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Day7_Creature_v02.png (999.4 KB)
Day7_screengrab.png (2.0 MB)

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viewport01.png (4.6 MB)
viewport02.png (5.4 MB)

UH OH! BMO continued into the dark cave and stumbled across DEMON CAT!!!1!
Where's Finn to save him?

GSG Abstract lumpy texture used on Demon Cat
SideFX content lib dirt on the rocks.

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Day7_BMO_DemonCat.jpg (505.8 KB)
Day7_Demoncat_Lops.png (2.7 MB)
Day7_Demoncat_SopsA.png (2.5 MB)
Day7_Demoncat_SopsB.png (2.5 MB)
Day7_DemonCat_Pureref.png (571.0 KB)

One time i woke up on a strange planet by the side of a freeway of flying cars. These strange looking eye creatures were bent over me, and they looked very concerned... I'm not sure how i got back, but I'm here now, and I figured i would model one of them for today's entry.

I tried to rig it with APEX, but I ran into a problem with the fktransform autorigcomponent which seems to be a bug in the script. Please see the attached hip file for details, and i can log a proper bug report, too.

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marday_07--creature.png (1.4 MB)
Screenshot 2025-03-07 094600.png (430.0 KB)
marday_07--creature--v007--apex_derp_derp.hiplc (3.2 MB)

Day 7.

First week finale.
A bit tired of SOP, looking forward to training in COP.

Congratulations to everyone on completing this week, and good luck next week!
Hooray!

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shot_01.png (1.6 MB)
shot_02.png (1.6 MB)
shot_03.png (1.6 MB)
hand_creation.png (667.2 KB)
simple_pose.png (630.5 KB)
cloth_sim.png (929.4 KB)
render_karma.png (856.2 KB)

DAY7 | Creature

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Mardini_2025-03-07_jefflim.jpg (240.8 KB)
Mardini_2025-03-07_jefflim_graph.jpg (154.5 KB)

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Day_07.0185.png (859.4 KB)
Day_07.1.graph.png (1.6 MB)
Day_07.2.graph.png (830.4 KB)
Day_07.3.graph.png (408.0 KB)
Day_07.4.graph.png (788.1 KB)

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desrosiersm_creature_v01.jpg (56.9 KB)
Capture d’écran 2025-03-07 232841.png (1.1 MB)
Capture d’écran 2025-03-07 232852.png (1.0 MB)

Apologies for the messy node networks and render quality; I'm cutting it close!

!!!!!!! EDIT: Higher quality render submitted and reattached here. I understand if the re-submission is un-submittable at this point, but I want to put it here regardless.

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Day_8_-_Creature_-_Matt_Padovano.jpg (2.2 MB)
Screenshot 2025-03-07 234212.png (918.4 KB)
Screenshot 2025-03-07 234228.png (878.9 KB)
Screenshot 2025-03-07 234237.png (804.5 KB)
Day 7 - Creature Higher Quality Render.png (13.5 MB)

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E__Houdini Projects_25_Mardini_Tommy_Character.hiplc - Houdini Indie Limited-Commercial 20.5.487 - Py3.11 3_7_2025 8_39_42 PM.png (3.9 MB)
MardiniDay70001.png (1.8 MB)

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07 Creature - Worm.png (4.5 MB)
07 Creature - Process.png (2.2 MB)

Seriously awesome work, folks — keep it up! COPs next, right?
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Not the first time I’ve used sweeps, copy-to-points, and VDB SDF operations to model a seahorse in SOPs, and probably won’t be the last. This one was time-boxed a bit too tightly considering the goals, so the planned aquarium setting didn’t make the cut, and the subsurface Karma material isn’t quite where I wanted it yet—but I learned a lot on this one. Hope you enjoy it!

See you soon,
- alan/organic

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2025_mardini_day_07_creature_karma_render.png (3.7 MB)
2025_mardini_day_07_creature_seahorse_modeled_with_vdb_in_sops.jpg (1.0 MB)

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paw2.jpg (28.0 KB)
paw.jpg (97.2 KB)

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Screenshot (2229).png (3.0 MB)

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Snipaste_2025-03-08_12-58-51.png (4.1 MB)
Snipaste_2025-03-08_12-59-31.png (4.1 MB)

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day07_b.png (4.6 MB)
day07_node1.png (3.7 MB)
day07_node2.png (4.9 MB)

Day 7 "VFX" Monster X
First time using the grooming tools

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monsterX.png (2.6 MB)
moster_X_1.png (6.8 MB)
monster_X_2.png (6.8 MB)

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07_Creature_chewypixels.png (1.7 MB)
07_Creature_screenshot_01.png (4.0 MB)
07_Creature_screenshot_02.png (2.1 MB)

late entry, today mine is a diptych.. do you dare turn on the lights?

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07_sops_creature_render_lightsoff.png (128.2 KB)
07_sops_creature_render_lightson.png (1.2 MB)
07_sops_creature_mkgis_screenshot.png (1.6 MB)

Day7
Creature

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day7.jpg (106.6 KB)
day7_node_00.png (1.1 MB)