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R & D
Houdini :
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Tools
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Templates
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Procedural modelling
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Copernicus (COPs) texturing
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Apex rigging
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and various other experiments...
#16 - Apex Rig - digitigrade leg
Rig-components for leg setup include: auto polevec, auto hock, ik/fk blend and state switch, foot attribute controls roll, tilt, splay, clawextend.
#15 - Apex - comparitive anatomy, biomechanics of rear limb
From screen left: Unguligrade - equid, Digitigrade - felid, Plantigrade - ursid. Various rig-components for articulation include: auto polevec, auto hock, foot-hoof-fetlock roll and tilt control attributes.
#14 - Apex Rigging - auto polevector
(Primate, chimpanzee) custom rig-component auto polevector. Orient/aim driven by specific tip component rotations to make it more stable. Has additional local control and blend attribute to turn off. Reverse foot plantigrade setup with control attribute ‘roll’.
#13 - Tail builder (kinefx)
Geometry and skeleton joint capture in more natural curled pose. Variable sized vertebrae, editable tail profile shape during deformation tests. Skeleton joints linked to procedural skin geometry and tail straighten neutral pose
#12 - Kinefx rig - feather proxy geo posing
Procedural joints and skin weights driven by full feathers.
#11 - Texture Atlas
Procedural atlas building and non destructive referencing
#10 - Scales - part 2 - scales geometry
All scales share same template topology, border inset, resampling, smoothing for variable profiles
#9 - Iris groom (cat example)
Geometry bounded. Multi layered system, main fibre randomisation/percentage control
#8 - Chain - fit along any deformed curve
UV grid layout across UDIMs
(credit: parallel transport, Entagma)
(credit: parallel transport, Entagma)
#7 - Scales - part 1 - scales texture
Variable outputs from cells, colour per cell driven by skin noise (3d)
#6 - Whale ventral grooves
Curve bias patch deform
#5 - Spike scatter clean topo weld
#4 - Giraffe cell pattern
Points > COPs (Copernicus) > groom
#3 - Variant(s) spacing from size
#2 - Bacteria/lichen growth
#1 - Dragonfly wing
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