgmcnamara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mestela Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 very cool stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Also working on some audio driven animation for a music video. We'll need some creatures swimming around! All animation here is procedurally driven by audio and mathematics using Houdini's channel operators. Additionally, all geometry is procedurally modeled (jelly dome is a mix of noises, oral arms were modeled using differential mesh growth, tentacles are noise-driven) The audio is from our band, yesper. Find the full song here: Edited March 8, 2017 by kgmcnamara 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ril Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 niiiiice! great corals, very interesting method, and that jelly fish anim is real good too. I'd only say that the "fixed" overall shape of the jelly dome could maybe have some motion too ? Feels a little stiff at the top. Dunno for sure, I didn't check any real life ref. Congrat Kevin, very curious of what's to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickman Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 very cool! Love the music too! Will you be sharing/selling anything? I'm working towards palaeo reconstructions of various biotas... could use jellies and reefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_K Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Nice! Like the music too! Look forward to seeing updates. Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgmcnamara Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 8 hours ago, 6ril said: I'd only say that the "fixed" overall shape of the jelly dome could maybe have some motion too ? Feels a little stiff at the top. Dunno for sure, I didn't check any real life ref. Yes, great feedback! I agree the top is too stiff. I'll see if I can get some motion up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psykon Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 What a fantastic project! Really cool stuff. Looking forward to more updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Cool project and some nice tricks for the creation of the reef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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