VFX Senior Thesis: Gold Flake Technical Test

Objective: for this test, I wanted to create a gold leaf flaking into the wind effect. This effect will be used on the edge of the title logo at the end of the opening sequence.

Program used: Blender & Houdini

Preliminary test:

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/bed8ee_108a26e89744405fb8c710d446865262/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Weight Map for dispersion:

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/bed8ee_7a8f3179ce7e44739061c30962fb8519/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

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Updated Test (Blender):

Moving on from cube:

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/bed8ee_d1282d704f8e4117b66fa8631cabf05c/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Working with wind and torus shape:

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/bed8ee_27584ddaa7844d19a8c8150147ca0c2d/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

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Final Testing (Houdini):

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