The Rookies 2024 Entry

My submission of 2024. These are my works so far... Some are reworked and some are new. Its a combination of compositing, simulations and 3D modeling

SMOKED - Floating Guitar rework / Variant

In this project used camera projection to get new camera angles. I used Mixamo animations as base of my smoke simulations. In Maya, I made use of AOVs (light / volume) to make my work easily adjustable in comp.

MARS BASE - rework

In this rework, I added motion to some elements. First I made a basic rig for the ship. I mostly experimented with the jet engines on the ship, but kept it very simple and added some distortion to them in post using noise and cryptomatte. Again using light AOVs, I made it easier for me to adjust the scene in post and add light flickering, etc.

SHADY BUILDING - rework

I replaced the building using a camera track (PFtrack) and a model from KitBash3D. I used different methods to mask out the foreground elements.

THE EXPERIMENT

In this project, I made a looping animation. This was my first project using Unreal Engine. I made the 'blob' using vellum simulations in Houdini and combining it with Mixamo animation. I had to research a lot about Unreal Engine (importing animation, fog, materials, etc.)

A 3D scan I made with Reality Capture, to import in my unreal project. I made a roughness and normal map using Photoshop which remapped in Maya.

SUPER BOSS

This is an destruction simulation made with Houdini. The main simulation is made with RBD. For de secondary elements, I used a pop solver and for the fire I used the Axiom plugin. This was the first time rendering with Karma and I added some effects in post.

These are some assets I made with Zbrush

Even though I am not specialized with Zbrush, I enjoy sculpting and am willing to spend time learning it more in depth. 

These are some food simulations I made with Houdini

Thank you for going through my submission!! I hope you enjoy some of my works!