MARDINI 2024 WINNERS

Daily Art Challenge

Check out the daily winners of the MARDINI 2024 Daily Art Challenge where Houdini artists competed for cool prizes by creating a new image or animation everyday during the month of March. Each week has a theme and each day has a Houdini node to help inspire the artwork. 


WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Week 1 | GEOMETRY

Week 2 | LOOKDEV

Week 3 | VFX

Week 4 | CHARACTER

Week 5 | SideFX Labs

WINNERS


 

Category

Winner


   BEST COLLECTION!  



  BEST ARTWORK - IMAGE  

1st PLACE


  BEST ARTWORK - ANIMATION  

1st PLACE


   GREYSCALEGORILLA

Best use of Greyscalegorilla


   DAILY WINNERS



   IRON HEART


JUDGES: Thanks to Kim Davidson, Scott Keating, Chris Rydalch, Debra Isaac, Matt Estela, Moeen Sayed and Paul Esteves for judging the Best Artwork categories and Chris Hebert, Bill Self, Thomas Goffelli, Fianna Wong and Robert Magee for judging the daily challenges. 


FINAL LEADERBOARD

Place 

Artist                      

# Points                   

1

JanHebein                             WINNER BEST COLLECTION!  

110

2

dweyel

77

3

oliviacefai

70

4

popitz

52

5

kinakomoti

49

6

vanity_ibex

47

7

JKLM

45

8

samratacharyya_2000

44

9

johancc

43

10

Elinn_or

42

10

Matt_McMahon

42

12

Furuya Takami

40

13

Felipe Amaya

38

13

Muguja

38

15

Pablopaulo

37

16

clement_arlotti

36

16

Requson

36

18

heytensleon

35

18

MartGorb

35

18

nicolas.dalmer

35

18

pranesh arry

35

18

Rob Chapman

35




Greyscalegorilla has just unveiled the addition of 850 new 3D assets to their expanding Greyscalegorilla Plus Library. This latest update brings forth an impressive collection of assets inspired by the theme of Architectural Surfaces. Ranging from meticulously crafted Marble Tiles to Concrete Pavers, these materials seamlessly integrate with the Plus Library, which now boasts over 5000 textures, models, HDRIs, and plugins. Accompanying these textures are a diverse selection of stylized models, perfect for injecting a playful touch into any motion-design project.

BEST USE OF GREYSCALEGORILLA
Saiman_sam | Day 6 | Light Mixer

BEST IMAGE

First Place

Second Place

Third Place


oliviacefai
Day 29 | Lot Subdivision


JanHebein
Day 29 | Lot Subdivision


JanHebein
Day 26 | Edge Damage

DAILY IMAGES


First Place

Second Place

Third Place

DAY 31

EDGE SMOOTH

SideFX Labs

DAY 30

REGION FROM IMAGE

SideFX Labs

DAY 29

LOT SUBDIVISION

SideFX Labs

DAY 28

SIMPLE ROPE WRAP

SideFX Labs

DAY 27

CHAOTIC SHAPES

SideFX Labs

DAY 26

EDGE DAMAGE

SideFX Labs

DAY 25

SIMPLE SHAPES

SideFX Labs

DAY 24

CROWD MOTION PATH

Character

DAY 23

FEATHER TEMPLATE

Character

DAY 22

HAIR GENERATION

Character

DAY 21

VELLUM CONFIG CLOTH

Character

DAY 20

RAGDOLL SOLVER

Character

DAY 19

JOINT CAPTURE BIHARMONIC

Character

DAY 18

APEX SCENE ANIMATE

Character

DAY 17

FLIP SOLVER

VFX

DAY 16

OCEAN SPECTRUM

VFX

DAY 15

PYRO BURST SOURCE

VFX

DAY 14

CLOUD SHAPE GENERATOR

VFX

DAY 13

RBD MATERIAL FRACTURE

VFX

DAY 12

VELLUM CONFIGURE GRAIN

VFX

DAY 11

VELLUM BRUSH

VFX

DAY 10

KARMA PHYSICAL SKY

LOOKDEV

DAY 9

BACKGROUND PLATE

LOOKDEV

DAY 8

KARMA FOG BOX 

LOOKDEV

DAY 7

KARMA MATERIAL BUILDER

LOOKDEV

DAY 6

MATERIAL LINKER

LOOKDEV

DAY 5

LIGHT MIXER

LOOKDEV

DAY 4

LAYOUT

LOOKDEV

DAY 3

SCATTER & ALIGN

GEOMETRY

DAY 2

TOPOBUILD

GEOMETRY

DAY 1

SPIRAL

GEOMETRY



BEST ANIMATION

First Place

Second Place

Third Place


dweyel
Day 29 | Lot Subdivision


JanHebein
Day 3 | Scatter & Align


LeePetrl
Day 15 | Pyro Burst Source

DAILY ANIMATIONS


First Place

Second Place

Third Place

DAY 31

EDGE SMOOTH

SideFX Labs

DAY 30

REGION FROM IMAGE

SideFX Labs

DAY 29

LOT SUBDIVISION

SideFX Labs

DAY 28

SIMPLE ROPE WRAP

SideFX Labs

DAY 27

CHAOTIC SHAPES

SideFX Labs

DAY 26

EDGE DAMAGE

SideFX Labs

DAY 25

SIMPLE SHAPES

SideFX Labs

DAY 24

CROWD MOTION PATH

Character

DAY 23

FEATHER TEMPLATE

Character

DAY 22

HAIR GENERATION

Character

DAY 21

VELLUM CONFIG CLOTH

Character

DAY 20

RAGDOLL SOLVER

Character

DAY 19

JOINT CAPTURE BIHARMONIC

Character

DAY 18

APEX SCENE ANIMATE

Character

DAY 17

FLIP SOLVER

VFX

DAY 16

OCEAN SPECTRUM

VFX

DAY 15

PYRO BURST SOURCE

VFX

DAY 14

CLOUD SHAPE GENERATOR

VFX

DAY 13

RBD MATERIAL FRACTURE

VFX

DAY 12

VELLUM CONFIGURE GRAIN

VFX

DAY 11

VELLUM BRUSH

VFX

DAY 10

KARMA PHYSICAL SKY

LOOKDEV

DAY 9

BACKGROUND PLATE

LOOKDEV

DAY 8

KARMA FOG BOX

LOOKDEV

DAY 7

KARMA MATERIAL BUILDER

LOOKDEV

DAY 6

MATERIAL LINKER

LOOKDEV

DAY 5

LIGHT MIXER

LOOKDEV

DAY 4

LAYOUT

LOOKDEV

DAY 3

SCATTER & ALIGN

GEOMETRY

DAY 2

TOPOBUILD

GEOMETRY

DAY 1

SPIRAL

GEOMETRY