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Bismuth hopper crystal [1] patterns in nature
Iridescent Metallics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescence
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Scene File
2022_09_11_greeble_techniques.hiplc
Modeling with Find Shortest Path
The Labs Lot Subdivision node is quite useful to quickly build detail to geometry.
References
For more inspiration on how this type of workflow could be extended, check out Holden Haotian Zhang's Houdini Greeble Tool
Video On Demand
- 0:00:00 SSS random walk example render
- 0:00:52 SOP modeling begins
- 0:06:00 remesh to grid SOP
- 0:07:00 VOP pattern generation
- 0:09:00 displace mesh using VOP
- 0:14:10 modeling the plinth
- 0:18:20 placing the camera
- 0:19:00 redshift render and lighting
- 0:20:00 redshift shader building
- 0:21:00 SSS random walk settings
- 0:26:00 iterative displacement using for loop
- 0:27:40 fix penetrations using detangle SOP
- 0:47:40 add rectangle area light
- 1:11:25 adding another rect light
- 1:14:00 building shader for the plinth
- 1:18:50 copying rest coordinates initial geo
- 1:19:50 adding shader noise based on rest coords
- 1:28:30 layering materials in the shader
- 1:34:00 adjusting render postFX
- 1:40:30 final render