Paint splash via heightfields?

[caskal]

Hey guys,

Been trying to wrap my head to do this cool effect by Fernando Magalhães for Future Deluxe, asked him thinking it was flip, but he told me it was heightfields, any thoughts?

 

Here are some failed attemps I did:

 

Any info would be great!

 

Thanks!

[Librarian]

here you have file and COdes
https://pepefx.blogspot.com/2019/03/sand-without-grains-part-2-vex.html

[Atom]

Have you checked out Konstantin's thread?

 

[caskal]

Thanks guys! @Atom @Librarian 

I saw that post by konstantin, love the result, but I was wondering more about that splatter animation he has, like brushes of paint falling, I tried with heightfield + projecting shapes + mask by features + blur within a solver, but didn't get there.

Maybe doing some particle + copy shapes falling and converting that into vdb will do the trick.

Cheers!

[flcc]

Wow these videos by future Deluxe are mind blowing !

May be some ideas in this asset (not heighfield)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLc61HxIwU

 

[Damn_daniel]

@caskalI think your approach goes in the right direction. It seems that they are using some kind of wet map to mask the heightfield. Maybe use kind of rain system to activate the mask and then distort it with some noise could do the work. Will give it a try too!

 

[adamknauer1]

@caskalDid you ever figure this effect out? I'm super curious how you got the effect you were getting in your attempts.