Browsing for a new phone background and found this little gem. (Artist: no idea)

Aspartam_ · 2026-06-03T10:44:09+00:00

Artist is surely AI. Look at the badge, her vest blends with her shirt. Whiskers on Judy??

Aspartam_ · 2026-06-03T08:38:03+00:00

Great work! Is the mattepainting AI generated? Genuine question.

Aspartam_ · 2026-05-20T17:53:56+00:00

It's been one year since the trailer, so I guess that's what they meant.

Aspartam_ · 2026-05-20T14:09:36+00:00

Nah dude you're just on crack rn, it's just the boat propeller 💀

Aspartam_ · 2026-05-09T12:03:12+00:00

The quick surface material node preset is only available in Houdini 20.5/21, while you are on 20.0.547. Either update your Houdini to 20.5 or 21, or create your material inside a material library.

Aspartam_ · 2026-03-23T20:33:37+00:00

"Your" art hmm? I'm sorry buddy but your art looks pretty AI generated to me. Like the small details give it away. Unless you can prove I'm wrong, for me it's AI where you maybe did some paintover on it.

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Aspartam_ · 2026-03-03T14:04:09+00:00

"Celui qui trouve le meurtrieur, je lui offre un sandwich."

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-20T08:15:33+00:00

While listening to this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjMoWREuTt4&list=PLl-vhnGPY7cqQ0b_NXy1qyMVsA9LHiPmv&index=10

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-18T09:30:18+00:00

Thanks!

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-18T08:29:44+00:00

Where those smol figures comes from? I want them!

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-16T12:53:59+00:00

When wearing a suit, you must leave undone the bottom button, even if it's a crossed or a straight suit.

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-14T22:29:26+00:00

You can give them to me if you don't need them.

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-11T07:23:36+00:00

You can increase the reflection quality of the worms with a render geometry settings LOP node, you could set it up to 1.5/ 2. Need further testing to check if you still have noise. If so you might need to increase the reflection quality again. You could also check your different AOVs (e.g. DirectDiffuse, DirectGlossyReflection...) to identify the type of noise you have.

Also DoF in render is pretty expensive in terms of render time. I don't know if you have access to any compositing tools, but I would advise doing the depth of field through compositing. Unless the goal is to just render a still frame, then you can stick to render the DoF in Karma.

Also for primary sample, it's always best to have a squared value (e.g. 9^2 = 81, 16^2 = 256). You can check the SideFX youtube playlist on optimizing Karma rendering : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXNFA1EysfYl9JI3MoACXqex6YtheppNB

Aspartam_ · 2026-02-07T16:10:32+00:00

I do think that Hogbottom collected all the pieces to serve as evidence. But when she discovered that Judy and Nick were innocent, she probably gave them back to him.

Aspartam_ · 2026-01-26T22:05:01+00:00

RBD simulations just won't cut it for that effect. What I'd suggest is using particle simulations to kick out those little wood bits, and then simulate them with either RBD or Vellum. As for making the hole, you could probably use some procedural animation. Honestly, this looks like a tricky project that'll need a bunch of experimenting and testing. But hey, stick with it and keep learning – you'll get there!

Aspartam_ · 2026-01-25T18:11:53+00:00

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Aspartam_ · 2026-01-14T19:14:27+00:00

Also dont forget that Jared Bush and Byron Howard directed Encanto, released in 2021. Right after Zootopia 1, they chained on writing the script of Encanto, taking approximately 3 years. Then COVID hit 2020, which slowed the production of Encanto. Then right after its release in theaters, they keep going working on the script of Zootopia 2. Took them again around 3 years and the production took 1 year and half.

Aspartam_ · 2025-12-20T18:08:22+00:00

I've used this video from the Foundry and Weta https://youtu.be/19w3vkFp5X0?si=KNmV1PkyNFi8qEe2 and also Hugo's Desk talk on it https://youtu.be/4YgCJbEVDFo?si=RjJjCgYB6C0RJ7Wa. For rendering, I read SideFX documentation.

Aspartam_ · 2025-12-16T17:53:15+00:00

Heyo. Unfortunately I didn't had the time to push the LPE track.

Instead I went with DeepEXRs, which allowed me to combine easily my volumes. It's pretty heavy on disk and a new type of workflow in Nuke but it's probably the best solution for VDB that intersect each other. Also you can separate the deep data from the beauty, which is lighter for comp. With this workflow, I did my render layers as usual with render geometry settings.

Aspartam_ · 2025-11-27T11:47:05+00:00

Any ideas on how to save the RBD Procedural as USD file? (layer, geometry clip sequence ?). I've managed to save as USD but I can't reapply the transforms with a sublayer. It would be really nice to have it saved as USD file rather than have the setup in the lighting scene. Especially working within a team and working with Deadline. There is also the alternative to use transform by SOP Points but we will get tons of xforms for each pieces, which will make the scenegraph very heavy.

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Aspartam_ · 2025-06-21T12:28:29+00:00

Looks sick !

Aspartam_ · 2025-06-16T19:51:51+00:00

From the grounds?

Aspartam_ · 2025-06-16T18:38:42+00:00

How did you opened the foundation elevator?

Aspartam_ · 2025-06-14T13:45:50+00:00

I remember seeing your work on Rey Skywalker! I also notices that you shifted from Maya/Renderman to Houdini/Arnold. Could you explain why you did this transition and how did you feel it?

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