Smoke falling down

[caskal]

Hello magicians! I found a cool picture and I thought I'd give a shot in houdini, here's the reference:

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Here's what I have so far:

 

 

Any thoughts to help get the effect on the picture? maybe advecting particles? 

Hip attached

 

Thanks!

smoked.hip

[toadstorm]

Particle advection will help for the look, if you're trying to get super wispy smoke.

I'd try introducing turbulence, but use the collision field as a mask for applying it. That should get you that nice laminar flow at the top, and noisy turbulent flow underneath.

[fencer]

 

[caskal]

19 hours ago, toadstorm said:

Particle advection will help for the look, if you're trying to get super wispy smoke.

I'd try introducing turbulence, but use the collision field as a mask for applying it. That should get you that nice laminar flow at the top, and noisy turbulent flow underneath.

thanks @toadstorm didnt know about using the collision as mask, will give a shot!

19 hours ago, fencer said:

 

that thread is a beauty! ton of useful stuff, I'm checking it, thanks for sharing! @fencer

Cheers!