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Travis Saul
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Artist, Tech-Artist, TD, Developer, Illustrator, Husband, & Father. #freelance / #contract #houdini & #python

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"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
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Fun little sketch. Worked out some VEX to transform an object so it will look exactly the same relative to two completely different cameras. The cameras can be still or animated. And it works with imported cameras as well as imported cameras. #houdini #sidefx #vex #squab
April 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I wish Smudge would somehow let me know when he wants some attention.
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
First Severance free Friday in a while… I do NOT like this!
March 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Had to give the AF Watercolor @procreate.com Brushes a go. Loving these brushes. #procreate #illustration #watercolor
December 31, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Smudge loves his hat.
December 25, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Smudge makes it impossible to get any work done.
December 23, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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

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Audio Reactive Sim ... WIP
YouTube video by Travis Saul
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December 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Twinkle Twinkle! ... Another material / lighting / simulation exploration for a personal animation I'm currently developing. #houdini #sidefx #karma #apex

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Twinkle Twinkle ... WIP
YouTube video by Travis Saul
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December 19, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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
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
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
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Bluesky Starter packs , all of them, just here!
Gonna take some time to rgo through😄

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November 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Deep breaths... I had no idea how much our ribs move and are not rigidly fixed to our spine. Rigging the rib cage was much harder than I initially thought but I'm liking where it has landed. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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We created a #SideFX #Houdini #3D @bsky.app account back in Feb, but it's been dormant since then. Time to change that – let's GO!
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Nice seeing the custom APEX spine tools working with an actual head on that spine. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #rigging
November 21, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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
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btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops
November 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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?...
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
"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
"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
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November 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
November 14, 2024 at 9:35 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"
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM