My motivation for this project was a series of test simulations in SideFX Houdini to create different types of flames and fire. The project formed as more and more ideas for tests developed. It was a fun approach to add all the environments around details around those core ideas, although not as straight forward.
Some assets were bought from BigMediumSmall, some are from Quixel Megascans (Fab), the rest was created in SideFX Houdini. For the animations I used clips from Mixamo with some tweaks in Houdini.
This is my second personal project with a complete USD / Solaris workflow, rendered with Karma XPU. Comp was handled in Nuke.
The story of the character is that he has seen his close family members die in a fire and people cry. During a rough time in his own life he turns to set fires himself. His memories flare up and he finds himself spiraling into a dark world where fire seems to be his only light. He can see himself falling but is not able to stop.
The story of the character is that he has seen his close family members die in a fire and people cry. During a rough time in his own life he turns to set fires himself. His memories flare up and he finds himself spiraling into a dark world where fire seems to be his only light. He can see himself falling but is not able to stop.
The edit and color correction has been handled in Davinci Resolve. The audio was created inside of Fairlight with the help of Native Instrument Kontakt.
