I'm so happy to have taken part in this. Thank you so much to the Houdini team for organizing this contest. I learned so much and was inspired by so many amazing artists.

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Congrats to all the daily winners and everyone who made an entry every day!

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It was great to see everyone's fantastic entries and I enjoyed participating again. Thanks for organising it, I learned a lot!

(Perhaps I've even learned enough Copernicus wisdom to attempt an animated contact sheet )

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Had lot's of fun with this Mardini! Congrats to the winners, saw some great stuff!

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Congratulations to all the ironhearts.

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Congrats everyone!

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Congrats everyone! Thanks SideFX!

It was a great opportunity to do a lot of things that I don't usually do with Houdini and opened my eyes to new techniques and possibilities. So that was great!

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I had so much fun because this was the only opportunity to use Houdini!

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This is my second year of Houdini as a hobbyist, it was amazing to see the top entries, i learnt a lot, though some of mine particularly in the KineFX week looks like rubbish, but really happy with myself to stick through this the whole month, hopefully some better submissions the next year

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Thanks, learned a lot!

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Congrats to everyone who participated, amazing work all around!

I’m happy to have joined another round of Mardini. It was a great chance to keep exploring different areas of Houdini. Copernicus was the standout for me this year, can’t wait to see how it keeps evolving.

Big thanks to SideFX, the jury, and the GSG team for sponsoring the challenge 🙌

I streamed a few lives at the beginning, so if you’re curious about how I made some of the entries, you can check out my YouTube channel. I’m also planning to do quick overviews of the remaining pieces… once I catch up on some sleep 🤣

Here’s my animated and still spreadsheet, hope you like it. Cheers!

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Mardini 2025 – Completion Recap
Iron Heart Qualifier

What a month. I'm grateful to have had the chance to swim in the same creative waters as so many brilliant minds -- this challenge was a joyful gauntlet of curiosity, discipline, and procedural jazz. From toy ducks to seahorses, chrome arthropods skittering across tiled slither pads, to quantum-radio disco dancers emerging from some elsewhen... from molten memory mud and honey flowing from faraway lands to plastic puffy stickers -- each prompt offered a story, and I did my best to listen. Sometimes that worked out. Sometimes it didn’t. Here’s a look back.

This is the contact sheet for my Mardini Iron Heart journey: thirty-one entries, each a signal, each a step toward better craft. I’m thankful for all the inspiration and camaraderie. Here’s hoping we do it again sometime.

With respect and love,
–alan / @OrganicComputer

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