Angel Villavicencio - FX Showcase

Jet Boom

Most of my projects have always focused on a small environment and I wanted a change of pace. So, for this project I did the opposite and went for a large environment. After watching Top Gun, I experimented with some shots and well here we are.

Jet model from sketch fab.

Jet Boom Visual Breakdown

For the missile trails I decided to create a procedural setup where I can control the shape and color attributes. This allowed me to iterate over several looks quickly without having wait for the sim. 

For the main effect I did an RBD Sim followed by a POP Sim to have as my source for the Pyro Sim.

Detonation

This project started off as a simple R&D for a different project and ended up looking really good on its own I decided to progress on it and finish it as its own piece. I was trying out efficient ways to achieve this look, so I expanded on my procedural missile trail setup and added some movement to get it to a more natural and realistic look while keeping it out of a sim.

Visual Breakdown Detonation

To create the shock waves, I started by getting the time and location of impact with the ground. Then I instanced deformed planes and controlled their scale to start expanding from 0. I then scattered points by density to keep the volume from losing thickness too quickly when rasterized.

Some Improvements were made for the trail setup by adding better control of the shape, added a velocity field and also some movement of the volume using VDB advect and the velocity field.

DEMO REEL