sto.ikoon

Research and development of Houdini tools
to help artists art direct simulations.

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Areas of Expertise in Houdini

Modelling: Hard Surface Organic Terrain Scene Assembly (USD, Universal Scene Description) Character: Rigging Keyframe Animation Muscles Simulation Motion Capture & Retargetting Simulation: Pyro FX (Fire & Smoke) Fluids Fluids / Large Scale (ocean, whitewater) Destruction FX Sand, Snow Hair and Fur Crowds Vellum (clothes, softbody)… Read more

Jul 19, 22

Houdini Education at UTB

I am a fulltime freelance Houdini Indie user since 2016. Before that, I spent few years as an Apprentice. In September 2020, I was admitted to Doctoral Studies, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic. My thesis tightly relates to Houdini and I also have… Read more

Jul 19, 22

Motivation

At present, in the field of visual effects, great emphasis is placed on art directable outputs. Mathematical computational models simulate the photoreal visual, but the usual dynamic system shows chaotic behavior. Thus, a small change in the initial conditions leads to a very different result… Read more

Jul 19, 22

Numerical methods

Discretization in time Temporal discretization is a mathematical technique applied to transient problems that occur in the fields of applied physics and engineering. Transient problems are often solved by conducting simulations using computer-aided engineering (CAE) packages, which require discretizing the governing equations in both space and time. Such problems are unsteady… Read more

Jul 19, 22

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