Travis Saul
@travissaul.com
Artist, Tech-Artist, TD, Developer, Illustrator, Husband, & Father. #freelance / #contract #houdini & #python
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Travis Saul
@travissaul.com
· Nov 16
Nothing Blooms
YouTube video by Travis Saul
youtu.be
"Nothing Blooms" is an animation I finished earlier this year. Animation was done in Houdini and rendered in Redshift. The music and sound design were done in Ableton Live. #houdini #sidefx #animation #abletonlive #redshift youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
I wish Smudge would somehow let me know when he wants some attention.
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I wish Smudge would somehow let me know when he wants some attention.
First Severance free Friday in a while… I do NOT like this!
March 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
First Severance free Friday in a while… I do NOT like this!
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Had to give the AF Watercolor @procreate.com Brushes a go. Loving these brushes. #procreate #illustration #watercolor
Had to give the AF Watercolor @procreate.com Brushes a go. Loving these brushes. #procreate #illustration #watercolor
December 31, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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Had to give the AF Watercolor @procreate.com Brushes a go. Loving these brushes. #procreate #illustration #watercolor
Had to give the AF Watercolor @procreate.com Brushes a go. Loving these brushes. #procreate #illustration #watercolor
Smudge loves his hat.
December 25, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Smudge loves his hat.
Smudge makes it impossible to get any work done.
December 23, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Smudge makes it impossible to get any work done.
Another material / lighting / simulation exploration for a person project. The generation, color, and glow intensity of the particles is driven by music. #houdini #sidefx #karma #apex
youtu.be/R_MzL57kwK8
youtu.be/R_MzL57kwK8
Audio Reactive Sim ... WIP
YouTube video by Travis Saul
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Another material / lighting / simulation exploration for a person project. The generation, color, and glow intensity of the particles is driven by music. #houdini #sidefx #karma #apex
youtu.be/R_MzL57kwK8
youtu.be/R_MzL57kwK8
Twinkle Twinkle! ... Another material / lighting / simulation exploration for a personal animation I'm currently developing. #houdini #sidefx #karma #apex
youtu.be/LJnU99RO3kY
youtu.be/LJnU99RO3kY
Twinkle Twinkle ... WIP
YouTube video by Travis Saul
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Twinkle Twinkle! ... Another material / lighting / simulation exploration for a personal animation I'm currently developing. #houdini #sidefx #karma #apex
youtu.be/LJnU99RO3kY
youtu.be/LJnU99RO3kY
Feeling pretty happy with how the particle sim is behaving. The simulation is driven by music. Frequencies are assigned to regions of the surface and source volume drives the speed and density of the particles emitted. #sidefx #houdini #simulation
December 7, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Feeling pretty happy with how the particle sim is behaving. The simulation is driven by music. Frequencies are assigned to regions of the surface and source volume drives the speed and density of the particles emitted. #sidefx #houdini #simulation
Some material and lighting explorations for a personal short animation. I'm giving Karma a go this time and I am really impressed. The enormous VDB ~135 million points load and start rendering on the GPU in about 1 to 2 seconds. #houdini #sidefx #karma #solaris #APEX #usd 2of2
December 7, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Some material and lighting explorations for a personal short animation. I'm giving Karma a go this time and I am really impressed. The enormous VDB ~135 million points load and start rendering on the GPU in about 1 to 2 seconds. #houdini #sidefx #karma #solaris #APEX #usd 1of2
December 7, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I am going to have some fun working my way through this starter pack. If anyone else has any music starter packs please share! I'd love to find some new music/bands/artists. go.bsky.app/L1PCVhT
December 2, 2024 at 11:39 PM
I am going to have some fun working my way through this starter pack. If anyone else has any music starter packs please share! I'd love to find some new music/bands/artists. go.bsky.app/L1PCVhT
More APEX rigging in Houdini: this is another example where rigging has helped me realize there's a lot more going on in our forearms than I had previously realized. Coming up with a rigging solution to get the proper radius rotation working was actually kind of fun. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Reposted by Travis Saul
Bluesky Starter packs , all of them, just here!
Gonna take some time to rgo through😄
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Gonna take some time to rgo through😄
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Bluesky Starter packs , all of them, just here!
Gonna take some time to rgo through😄
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Gonna take some time to rgo through😄
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
I've made a little more progress with APEX rigging in Houdini. The jaw rig tool will handle setting up the blending between pivots and creation of the controls. Nothing fancy but I do like how APEX lets me save this to disc as geo and now I have a reusable tool. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 21, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Travis Saul
btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops
November 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM
btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops
I've been diving in and learning APEX rigging in Houdini for a personal project. I wanted to rig a spine and allow myself to pick an arbitrary number of controls positioned at specific joints and blend rotations for the between joints. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging 1/2
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Post your most popular art from Twitter
I guess it would be my short animation "Nothing Blooms" youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
I guess it would be my short animation "Nothing Blooms" youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Post your most popular art from Twitter
I guess it would be my short animation "Nothing Blooms" youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
I guess it would be my short animation "Nothing Blooms" youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
"Nothing Blooms" is an animation I finished earlier this year. Animation was done in Houdini and rendered in Redshift. The music and sound design were done in Ableton Live. #houdini #sidefx #animation #abletonlive #redshift youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
Nothing Blooms
YouTube video by Travis Saul
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 3:30 PM
"Nothing Blooms" is an animation I finished earlier this year. Animation was done in Houdini and rendered in Redshift. The music and sound design were done in Ableton Live. #houdini #sidefx #animation #abletonlive #redshift youtu.be/qYMajYjMXBE?...
"Cascade" - A personal animation I finished back in 2023. I animated everything in Houdini and, in keeping with the rule I've set for myself, any animation I make I have to make the music and do all the sound design. #houdini #sidefx #animation youtu.be/LN8nJauOSvw?...
Cascade
YouTube video by Travis Saul
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
"Cascade" - A personal animation I finished back in 2023. I animated everything in Houdini and, in keeping with the rule I've set for myself, any animation I make I have to make the music and do all the sound design. #houdini #sidefx #animation youtu.be/LN8nJauOSvw?...
Since a lot of new people are heading over here to Bluesky I thought I'd share some of my illustrations. #illustration #ipad #procreate "Loudmouth"
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Since a lot of new people are heading over here to Bluesky I thought I'd share some of my illustrations. #illustration #ipad #procreate "Loudmouth"