January 25, 2017 Into the Supernova Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Houdini · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Mantra, Particles, Simulation Mocking up the supernova effect for nov_010. I’m currently aiming for the effect seen (Read More)
January 23, 2017 Gone Camping – Ian Hartman Week 03 PPJ Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: PPJ · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Procedural Generation, pyro, Renderman, Simulation, Week03 This past week has been defined by progress pushing through slugging in effects in CMP-010, (Read More)
January 20, 2017 Figuring Out Houdini Pyro Clusters Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Houdini · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, RnD, Simulation I worked on getting more effects into our first shot today. Got really hung up on stabilizing (Read More)
January 19, 2017 Bashing Spire Rock Together Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Compositing · Tags: Compositing, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, Renderman Here’s a quick bash comp for one of our shots, SRP_010. This is integrating clouds (Read More)
January 17, 2017 The Houdini Haps Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Houdini, PPJ · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, ppj, Renderman, RnD, Simulation, Week02 This past week was full of getting back into the rhythm and pushing hard on getting shots (Read More)
January 12, 2017 Spire Rock Clouds and Dust Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Compositing, Houdini, Lighting, Pipeline, Renders, Tests · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, Mantra, RnD, Simulation I’ve been working at getting clouds and dust for one of our planets, the spire rock (Read More)
January 9, 2017 The PPJ About Nothing Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: PPJ · Tags: IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, ppj, Week01 Expected Progress over Winter Break: Eat Sleep Read Play with Dog Actual Progress over (Read More)
December 7, 2016 Tutorial: Heat Distortion in Houdini and NUKE Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Tutorials · Tags: And Categories, And Featured Images, Heat Distortion, Ian Hartman, Ian Should Start Using Tags, Tutorial, Why Didn't He Use Them?! Hey! I made a tutorial on how to achieve a heat distortion effect using particles in Houdini (Read More)
December 5, 2016 Deep Dive into the Campfire Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: Project Managment · Tags: Deep Dive, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird In the early stages of the project, I pitched the idea of starting on a campfire, with a tilt (Read More)
November 29, 2016 The Thanksgiving Slump Spectacular Written by: Ian Hartman · Posted in: PPJ · Tags: Houdini, IanHartman, Lobsters Are Weird, ppj, RnD, Week10 Week 10 PPJ Working hard or hardly working? The past two weeks were a tale of contrast (Read More)